Sterling B2B Integrator - Viewers
The following topic describes how you can view and search events (transactions), search orders, and complete your pending tasks.
Using the Event Viewer, a user can search for events or transactions and obtain event summary details through the simple and advanced search options.
- Indicate whether you want to search the event records in the live tables or in the history (archived) tables.
- Select date ranges and time ranges.
- Specify additional parameters to refine the search results.
- Log in to Sterling B2B Integrator EBICS Client.
- From the Viewers menu, select Event viewer.
- Complete the information pertaining to searching for events in the following table:FieldDescription
Search location Required. Select the appropriate search location. The options are: - Live tables: This option is selected by default. When this option is selected, events are searched in the live tables (current) database.
- Restore tables: When this option is selected, events are searched in the restore database.
Start date Required. The current date by default is populated in this field based on the timezone specified while configuring the user. Click the Start Date field to view the calendar and select the start date from the calendar. End date Required. The current date by default is populated in this field based on the timezone specified while configuring the user. Click the End Date field to view the calendar and select the end date from the calendar. Event type Optional. Select an appropriate event type from the drop-down list. The available event types are: - All (default)
- Info
- Warning
- Error
- Critical
User ID Optional. From the drop-down list, select the user ID of the EBICS Client user who initiated the order related to the event you are searching for. This option is not available for a user with the role and permissions of EBICS Client user. Start time Required. The default system time is displayed in the field based on the timezone specified while configuring the user. Click the Start time field to select the start time. End time Required. The default system time is displayed in the field based on the timezone specified while configuring the user. Click the End time field to select the end time. Sort by Optional. You can sort the search results based on the following options: - Datetime (default)
- Event type
- Event code
- Order type
- Order ID
Refresh rate Optional. Using the up or down arrow, specify the frequency at which you want the search results to refresh. Refresh icon Optional. By default, refreshing of the search results is disabled (Off). Click the refresh icon to enable the refreshing of the search results (On). - Click Search. The events summary is displayed in a tabular format, which is as follows:FieldDescription
Event Code Click the event code link to view the event details. Event type The type of event that is generated is displayed. The available event types are: - All
- Info
- Warning
- Error
- Critical
Event Name The event name is displayed. Timestamp The date and the time when the event was generated is displayed. Order type The order type for which the event was generated is displayed. Order Seq ID The order sequence ID of the order for which the event was generated is displayed. Click the order sequence ID link to view the order details. Note: An EBICS Client admin and EBICS Client operator cannot view the order document link in the Order Details page. The document link is displayed only for an EBICS Client user.Order ID The order ID of the order for which the event was generated is displayed. Click the order ID link to view the order details. Note: An EBICS Client admin and EBICS Client operator cannot view the order document link in the Order Details page. The document link is displayed only for an EBICS Client user.User ID When an EBICS Client admin initiates an event search, the user ID of the EBICS Client user responsible for triggering the event, such as, submitting an order, changing order configuration, is displayed. When an EBICS Client user initiates an event search, the user ID of the user who initiated the search is displayed. - Click Reset to clear the event search parameters. Resetting the search parameters does not clear the previous search results.
With the Sterling B2B Integrator EBICS Client, you can search for orders and obtain an order summary using simple or advanced search options.
- Indicate whether you want to search the order records in the live tables or in the restore (archived) tables.
- Select date ranges and time ranges.
- Specify additional parameters to refine the search results.
- Log in to Sterling B2B Integrator EBICS Client.
- From the Viewers menu, select Order search.
- Enter your search criteria according to the following table:
Table 1. Searching for orders
FieldDescriptionSearch location Required. Select the appropriate search location. The options are: - Live tables: This option is selected by default. When this option is selected, orders are searched in the live tables (current) database.
- Restore tables: When this option is selected, orders are searched in the restore database.
Start date Required. The current date by default is populated in this field based on the timezone specified while configuring the user. Click the Start Date field to view the calendar and select the start date from the calendar. End date Required. The current date by default is populated in this field based on the timezone specified while configuring the user. Click the End Date field to view the calendar and select the end date from the calendar. Bank ID(Host ID) Optional. Select the required bank ID. Order ID Optional. Type the order ID in the Order ID field. Order type Optional. Select an appropriate order type from the Order Type drop-down list. Status Optional. Select the appropriate status of the order from the Status drop-down list: - All (default)
- All completed
- All incompleted
- Success
- Failed
- In progress
- Pending at Client
- Pending at Server
User ID Optional. From the drop-down list, select the user ID of the EBICS Client user who initiated the order you are searching for. This option is not available for an EBICS Client user. Permission type Optional. Select the appropriate permission type. The options are: - Submitter: This option is selected by default. Orders are searched based on the submitter of the order.
- Signer: Select this option to search for orders based on the signer of the order. Click the order ID link to view the order details. Order events, Activities, and Pending signatures tabs are not displayed when orders are searched by signer.
