Trading configuration > Communities > Add a community

Add a community

For a description of communities, see Communities.

Select an method for adding a community

There are several methods for adding a community. When you launch the Add Community Wizard, you begin by selecting one of the following creation methods:

Manually create a new community – If you choose this option, the system prompts you to provide much of the required configuration information.
See Manually create a new community.
Import a backed-up community profile and its partners from a compressed file – Use this option is to import a backed-up file containing community profile and its associated partner profiles.
See Import a backed-up community profile and its partners in a compressed file.

Manually create a new community

Use the following steps in the Add a community wizard to create a community with a certificate.

From the Trading configuration menu, select Manage trading configuration.
Click Add a community.
Select an option for your community creation method:
Manually create a new community and click Next.
Complete the fields:
- Community name – Enter a name to identify this community in the user interface.
- Country code – Select a country for this community from the drop-down list.
- Full name – Enter an administrative contact name for this community.
- Phone number - Enter the complete phone number for the community contact.
- Email address – Enter an email address for the community contact.
- Routing ID – Enter an ID to use as a routing reference in the user interface.
- EbXML party ID type or cXML domain – If you plan to trade ebXML or cXML documents, select this option. For additional information, see ebXML overview.
Select the default, Yes, launch the wizard to add a certificate. Optionally, you can add a certificate at a later time.
For details about certificate management, see Add a certificate.
Enter one or more values for any attributes that display in the Define community attributes wizard.
Click Finish.
Select the default, Create a self-signed certificate and click Next

Import a backed-up community profile and its partners in a compressed file

Use this procedure to import a backed-up file containing a community profile and its associated partner profiles.

You can import a backed-up community profile to a new instance of the trading engine with a fresh database or to an existing instance.

You must import the backed-up profile through the user interface. You import the same compressed file that was exported. Do not copy the file to the profiles\autoImport directory. The file is not compatible with auto-importing.

From the Trading configuration menu, select Manage trading configuration.
Click Add a community to open the Add a community wizard.
Select Import a backed-up community and its partners in a compressed file and click Next.
Complete the fields:
- File name – Use the browse tool to select the backed-up community file.
- Password – Optionally enter the password for access to the backed-up file. Entering the password is optional, but recommended. If you do not use a password, the community private keys are not imported. However, the community profile and all associated partner profiles are imported.
- Overwrite existing partners – This option is selected by default. Clear this option if you do not want an imported partner profile to overwrite a profile already in the trading engine.
Click Finish.
The backed-up community and partners are imported. If a duplicate community is detected, you can overwrite the existing community or rename the imported community.

After you create a community

The community creation wizard enables you to create a community with a basic set of configuration characteristics. After you create a community, you can view, modify, delete, and extend the community configuration. See Modify a community.