Adding an EDIFACT Inbound Trade Link Application

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About this task

One or more business documents are exchanged between an internal and external trading partner, with each business document defined as an application within the trading relationship.

The initial applications are added when you run the Inbound Trade Links Wizard. You can add more applications for a given external and internal trading partner from the Inbound Trade Links: Partner View dialog box.

Use the following instructions to add a new EDIFACT application for a trade link.

To add a new EDIFACT inbound trade link application

Procedure

  1. From the File menu, select Trade Links.
  2. In the Trade Links navigator select Inbound > EDIFACT.

    The EDIFACT Inbound Trade Links window opens.

  3. Click the Applications tab.
  4. Click the Add Application button.

    The EDIFACT Trade Link: Add Application window opens. If the No UNG option is set, the two fields in the Application Partners area will be grayed out.

  5. If this is an optional or mandatory UNG link, and an UNG segment is expected for this application, select the Application Partners associated with this UNG segment in the drop-down list.
  6. Complete the Msg Version No, Msg Release No, and Controlling Agency fields.
  7. Click the Find Version Message Types button to open the Find All EDIFACT Functional ID Message Types list box and select a message type from the list.
  8. Click OK.
  9. With the Post Offices tab displayed select test or production data by enabling one or both Test and/or Production check boxes.
  10. Select a Test Post Office and/or Production Post Office. You must select a test or production Post Office in order to save the trade link application.
  11. If data is not to be validated, but is to be routed to the Post Office, enable the Route Only; No Validation check box. See Route only option for details.
  12. If validation is desired, click the Acknowledgements/Validate By tab and make changes to any fields in this view.
  13. Click Save.

    The new Inbound Trade Link Application is now created.

Levels of EDIFACT Acknowledgement (CONTRL)

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The following list identifies the levels of EDIFACT functional acknowledgements. Please note that CONTRL, as used in this section, is not a typographical error.

Acknowledgement Description
No Acknowledgement No CONTRL is sent
Interchange Level A CONTRL is sent acknowledging receipt, providing details of the inbound data to only the interchange (UCI) level.
Functional Group Level This option is only available if this is a UNG level document, that is, application partners are specified. A CONTRL is sent acknowledging receipt, providing details of the inbound data to only the functional group (UCF) level.
Message Level A CONTRL is sent acknowledging receipt, providing details of the inbound data to the message (UCM) level.
Segment Level A CONTRL is sent acknowledging receipt, providing details of the inbound data to the segment (UCS) level.
Data Element Level A CONTRL is sent acknowledging receipt, providing details of the inbound data to the data element (UCD) level.