Framework EDI Reference. eFileManager Utility
Acknowledgment Options

The Acknowledgment tab contain optional settings to control the generation of an acknowledgment when the EDI document is read.

  1. The following is displayed:

     

  2. Enter or select the following optional features:

    • Enable Functional Acknowledgment.  Check this option if the Functional Acknowledgment is to be generated.  Setting this option alone does not generate the acknowledgment -- both this option and specifying the implementation guideline for the Functional Acknowledgment (997) Transaction Set for ASC/X12, or CONTRL Message for UN/EDIFACT are required.
    • Enable Interchange Acknowledgment.  Check this option if the Interchange Acknowledgment is to be generated.
    • Enable Implement Acknowledgment.  Check this option if the Implementation Acknowledgment is to be generated.  This applies only to ASC/X12, and the implementation guideline must contain the Implementation Acknowledgment (999) Transaction Set.  Otherwise, no  acknowledgment is generated.  For UN/EDIFACT, this check is ignored.
    • Use Functional Group Version.  If this option is not checked, the subject document is verified for correctness using the schema selected by the version specified in the interchange header.  If this option is checked, the version specified in the functional group is used instead .
    • Ignore Acknowledgment Request.  If this option is checked, ignores the Acknowledgment Request data element value in the Interchange Header control segment.
      • In ASC/X12, the data element identifier containing this value is I13. The Acknowledgment Request determines whether an interchange acknowledgment is generated for the subject document. By default, if the value is "1" the acknowledgment is generated, otherwise if the value is "0" the acknowledgment is not generated.
      • In UN/EDIFACT the data element identifier that requests the Interchange Acknowledgment is 0031. The Acknowledgment Request determines whether the CONTRL acknowledgment is generated for the subject document. If the value is "1" the acknowledgment is generated otherwise if the value is "0" the acknowledgment is not generated.
    • Show Reporting Level.  Applicable to ASC/X12 only.  Check this option to show the AK2/AK5 (Transaction Set level) in the acknowledgment file that is being generated if there is no syntactical error recorded in the AK2/AK5 level.
    • Report to Single Interchange.  Check this option to report  syntactical errors to an acknowledgment containing a single interchange. If this option is not checked, and the subject document contains more than one interchange, then separate corresponding interchanges will be created in the acknowledgment document.
    • Combine Acknowledgments.  Applicable to ASC/X12 only.  If this option is checked, combines the Interchange Acknowledgment (TA1), the Functional Acknowledgment (997) and the Implementation Acknowledgment (999) into a single interchange in the acknowledgment document. If the option is disabled, the TA1 acknowledgment is enveloped in its own interchange, and separated from the interchange that envelopes the 997 acknowledgment, and/or the 999 acknowledgment.
    • Accept Functional Group with Transaction Set/Message Errors.  If this option is checked, accepts the Functional Group if some of the Transaction Sets (X12) or Message (EDIFACT) are not accepted because of errors.  Otherwise the Functional Group is either rejected, or accepted with errors, depending on the whether the option Accept Functional Group with Errors is check or not.  Note that if all the underlying transaction sets/messages are rejected, then the Functional Group is rejected even if this option has been checked.
    • Accept Interchange with Errors.  If this option is checked, accepts the Interchange even if errors are found in the interchange header and trailer data segments.
    • Accept Functional Group with Errors.  If this option is checked, accepts the Functional Group even if all underlying Transaction Sets (X12) or Message (EDIFACT) are rejected.
    • Use Transaction Set/Message with Errors.  If this option is checked, accepts the Transaction Set (X12) or Message (EDIFACT) even if there are underlying errors reported.
    • Group ID.  Applicable to ASC/X12 only.  Assign the value of the Functional Group ID.  When the acknowledgment is generated, the Functional Group ID is stored in the Functional Identifier Code data element in the AK1 data segment.
    • Starting Control Numbers:
      • InterconnectMailbag.  Starting control number of the first Interconnect Mailbag in the acknowledgment.
      • Interchange.  Starting control number of the first Interchange within the acknowledgment document or within an Interconnect Mailbag.
      • Functional Group.  Starting control number of the first Functional Group in an Interchange.
      • Transaction Set/Message.  Starting control number of the first Transaction Set/Message in a Functional Group or Interchange.

    NOTE: All options are applicable only if the options Enable Functional Acknowledgment and/or Enable Interchange Acknowledgment are checked.

  3. Press OK or Apply to save the settings.