The X12 tab of the Trade Agreements window contains information that is used only for X12 transaction sets. The EDIFACT tab of the Trade Agreements window contains information that is used only for EDIFACT messages. The HL7 tab of the Trade Agreements window contains information that is used only for HL7 messages.
X12 tab – Trade Agreements window – inbound maps. The X12 tab for inbound maps allows you to enter the version of the X12 standard that is being used in the trade agreement map and to modify the inbound group control number maintained by the system.
The Interchange Control Version Number is the version of the X12 standard used in the map. This value is used to populate ISA 12.
An entry in the Group Control Number text box allows you to override the group count that is automatically incremented each time the transaction is run. Ordinarily, you would not change this number.
The Expect FA 997 Functional Acknowledgement is used to indicate whether a functional acknowledgement should be returned to the sender of this transaction.
X12 tab – Trade Agreements window – outbound maps. The X12 tab for outbound maps allows you to enter the version of the X12 standard that is being used in the trade agreement map and to modify the group control number used on the outbound group-level X12 envelope. It also allows the user to specify whether a TA1 interchange acknowledgement should be requested or whether a FA 997 functional acknowledgement is expected – and the time within which the 997 should be received.
A TA1 interchange acknowledgement does not guarantee anything about the correctness or completeness of the contents of the ISA envelope – it merely acknowledges that it was received.
A FA 997 functional acknowledgment actually performs a syntactical check. The program captures certain information in the log during mapping that is used in the creation of a functional acknowledgement. When the user indicates on this tab that a 997 is expected for an outbound X12 document, it causes the program to capture certain information in the log during mapping that enables it to process the functional acknowledgement.
The Envelope Information section contains the following information:
The Interchange Control Version Number is the version of the X12 standard used in the map. This value is used to populate ISA 12.
An entry in the Group Control Number text box allows you to override the group count that is automatically incremented each time the transaction is run. Ordinarily, you would not change this number.
The Notification section contains the following information:
The Request TA1 Interchange Acknowledgement (outbound maps only) is used to indicate whether there is an agreement between the sender and receiver that the receiver of this EDI message sends a response back to the sender affirming that the ISA envelope was received. If so, the system should expect to receive this acknowledgement.
The Expect FA 997 Functional Acknowledgement is used to indicate whether a functional acknowledgement is expected back from the receiver of this transaction set. If so, it causes certain information to be written to the log during mapping that enables it to process the functional acknowledgement.
In the two text boxes following Consider unacknowledged if not received after, the user enters values that tell the program the period of time in which you expect to receive a functional acknowledgement. If an acknowledgement is received after this time period, it is considered overdue. (If you use EC Gateway, this allows Gateway to report on overdue acknowledgements.)
Time Units specifies the unit of measure (DAYS, HOURS, MINUTES, or SECONDS) for the time period during which an acknowledgement to your outgoing message must be received.
In the text box following Time Units, you select the actual number of units of time after which an acknowledgement is considered overdue. (The drop-down list includes the valid values 1 – 99.)
