The following discusses how
the functional acknowledgment is processed:
Generating
the Functional Acknowledgment. By default, FREDI does
not generate the functional acknowledgment, so for the receiver
to automatically generate a functional acknowledgment, there
are specific steps to take when programming the code that verifies
the subject EDI document.
Construction of the
Functional Acknowledgment. Automatically creating the functional acknowledgment
follows a systematic approach when the
subject EDI document is being traversed and scanned for
errors. As each envelope and section of the document is
encountered, a reporting level is created that specifies the errors
found, if any.
Mapped Syntax Error Code
to SEC. When FREDI encounters an error, it usually reports
this error in its own standard error code (SEC), but the
acknowledgment requires that specific errors are indicated by syntax
error codes provided by the EDI standard. Subsequently, some
SECs are automatically mapped to syntax error code so that errors
are properly reported in the acknowledgment.
Action Code. The receiver specifies a
code in the acknowledgment to indicate the result of the action taken
on the document - either it has been received and/or accepted or rejected.
