EDIFACT Outbound Trade Links Change (Tag: EDFOBTPLinkChange)
Use this tag to change an existing EDIFACT Outbound Trade Link. This tag is used to determine the existing Trade Link at the Trading Partner level, so you must specify the From and To Trading Partner ID in the first 6 fields. Note the Routing Address fields are only required if more than one Trading Partner exists for the Interchange ID/Qualifiers. The remaining fields are optional when changing a Trade Link.
The child tags (EDFOBAPLinkChange and EDFOBMsgLinkAddChangeDelete) need not be included if only changing data at this level.
Changing the UNG option (Mandatory/None/Optional) is not supported. If you need to change the UNG option, use Partner Manager, or remove the existing trade link with EDFOBTLDelete, then add it again using EDFOBTradeLink tag.
The tag and field descriptions are described in the following table:
| Field Label | FieldName/Tag | Req'd | Max. Len. | Validation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | FromIchgIdCdQual | No | 4 | fk to EDFIdCdQual | 1, 6 |
| N/A | FromIchgID | Yes | 35 | 1 | |
| N/A | FromRoutingAddress | No | 14 | 1 | |
| N/A | ToIchgIdCdQual | No | 4 | fk to EDFIdCdQual | 2, 6 |
| N/A | ToIchgID | Yes | 35 | 2 | |
| N/A | ToRoutingAddress | No | 14 | 2 | |
| Control Scheme | UNBControlNoScheme | No | 1 | 3 | |
| Control Map | UNBControlNoMap | Yes, if scheme is 2 | 255 | 4 | |
| UNB Control Number | UNBControlNoValue | No | 14 | 5 |
Notes:
- These three fields must match an existing Internal Trading Partner. This partner can be in any EDIFACT folder or sub-folder.
- These three fields must match an existing External Trading Partner. This partner can be in any EDIFACT folder or sub-folder.
- Valid values for UNBControlNoScheme are: 0=Trade Link; 1=Message; 2=User Defined; 3=None. The default value is 0 (Trade Link). If set to 2 (User Defined), a UNBControlNoMap is required. If set to 1 (Message), control numbers may be set at the Message level (see EDFOBMsgLink).
- A Control Number Map is required and can only be specified if UNBControlNoScheme is set to 2.
- Control Number can only be specified if UNBControlNoScheme is either set to or exists as 0 (Trade Link), or 2 (User Defined).
- Defaults to 4 blanks.