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Alex James
Nov 15, 20244 min read
A detailed guide to EDI VAN and how Boomi simplifies document exchange with EDI VAN
EDI VAN (Value-Added Network) is a critical component of the global EDI ecosystem, enabling seamless and secure data exchange to...
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Alex James
Sep 3, 20243 min read
Boomi EDI Integration with Koerber WMS (formerly Highjump)
Boomi EDI Integration with Koerber WMS (formerly Highjump) EDI plays a key role in warehouse operations such as inventory management and...
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Alex James
Jul 5, 20243 min read
Boomi EDI Document Routing Best Practices
EDI document routing is one of the foundational requirements in an EDI system and it must be configured properly for accurate processing...
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Alex James
Jun 18, 20242 min read
Why and How to Install the Complete SSL Certificate Chain on Your Boomi Shared Web Server
✅APIs: The Core of Modern Integration Solutions APIs are an integral part of integration. API’s can be used by both internal and external...
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Alex James
May 27, 20242 min read
Unraveling Boomi EDI AS2 - Deep dive into AS2 Outbound Flow
B2B EDI involves exchanging documents between trading partners. In the context of the seller, EDI 850 (Purchase Order) sent from the...
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Alex James
May 14, 20243 min read
Unraveling Boomi EDI AS2 - Deep dive into AS2 Inbound Flow
Integration in simple terms is moving data from one application to another. An integration middleware such as Boomi gets data from source...
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Alex James
Apr 2, 20241 min read
Why do I prefer legacy Boomi disk connector over disk v2 connector for standard use cases?
Why do I prefer legacy Boomi disk connector over disk v2 connector for standard use cases?
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Alex James
Mar 15, 20242 min read
Smooth Sailing with Boomi EDI AS2: Part 5: Sender and Receiver Encryption certificates don’t match
In the last part of this 5-part blog series, I would like to detail Boomi EDI AS2 error related to encryption certificates mismatch. AS2...
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Alex James
Mar 5, 20242 min read
Smooth Sailing with Boomi EDI AS2: Part 4: AS2 client error related to firewall restrictions and resource URL permissions.
Boomi AS2 client initiates a connection to your trading partners AS2 endpoint to send documents. Your trading partners firewall might be...
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Alex James
Feb 26, 20242 min read
Smooth Sailing with Boomi AS2: Part 3: AS2 Error when Client doesn’t support TLSv1.2
AS2 over https is considered very safe and reliable. When a client initiates a connection to the server, they negotiate the highest...
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Alex James
Feb 6, 20242 min read
Smooth Sailing with Boomi AS2: Part 2: AS2 error when integrating Boomi and IBM Sterling Integrator
In Part-2 of this blog series on AS2 errors, we will see an AS2 exception that is common when integrating Boomi with IBM Sterling...
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Alex James
Jan 23, 20241 min read
Smooth Sailing with Boomi AS2: Part 1: Troubleshoot Boomi AS2 Duplicate route error
AS2 is the preferred communication method in B2B/EDI integration. To be proficient in setting up AS2, you should be good at...
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Alex James
Nov 27, 20232 min read
Simplify your Boomi error notification
🚩Three best practices to simplify your Boomi error notification by leveraging platform email alerts. Email alerting is one of the...
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Alex James
Oct 25, 20232 min read
Five pro tips to effortlessly run saved search using Boomi NetSuite Connector
Boomi NetSuite Connector’s advanced search makes it easy to reference an existing Saved Search and to retrieve specific columns from a...
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Alex James
Oct 3, 20231 min read
Self-Signed Certificates Made Secure: Minimum Parameters for a secure AS2 cert
🚩 Self-Signed Certificates Made Secure: Minimum Parameters for a secure AS2 cert AS2 is one of the most secure ways to transmit EDI...
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Alex James
Sep 11, 20232 min read
Mastering Boomi EDI Profiles: Top 7 Best Practices
EDI documents are the foundation of EDI processing and serves exchange of business information between organizations. Boomi EDI Profiles...
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Alex James
Aug 9, 20232 min read
Four reasons how Boomi Event Streams Outshine Atom Queues
🚩Four reasons how Boomi Event Streams Outshine Atom Queues Boomi Atom Queues have been widely used for asynchronous processing and...
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Alex James
Jul 24, 20232 min read
Boomi Try Catch "Document Errors" or "All Errors" - What should you use when?
You introduce a Try Catch shape in Boomi to manage exceptions and invoke retries. When a process encounters any errors in the try path,...
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Alex James
Jul 14, 20232 min read
Tips to set up Boomi EDI connection with VAN
🚩Tips to set up Boomi EDI connection with VAN Direct communication with trading partners is simple since your EDI system will only use...
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Alex James
Jul 6, 20231 min read
Stay on Top of Your EDI Compliance: Automate 997 Unacknowledgment Tracking in Boomi
EDI Functional acknowledgements 997 plays a pivotal role in trading partner relationships. It serves two core purposes viz assures...
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