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Manage CPAs

The Manage CPAs link at the bottom of the community summary page opens a page for viewing details of CPAs that have been imported by a community. You also can use the page for importing CPAs and CPA templates.

On the Manage CPAs page you can:

View details of an imported CPA by clicking the CPA name. At the bottom of the details page are links for viewing the CPA as HTML and XML and for exporting and deleting.
View a CPA as a HTML document by clicking HTML. The full view transforms the CPA XML document into an easy-to-read HTML format. The full view provides details about all possible actions in the CPA. The MMD view displays the metadata elements required for a back-end system to build all possible MMDs for the CPA.

View a CPA as an XML document by clicking XML.
Export a CPA to a file or registry by clicking Export.
Delete a CPA by clicking Delete.

The following describes the links at the bottom of the Manage CPAs page:

Click Import a CPA to import a fully configured CPA that contains the trading details for your community and a partner. CPAs also can be imported automatically by copying the CPA files to <install directory>\profiles\autoimport.
Click Manage CPA templates to import templates that partners can use with the partner registration wizard to build complete CPAs. See ebXML partner self-registration for more information.

Import a CPA

Before you can import a CPA, it must be properly configured for your community and one partner. Building a CPA requires knowledge of the Collaboration-Protocol Profile and Agreement Specification Version 2.0 and the trading preferences of both parties.

Once a CPA has been created, you can import it to Activator and associate it with a community. The name of the community importing the CPA must be the same in the community and the CPA. The community importing the CPA must have a certificate matching the one in the CPA associated with the community. The action of importing a properly configured CPA creates a partner for the partner specified in the CPA.

To import a CPA, click Manage CPAs at the bottom of the community summary page and click Import a CPA. Select Import the CPA from a file and type the path of the file to import or use the Browse button. Click Import to import the CPA.

Once imported, you can export a CPA to an XML file by clicking Export. You also can delete a CPA. If you want to change a CPA, delete it, change it and import it again. Removing a CPA deletes the CPA XML document, but does not delete the partner in the CPA.

Import a CPA template

Before you can import a CPA template, it must be properly configured. Building a CPA template requires knowledge of ebXML standards. The reason for importing templates is so partners can use a registration wizard to enter their trading information. The system then completes the CPA using the information the partner provided and information extracted from your community.

To import a CPA template, click Manage CPAs at the bottom of the community summary page and click Manage CPA templates. Type the path of the file to import or use the Browse button. Also type a description of the template. This description is how partners recognize this template in the registration wizard. Click Add to import the template.

Once imported, you can delete a CPA template. If you need to change a template, delete the template, change it and import it again.