BOTS open source EDI translator

12May 2022 by admin No Comments

Bots open source EDI translator is fully functional software for EDI (Electronic Data Interchange). Current version: 3.2.0 (released at 2014-09-02). There are many strong points for the Bots Open Source EDI Translator:

A complete EDI translator
Supports many EDI formats
Offers powerful and rapid translations
It is a very stable EDI system with good performance, easily runs over 150K EDI files per month
Configurable change management process (e.g. push changes from test to production)
Easily build in acknowledgements/confirmations (e.g. CONTRL)
Maintenance free and flexible EDI system
Platform independent (i.e. runs on Windows, Linux, Unix, OSX etc)

Supports All EDI Formats

EDIFACT – all messages/all versions available
X12 – all transactions/all versions available
Tradacoms
XML
CSV/delimited file
Fixed records
Excel
Json
SAP iDoc
EANCOM
EDI to readable format (html)
Direct database communication

Powerful Translations

Bots supports and translates any-to-any formats. Translate to the format you can directly use!
Powerful mapping: easy querying of EDI messages to retrieve and place content. Think of Xpath or SQL, but tailored for EDI.
Partner dependent translations.
Partner dependent syntax (often needed for x12).
Tackle the ‘many similar yet different translations’ in a sensible way.
Code conversion, e.g. EAN/UCC-numbers to internal article number.
Fully integrated Unicode (character sets).
Build-in, send and receive acknowledgements/confirmations (997, CONTRL).

Management of EDI Flows (Bots-monitor)

Bots-monitor is web based. Use from any workstation in your company.
Clear, non-cluttered user-interface.
View and follow incoming and outgoing EDI flows.
View business documents like orders, invoices and despatch advices.
View the contents of your EDI files and those from your trading partners.
Re-send and re-receive EDI messages via interface
Get notified by mail in case of errors.

Flexible Deployment

Good scheduling options.
Communication and translations can be manually started, be scheduled or started from e.g. ERP software.
Automatic restart of EDI files when communication fails.
Easy configurable user rights: viewers, staff, superuser.
Use interface over HTTP or HTTPS/SSL.
Maintenance free: Bots does automatic maintenance of database, files etc.
Archiving of EDI files.
Directory monitoring/watching

Communication Options

POP3 including tls, ssl.
IMAP including tls, ssl.
SMTP including tls, ssl.
FTP, sFTP, FTPs (in and explicit)
File I/O
XML-RPC
http(s)
Database connector (direct communication to database).
External communication modules.
User scriptable communication.
VAN’s. Connections work with X400, IPMail, Sterling Commerce, Inovis, GXS, InterCommit.
AS2 with http://as2.mendelson-e-c.com

Plugins for Distributable Configuration

Easy installation of EDI scenarios.
Example configurations can be downloaded.
Distribution and sharing of configurations by e.g. users, ERP-suppliers, EDI-communities or EDI-hubs.
Make a plugin of your configuration; e.g. for support purposes, configuration back-up, for test environment.
Easy update/patch possible.

Technical Features

Platform independent; runs on Windows, Linux, OSX, Unix.
Programming language: Python is used for configuration (mapping scripts, grammars, user exits etc.).
Bots uses the django web frame-work.
By default the cherrypy web server is used. Bots is scalable: uses apache as web server.
By default uses SQLite database. Bots is scalable: use MySQL, PostgreSQLdatabases as database.
Heavy customisable by user scripting/user exits.
Powerful debug options when developing EDI translations.
Great features to test your configuration.
Use different/multiple environments.