Ashley Interface Settings

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Indicate the URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) of the internet address where the web service is located. 

Indicate the URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) of the internet address where the web service action (method) is located.

Indicate the URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) of the internet address where the web service’s namespace is located.  

Indicate the name of the method being invoked by the web service.

Indicate the amount of time (in seconds) that the request should time out from its web service connection attempts. For example, if you enter 30 in this field, requests to connect to the web service time out after 30 seconds have elapsed without successfully connecting.

Ashley does not guarantee inventory availability until purchase orders are created and acknowledged. You can use this field to indicate a quantity from 0-99 to be used as a buffer by the web service to reduce the likelihood of available to promise (ATP) dates being returned for dates when quantity is not actually available. The number you enter here is added to the requested quantity and the ATP date returned is the first date when the quantity required (buffer + requested) is available. A lower quantity buffer returns an earlier ATP date, while a higher value returns a later ATP date. It is recommended that you discuss this setting with Ashley.    

You can also establish a quantity buffer for specific products via Advanced Product Settings.

Use this field to indicate how transit time is to be determined. If you check the box at this field, the transit time returned from the web service is used when calculating availability. If you leave the box blank, the transit time associated with the vendor (In Transit Days) is used.

Use this field to indicate how you want errors in processing handled. If you check the box, then errors occur due to time-out, authorization failure, unavailable stock, etc., the standard lead time is used in processing. If you leave this box blank, no lead time is returned.

This setting dictates the maximum amount of time, in minutes, that can elapse between the timestamp of the data set used by AFI and the processing of the purchasing advice.  Valid entry is between 0 and 999 minutes.  If the time period between the two is greater than this value, the purchasing advice is not processed.  If this value has not been specified the purchasing advice is not processed.

Enter the path of the directory where the replenishment XML should be located following AFI transmission. The path must be visible on the STORIS transactional system server, either as a local directory or a valid network path.

Specify the user or messenger group to whom STORIS Messenger alerts should be sent upon successful processing of purchasing replenishment advice. To locate a user or mail group code, click the Search button and select Staff or Mail Group Display. If you leave this field blank, a message is not sent.

Specify the user or messenger group to whom STORIS Messenger alerts should be sent when errors occur during processing of purchasing replenishment advice. To locate a user or mail group code, click the Search button and select Staff or Mail Group Display. If you leave this field blank, messages are not sent.

Indicate a warehouse/store location to maintain ATP web service settings for that location. Click Search to access the Read-Only Lookup Window, where you can select a location code. To edit a line in the grid, double-click to select the line. This field remains active until you specify both the Location and Vendor.  

Indicate the code of the vendor from whom Ashley products are shipped to the location associated with this vendor. If you click the Search button, you access the Vendor Name Search, which you can use to locate vendor codes. The web service is used to determine lead times for products associated with this vendor (via product settings) and location. This field remains active until you specify both the Location and Vendor.  

Use this field to enter the identifier used when accessing the web service. This ID is assigned by Ashley and is associated with the user ID.

Use this field to enter the string assigned by Ashley that is associated with the external ID. This ID is used when accessing the web service.  

Use this field to indicate the ID of the user accessing the AshleyDirect web site. This user must be associated with the specified account ID.

Use this field to enter or update the password for the AshleyDirect User ID. Unless set to never expire, passwords used to access the AshleyDirect web site typically expire at a predefined interval. If the password expired and was changed, this field needs to be updated in order to continue connecting to the ATP web service.

Indicate the Ashley account identifier assigned to the specified location in STORIS.

Indicate the Ashley Ship-to identifier assigned to the specified location in STORIS.

To indicate that this location and vendor are used when processing replenishment, check the box. Otherwise, leave this box blank.

Replenishment - External Ashley module required for this feature.  To purchase this module, contact STORIS Sales.

To indicate that this location and vendor combination are used with the ATP web service, check this box. Otherwise, leave this box blank. If you check this box, then when a product associated with this vendor is being added to an order and the ATP request is for the associated location, the web service can be used to obtain availability details.

ATP - External Ashley module required for this feature.  To purchase this module, contact STORIS Sales.

After entering settings for a location/vendor combination, click the Add button to update the grid. The grid lists the Location, Vendor, Account ID, Ship-to ID, User ID, Password, External ID, and Key Code for each location/vendor combination you added to the grid. To edit a line, double-click the line in the grid.

When you click the Actions button, the following options display. These actions are available to assist your IT department in diagnosing connection problems. You must select a line from the grid before you select one of these options.  

• Test AFI First Available Date - Use this method to test a request for the product's first available date.  Initial requested quantity is set to 1.  If the Ashley Quantity Buffer field on the Interface tab in Advanced Product Settings or the Quantity Buffer field on the General tab of this screen (Ashley Interface Settings) has been set to a value of zero or greater, the requested quantity is increased by this value.  If both of these buffer fields are blank, the requested quantity remains set at 1.  

• Test AFI Detailed Availability - Use this method to test a request for the product's detailed availability. This request is not issued for a specific quantity of products.

When you select one of these options, you are prompted to select one or more valid products via the Multiple Product Selection Window.  Upon finishing product selection, click Save to access View Web Service Results.

These actions function whether or not the ATP Web Service box is checked.  This allows you to test configurations before allowing them to be used during normal STORIS processing.