This section discusses how to work with print maps.
Creating a print map
Define your print map just as you define any other inbound transaction map. Refer to Chapter 3, “Working with Maps” for instructions on creating a map.
Specify the EDI standard to use (X12, EDIFACT, or HL7), the transaction set or message to be mapped, and the version of the standard.
Select the year to use as the “Century Minimum” when 6-digit date fields are mapped to 8-digit date fields, specify whether 8-digit dates are used in X12 envelopes (if it applies), and enter a description of the map. The map direction must be IN.
Converting an EDI transaction to a readable format
Open an inbound map
In ECMap’s main menu, select Utilities > Generate Print Map.
The Generate Print Map window displays. The names of the current Project and Map appear in the Map group.
When you generate a print map, ECMap automatically creates the transaction (a transaction that includes all of the segments defined in the selected transaction set or message), does the mapping, and creates the rules and flow.
Click Run.
The program attempts to generate the map. A text box appears in the Options group and produces messages. The messages reflect the map generation activity taking place, such as Creating map transaction files, creating and mapping record fields, creating cross reference files, creating print map rules, creating flow, processing application files, processing rules, processing master element and condition tables, and processing reference files.
When all activity is finished, the message in the text box displays the final status of the map generation process.
Based on the results of the map run, do one of the following:
If the map run succeeded, proceed to Run Map.
If the map run failed, find and fix the problems that caused the failure and regenerate the map.
