Deploying the same EDI documents with schema changes

Question

I'm trying to make changes to the 867 schema to accommodate one of our customers.  I don't want to make the changes with our other customers, so I will have to have two 867 schemas in my project.   From what I've read it sounds like I should
be able to do this through a party agreement and a new target namespace on the schema, but so far I haven't had any success.
Is there a guide that can walk me through this?

Answer 1

Hi Bran,
1.In Visual Studio, add the schema that you want to modify to a project and open the schema in BizTalk Editor.
2.To change the properties of a data element or record, click the appropriate node in the left pane of BizTalk Editor and change its properties in the Properties window.
3.To change the values in an enumeration, select the enumeration in the Properties pane, and then click the ellipsis to open the Enumeration Editor. Add to or delete from the list of values, as needed, ensuring that there is one value on each line in the
Values pane. Click OK.
4.To add a custom field to the schema, right-click a record node in the console tree of BizTalk Editor, point to Insert Schema Node, and click Child Field Element. Name the data element, and then drag the data element to the appropriate position in the record.
Set the properties for the custom field properties as required.
5.To add a custom record to the schema, right-click a record node in the console tree of Schema Editor, point to Insert Schema Node, and then click Child Record. Name the record, and then drag the record to the appropriate position in the schema. Add at
least one data element to the record. Set the properties for the custom record as required.
6.After making the desired changes to the schema, you can change the target namespace that applies to the schema property by clicking the root node (<Schema>) and then changing the Target Namespace property.
7.Save the schema.
8.Validate the schema by right-clicking the schema in Solution Explorer and clicking Validate Schema.
Thanks
Abhishek