Viewing the Element category's full description

The item subtypes of the Element category are the EDIFACT data elements.

To see the full description of an element, view the type properties in the Map Designer.

To view an element's full description, perform these steps:

  1. Select the type in the schema.
  2. Right-click and select Properties from the menu. Or, click the Properties icon on the tool bar.

    The description is in the Value column of the Description property.

There are many element types in an EDIFACT schema. Although they are arranged alphabetically, you might want to use the Find command on the Edit menu to locate a particular element.

The following list summarizes how an EDIFACT schema corresponds to the EDIFACT documentation of the EDI standards:

  • Element codes are specified as restrictions in an EDIFACT schema.
  • Different elements with the same EDIFACT description are named by appending the reference number designator to the end of the subtype name.
  • Some elements have subtypes of their own. These elements are not found as data elements in the EDIFACT documentation. Element subtypes were added if the same element was used more than once as a component of the same Segment. For example, if a Segment has two Date Element components, one might be an Arrival Date Element and the other a Departure Date Element.