Start time Required. The default system time is displayed in the field based on the timezone specified while configuring the user. Click the Start time field to select the start time. End time Required. The default system time is displayed in the field based on the timezone specified while configuring the user. Click the End time field to select the end time. Partner name Optional. Select the required partner name. Order Seq ID Optional. Type the order sequence ID in the Order Seq ID field. File format Optional. Select an appropriate file format from the File format drop-down list. FUL Ack status Optional. Type the FUL acknowledgment status in the FUL Ack status field. Sort by Optional. You can sort the search results based on one of the following options: - Datetime (default)
- Last activity datetime
- Order ID
- Order type
- Partner name
- Bank ID(Host ID)
- User ID
Refresh rate Optional. Using the up or down arrow, specify the frequency at which you want the search results to refresh. Refresh icon Optional. By default, refreshing of the search results is disabled (Off). Click the refresh icon to enable the refreshing of the search results (On). - Click Search.The order summary displays the following information in a tabular format:
Table 2. Order information fields
FieldDescriptionOrder Seq ID Order ID
Click the Order ID or Order Seq ID link to view the order details. The Order summary details page is divided into two sections: Order data and Order details. The Order data section provides the following information about the selected order: - Order Seq ID
- Order type
- File format
- Number of signatures (Signatures required to submit the order)
- Start date and time
- Last activity date and time
- Order ID
- Partner name
- User ID
- Bank ID(Host ID)
- Status of the order
- Completion date and time
- Workflow ID
- Document (The order payload). The order document link is displayed only for the EBICS Client user. Click the link to view the payload (for upload and download technical orders) or the order request XML (for other order types).
- Order events
- Provides information about events pertaining to an order, such as, data compressed, data encoded, and EBICS packaging passed.
- Activities
- Provides information about the activities pertaining to an order, such as, Pending at client for signature and Submit action by submitter. The activities can be in one of the following states:
- In progress
- Completed
- Failed
- Pending tasks
- Lists the users whose signatures are pending for the selected order.
- HAC States
- Provides processing status and details for all submitted orders
User ID The user ID of the EBICS Client user who submitted the order. Partner name Name of the partner to which a user is associated, is displayed. Bank ID(Host ID) The bank ID or the host ID of the bank to which the EBICS Client user submitted the order. It is a unique ID for the bank in the banks system. Order type The order type is displayed. Status The status of the order is displayed. For example: Success, Failed, In progress, and Pending at Client. FUL Ack status The FUL acknowledgment status of the order is displayed. HAC Action The HAC action is displayed. For information, see HAC Processing.
HAC Reason The HAC Reason code is displayed. For information, see HAC Processing.
Start DateTime The start date and time are displayed. Completion DateTime The completion date and time are displayed. - Click Reset to clear the order search parameters. Resetting the search parameters does not clear the previous search results.
Based on the configuration settings defined in an offer, multiple signatories may have to sign the order to process the order data. If an order is submitted for processing without obtaining the required signatures, EBICS Client does not process the order. Notifications for pending signatures are sent to the mailboxes of the concerned signatories requesting them to sign to the order. If the order is pending and needs to be signed, the user who is a signatory, sees the Sign link. If all the required signatures are obtained and the order is ready to be submitted, the user who is a submitter, sees the Submit link.
The Pending Tasks page is the landing page for Sterling B2B Integrator EBICS Client users. Use this page to view and sign or submit pending orders. To sign or submit a pending order, complete the following steps:
- Log in to Sterling B2B Integrator EBICS Client.
- From the Viewers menu, select Pending tasks. The pending tasks are displayed in a tabular format.Column namesDescription
Order ID Displays the order ID. Click the order ID to view the order summary and sign the order. Click the order document link in the order details page to view the payload. Submitter ID Displays the submitter ID. Bank ID(Host ID) Displays the bank ID. Order type Displays the type of the order. Datetime Displays the timestamp in date and time format. Status Displays the status of the order. For example, Success, Pending at Client, Pending at Server, and so on. Depending on the required action, Sign or Submit links are displayed next to the status.
- To sign a pending order, click Sign. To submit a pending order, click Submit.
- If hardware security for electronic signature is configured for an EBICS Client user, then the Electronics Signatures page is displayed after you click Sign. Enter the values for the fields listed in the following table and click Sign:FieldDescription
Provider name The name of the PKCS11 hardware signature module (HSM) provider is displayed. Select DLL Click Browse, navigate to the appropriate location, and select the DLL file of the HSM. Select PKCS11 provider Click Load providers, navigate to the appropriate location, and select the PKCS11 service provider file. After loading the provider files, select the appropriate file from the drop-down list. Enter pin Specify the security pin in the Enter pin field. Select private key Click Load keys, navigate to the appropriate location, and select the keys. After loading the keys, select the appropriate key from the drop-down list.
Distributed Electronic Signature (VEU) enables you to transmit data remotely to multiple subscribers. Multiple subscribers can authorize orders remotely, independent of time and space.
- Log in to Sterling B2B Integrator EBICS Client.
- From the User Menu, select Viewers > Pending VEU Tasks.
- In the Pending VEU tasks page, specify the values for the fields listed in the following table and click Search.FieldDescription
Partner name Required. Select a partner name from the