About this book

This document is a reference guide for ECMap™, a tool for building and understanding structured information messages.

Audience

While you certainly do not need to be a programmer to use ECMap, it is helpful to be familiar with certain technical concepts, such as the following:

ECRTP™ (process engine)
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and HIPAA concepts
HIPAA transaction formats and usage

How to use this book

This guide presents general technical background information about specific topics that are relevant to understanding and using ECMap. It also provides a brief summary of ECMap features, with a particular emphasis on the newest additions to product functionality.

This guide describes how to use ECMap. It is organized into the following chapters:

Chapter 1, “Informational Messages” describes the informational messages ECMap may encounter.
Chapter 2, “Adapter Configuration Files” describes how to create the configuration files specified in ECMap’s Export Schema utility.
Chapter 3, “Trading Partner and Log Database Formats” describes how ECMap’s trading partner information is stored in the trading partner database, and transaction and error logging are stored in a log database with their ODBC and non-ODBC versions.
Chapter 4, “EDI Envelopes” describes the EDI envelope types.
Chapter 5, “ASCII Character Chart” describes each of the ASCII characters that can be used in ECMap, such as decimal, binary and hexadecimal representations; description; abbreviation; and printable and non-printable characters.

Other sources of information

Use the Sybase Getting Started CD, the SyBooks Bookshelf CD, and the Sybase Product Manuals web site to learn more about your product:

The Getting Started CD contains release bulletins and installation guides in PDF format, and may also contain other documents or updated information not included on the SyBooks Bookshelf CD. It is included with your software. To read or print documents on the Getting Started CD, you need Adobe Acrobat Reader, which you can download at no charge from the Adobe Web site using a link provided on the CD.
The SyBooks Bookshelf CD is included with your software. It contains product manuals in a platform-independent bookshelf that contains fully searchable, HTML-based documentation.

Some documentation is provided in PDF format, which you can access through the PDF directory on the SyBooks Bookshelf CD. To view the PDF files, you need Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Refer to the README.txt file on the SyBooks Bookshelf CD for instructions on installing and starting SyBooks.
The Sybase Product Manuals Web site is the online version of the SyBooks Bookshelf CD that you can access using a standard Web browser. In addition to product manuals, you will find links to EBFs/Maintenance, Technical Documents, Case Management, Solved Cases, newsgroups, and the Sybase Developer Network.

To access the Product Manuals Web site, go to Product Manuals.

Sybase certifications on the Web

Technical documentation at the Sybase Web site is updated frequently.

Finding the latest information on product certifications

Point your Web browser to Technical Documents.
Select Products from the navigation bar on the left.
Select a product name from the product list and click Go.
Select the Certification Report filter, specify a time frame, and click Go.
Click a Certification Report title to display the report.

Creating a personalized view of the Sybase Web site (including support pages)

Set up a MySybase profile. MySybase is a free service that allows you to create a personalized view of Sybase Web pages.

Point your Web browser to Technical Documents.
Click MySybase and create a MySybase profile.

Sybase EBFs and software maintenance

Finding the latest information on EBFs and software maintenance

Point your Web browser to the Sybase Support Page.
Select EBFs/Maintenance. If prompted, enter your MySybase user name and password.
Select a product.
Specify a time frame and click Go. A list of EBF/Maintenance releases is displayed.

Padlock icons indicate that you do not have download authorization for certain EBF/Maintenance releases because you are not registered as a Technical Support Contact. If you have not registered, but have valid information provided by your Sybase representative or through your support contract, click Edit Roles to add the “Technical Support Contact” role to your MySybase profile.
Click the Info icon to display the EBF/Maintenance report, or click the product description to download the software.

Typographic conventions

This documentation uses the following typographic conventions:

Item	Description
`Code`	SQL and program code displays in a mono-spaced (fixed-width) font.
`User entry`	Text entered by the user is shown in bold serif type.
emphasis	Emphasized words are shown in italic.
file names	File names are shown in italic.
database objects	Names of database objects, such as tables and procedures, are shown in sans serif type in print, and in italic online.
sybase\bin	A backward slash (“\”) indicates cross-platform directory information. A forward slash (“/”) applies to UNIX-specific information. Directory names appearing in text display in lowercase unless the system is case sensitive.
File > Save	Menu names and menu items are displayed in plain text. The angle bracket indicates how to navigate menu selections, such as from the File menu to the Save option.
`parse\|put\|get`	The vertical (pipe) bar indicates Options available within code Delimiter within message examples
segment	Bold text indicates a glossary term.

If you need help

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