Add B2B connections

Select the Main Menu icon.

Select Extensible Tracelink Transfer Exchanges.

Select B2B Connections in the side menu.

Select SAP Ariba.

Select the Add icon. The General Connection page displays.

In the General section, fill in the following information:

• Connection Name field – Required. The unique name of the B2B connection.
• Inbound Ariba Endpointfield – Auto-populated. The OPUS URL where SAP Ariba can send inbound messages to TraceLink. This field is auto generated after the connection is created.
• Outbound Ariba Endpoint field – SAP Ariba URL for XTT Exchanges to send outbound messages.

In the Ariba Certificatessection, fill in the following information:

• Certificate (leaf + intermediates) field – Required. The Privacy Enhanced Mail (PEM) server certificate chain that includes the leaf, intermediate certificates, and the root certificate.

  Self-signed leaf certificates are not supported. Use certificates signed by a trusted Certificate Authority (CA).

• Description field – A brief description to label the certificate for internal tracking.

In the Customer Certificatessection, fill in the following information:

• Private Key field – The private key or encrypted private key.
• Password field – The password if the private key is encrypted.
• Certificate (leaf + intermediates) field – Required. The Privacy Enhanced Mail (PEM) server certificate chain that includes the leaf, intermediate certificates, and the root certificate.

  Self-signed leaf certificates are not supported. Use certificates signed by a trusted Certificate Authority (CA).

• Description field – A brief description to label the certificate for internal tracking.
• Certificate ID field – Auto-populated. The ID of the certificate.
• Serial Number field – Auto-populated. A unique identifier of the the certificate used for tracking and managing certificates.
• Not Before Date field – The date and time from which the certificate is considered valid. Transactions that rely on the certificate should not occur before this date.
• Not After Date field – The date and time until which the certificate remains valid. After this date, the certificate is no longer considered trustworthy, and transactions relying on the certificate must cease.

Select the Main Menu icon.

Select Extensible Tracelink Transfer Exchanges.

Select B2B Connections in the side menu.

Select SAP Ariba.

See the information that displays for each B2B connection

• Connection Name – The unique name of the B2B connection.
• Inbound Ariba Endpoint – The OPUS URL where SAP Ariba can send inbound messages to TraceLink.
• Outbound Ariba Endpoint – SAP Ariba URL for XTT Exchanges to send outbound messages.
• Last Updated By – The name of the Application Administrator who updated the SAP Ariba connection.
• Last Updated – The date and time the SAP Ariba connection is updated.

Select the Main Menu icon.

Select Extensible Tracelink Transfer Exchanges.

Select B2B Connections in the side menu.

Select SAP Ariba.

The View/Edit SAP Ariba B2B Connection screen displays.