Menu Access
Character: EDI 4 2
GUI: EDI; Tasks or Transactions
Use this function to generate EDI transaction sets which can then be sent to the
trading partners that you deal with. You can specify the range of interchange envelope
partners and document types that you want to generate transaction sets for.
The system presently can generate the following transaction sets:
| Type | Document | Resulting Document | Standard |
| 0 | Statements | 882 | X12 |
| 1 | Picking Slips | 856 | X12 |
| 2 | Invoices/Credit notes | 810 | X12 |
| 3 | Purchase orders | 850 | X12 |
| 4 | Purchase order changes | 860 | X12 |
| 5 | Packing slips | 856 | X12 |
| 6 | Purchase order acknowledgements | 855 | X12 |
| 7 | Bills of Lading | 856 | X12 |
| 8 | UCS Invoices | 880 | X12 |
| 9 | MRP Forecast | 830 | X12 |
| A | Picking Slips | DESADV | EDIFACT |
| B | Invoices | INVOIC | EDIFACT |
| C | Purchase Order | ORDERS | EDIFACT |
| D | Purchase Order Changes | ORDCHG | EDIFACT |
| E | Packing Slips | DESADV | EDIFACT |
| F | Purchase Order Response | ORDRSP | EDIFACT |
| G | Bills of Lading | DESADV | EDIFACT |
| I | MRP Forecast | DELFOR | EDIFACT |
| J | Motor Carrier Bill of Lading | 211 | X12 |
| K | Shipment Schedule | 862 | X12 |
| M | Ship and Bill Notice | 857 | X12 |
| N | Payment order / Remittance Advice | 820 | X12 |
| O | Price Catalogue | 832 | X12 |
| P | ASN - Invoice | 856 | X12 |
After specifying the report and parameter output, the system generates transaction sets
(i.e., a group of records that contains information about a particular document) for those
EDI documents whose status code is set to "1" (i.e., not sent) within the range
of interchange envelope partners and document types specified.
For each interchange envelope partner that is processed, the transaction sets generated
will be appended to the output file to use for the file location code entered in the
trading partner profile for this particular interchange envelope partner. If no file
location code has been entered, then the transaction sets generated are appended to the
output file to use for the file location code entered in the EDI control-file record for
the EDI entity that you are logged onto.
While generating EDI information, the system will lock the output directory of
the file location being processed, ensuring that records are placed in the output file in
the correct order, as defined by the EDI standards. As a result, only one user at a time
can generate EDI data to a given file location.
For more information on the generation process see Generating EDI Data.
Last updated October 20, 2006