The General tab of the Trade Agreements window contains information about the trading partner and the map that are linked by this trade agreement.
There are six choices for the Standard Used for Map:
Any-to-Any
X12
EDIFACT – Syntax 3
EDIFACT – Syntax 4
HL7
NCPDP
The Trade Agreement information in the top section of the window is populated with the information you entered on the Trading Partner window – Internal ID, Name, and Group Code.
Trading Partner Internal ID is the internal customer number you use for this trading partner. (Internal ID entered on the General tab of the Trading Partner window)
Trading Partner Name is the internal name you use for this trading partner. (Name entered on the General tab of the Trading Partner window)
Group Code is the identifier code for the trading partner used on the inner group-level EDI envelope. (Group > Code entered on the Envelope/Lookup tab of the Trading Partner window)
The information in the Map Information section on the lower half of the window depends on the EDI standard being used.
When X12 is the EDI standard used in the map, the General tab includes the following information:
The Map Name is the name you gave to the map when you set it up. If you want to choose a different map, you can right-click in the Map Name text box to display a drop-down list of all the maps defined in the current project. You can select a map by double-clicking on it, and the program automatically populates the text boxes on the bottom half of the window with the information associated with the map you selected.
The Version/Release/Industry Identifier Code is the version of X12 used in the map linked with this trade agreement.
The Transaction Set Identifier Code is the identifier for the X12 transaction set used in the map.
Map Name Extension is a unique name that is used to distinguish this map from any other maps using the same transaction.
The Map Type indicates either the direction of the map (IN or OUT) or whether it is a print (PRT) or compliance (CMP) map. You specify the same map type on the Run Map window when you are ready to run your map.
Test Indicator indicates whether this is test (T), production (P), or informational (I). For X12 maps that use version 4020 and later, the choices for Status include T, P, and I. For X12 maps prior to version 4020, the choices include only T and P.
The Implementation Convention Reference (ST03) is an optional element that was added in version 4030. When a value is entered here, the RTP uses ST03 as part of the trading partner lookup for X12 maps. The default is not to use ST03.
General tab – Trade Agreements window – EDIFACT (Syntax 3 and 4) standard. When EDIFACT is the EDI standard used in the map, the General tab of the Trade Agreement window includes the following information:
The Map Name is the name you gave to the map when you set it up. If you want to choose a different map, you can right-click in the Map Name text box to display a drop-down list of all the maps defined in the current project. You can select a map by double-clicking on it, and the program automatically populates the text boxes on the bottom half of the window with the information associated with the map you selected.
The Message Version/Release Number is the version of EDIFACT used in the map linked with this trade agreement.
The Message Type is the identifier for the EDIFACT message used in the map:
The Map Type indicates either the direction of the map (IN or OUT) or whether it is a print (PRT) or compliance (CMP) map. You specify the same map type on the Run Map window when you are ready to run your map.
Test Indicator indicates whether this is used for test or production. Valid choices include 0 – 9 and N. N indicates a production run, and 0 – 9 indicate varying degrees of test runs.
Map Number
When HL7 is the EDI standard used in the map, the General tab includes the following information:
The Map Name is the name you gave to the map when you set it up. If you want to choose a different map, you can right-click in the Map Name text box to display a drop-down list of all the maps defined in the current project. You can select a map by double-clicking on it, and the program automatically populates the text boxes on the bottom half of the window with the information associated with the map you selected.
The Message Version/Release Number is the version of HL7 used in the map linked with this trade agreement
Map Name Extension is a unique name that is used to distinguish this map from any other maps using the same transaction.
The Message Type is the identifier for the EDIFACT message used in the map.
The Map Type indicates either the direction of the map (IN or OUT) or whether it is a print (PRT) or compliance (CMP) map. You specify the same map type on the Run Map window when you are ready to run your map.
Test Indicator indicates whether this is used for test or production. Valid choices include P (production), T (test), and D (debug).
For NCPDP, you can enter values for these parameters:
Standard Used for Map identifies the map standard you are using. Choose NCPDP from the drop-down list.
The X12, EDIFACT, and HL7 tabs are now inactive.
Trading Partner Internal ID is the internal customer number you use for this trading partner. It is entered by ECMap.
Trading Partner Name is the internal name you use for this trading partner. It is entered by ECMap.
Group code is entered by ECMap.
Map Name is the name you gave to the map when you created it.
Version/Release/Industry Identifier Code identifies the NCPDP version supported for this map. Choose 51 (for version 5.1) from the drop-down list.
Transaction Set Identifier Code is the identifier for the NCPDP transaction set used in the map.
NCPDP Map Type identifies the map as telecommunications (interactive) or batch. Choose Telecom v5.1 for interactive or Batchv1.1, v5.1 Telecom for batch.
Map Name Extension is a unique name that is used to distinguish this map from any other maps using the same transaction.
Map Type specifies whether the direction of the map is IN or OUT.
Print (PRT) and compliance (CMP) map types are not supported for NCPDP.
Test Indicator specifies whether this trade agreement is test (T) or production (P).
For and Any-to-Any map, you can enter values for these parameters
Standard Used for Map identifies the map standard you are using. Choose NCPDP from the drop-down list.
The X12, EDIFACT, and HL7 tabs are now inactive.
Trading Partner Internal ID is the internal customer number you use for this trading partner. It is entered by ECMap.
Trading Partner Name is the internal name you use for this trading partner. It is entered by ECMap.
Group code is entered by ECMap.
Map Name is the name you gave to the map when you created it.
Map Name Extension is a unique name that is used to distinguish this map from any other maps using the same transaction.
