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Envelope Structure
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Envelope Structure
TypicallyEDI data consists of several nested envelopes. For example the outermostinterchange envelope encloses one or more functional group envelopes.Each functional group envelope encloses one or more transaction setenvelopes. Each transaction set envelope encloses one or more transactionsets of the same type.
The following table describes the envelope layers:
| Envelope | Description | Envelope Layer |
|---|---|---|
| Interchangeenvelope | Contains one or more functional groups from onesender to one receiver |
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| Functional group envelope | Contains one or more transaction sets of the sametype from one sender to one receiver |
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| Transaction set envelope | Contains at least one transaction set the EDIequivalent of a paper document |
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The following figure shows the envelope hierarchy consisting ofthe interchange envelope the functional group envelope and multipletransaction set envelopes:
[{"Business Unit":{"code":"BU055","label":"Cognitive Applications"},"Product":{"code":"SS73G6","label":"Sterling Total Payments for Financial Services"},"Component":"","Platform":[{"code":"PF025","label":"Platform Independent"}],"Version":"All Versions","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"","label":""}}]
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08 December 2018
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