CSV File Connector Requirements

Technical requirements for the .NET connector installed at the customer premises

Buyer account number (supplier only)

If you are a supplier, Tradecloud needs to know the account number of your customer.

Please send the account number to [e-mail] and we will configure it in Tradecloud.

Your integration and Tradecloud will use the orderBuyerCode to route to the correct buyer.

Environments

There is an acceptance test environment and a live environment.

These environments are isolated by two separate installed connectors with each a CSV root.

Windows Server

The .NET connector needs a (shared) Windows Server where it will be installed as a Windows Service.

• Processor: X64 architecture, it will use max. 10% of 1 processor core

• Memory: max. 100 MB

• Disk: max. 200 MB

.NET framework

The Windows Server should have the .NET framework 4.5 or higher run time installed.

Firewall

The Windows Server should have outgoing internet access on TCP / IP port 5670.

Program Files

The .NET connector will be installed by default in:

• C:\Program Files\TradeCloud Connector Test

• C:\Program Files\TradeCloud Connector Live

It is possible to select another folder during setup.

CSV root

Each .NET connector needs a root folder or network share.

• the connector will create sub folders in the root folder automatically

• there are two archive folders for incoming and outgoing files, which are not cleaned automatically

• a CSV file has approx. size 4 KB per order and 1 KB per order response.

Windows Account

The .NET connector needs a Windows user account

• with read and write rights on each own installation folder and sub folders

• with read and write rights on the CVS root folder or share and its sub folders