Automatic creation of X12 acknowledgement trade links

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The documentation provided here describes the tags needed to create trade links in the XML AutoLoad Utility. An additional feature for X12 trade links is the ability to automatically create the acknowledgement trade link at the same time.

Here you will find documentation that explains how to use this automatic acknowledgement feature.

Creating or modifying a trade link so that an acknowledgment is required, or expected, will check to see if the corresponding trade link needs to be created. If that link does not exist, it will be created for you if you specify the Acknowledgment Post Offices option. The corresponding trade link has the same internal and external partners, but in the opposite (inbound and outbound) direction. An acknowledgement is required on an Inbound trade link when the XML tag Ack Level is set to a non-zero value in the XML file. An acknowledgement is expected on an Outbound trade link when the XML tag ACK_Within (number of hours an acknowledgment is expected) is set to a non-zero value. This feature duplicates the automatic acknowledgement creation feature found in Partner Manager.
Note: If you would prefer to create the acknowledgement trade link yourself, do not specify the Acknowledgement Post Offices and skip the remainder of this procedure.
The automatic creation feature supports three different acknowledgement functional groups:
  • 824
  • 997
  • 999
How the system determines which functional group to use is described in the following procedures.
Note: The tags mentioned are explained in detail in the trade link tables found in this documentation.