Trading Networks 10.3 | Administering and Monitoring B2B Transactions | webMethods Module for EDI | Optional Inbound Processing When Using Trading Networks | Automatically Generating Functional Acknowledgments
 
Automatically Generating Functional Acknowledgments
 
Turning Automatic FA Generation On and Off
Determining How Module for EDI Reports FA Status
Defining FA Statuses as Acceptable and Unacceptable
Defining Actions Module for EDI Takes Based on FA Status
Defining a Processing Rule to Deliver FAs
Defining Processing Rules for Documents with Unacceptable FA Statuses
Optionally, Module for EDI can automatically generate functional acknowledgments (FAs) for inbound documents during processing. After the FAs are generated, the module sends them to Trading Networks so they can be delivered to the sender of the inbound document. You must define a processing rule to deliver the FAs.
For more information about FAs, including the contents of a generated FA, see Generating Acknowledgments. For more information about defining a processing rule to deliver FAs, see Defining a Processing Rule to Deliver FAs.
Note:
Functional acknowledgments (FAs) are not applicable to the TRADACOMS and VDA standards.
The following table lists the tasks you must perform to set up automatic FA generation and includes a cross reference to the section in this guide that provides more information about each task.
Task
Where to Find More Information
Ensure you have installed the TN document types and flat file schemas for the FA (997 or CONTRL)
Turn on automatic FA generation
Set the level of detail to include in the generated FAs
“FAGeneration/FALevel EDITPA Variable” in FAGeneration Variables
Set how to generate control numbers for the FA
“FAGeneration/generateControlNumber EDITPA Variable” in FAGeneration Variables
Determine how Module for EDI sets the FA status for an interchange, group, or transaction within an EDI document
Define the action Module for EDI takes for an interchange, group, or transaction document based on its FA status
Define one or more Trading Networks processing rules to perform normal processing on documents that have FA statuses defined as acceptable
For more information about acceptable FA statuses, see Defining FA Statuses as Acceptable and Unacceptable.
Define one or more Trading Networks processing rules to perform processing on documents that have FA statuses defined as unacceptable
For more information about unacceptable FA statuses, see Defining FA Statuses as Acceptable and Unacceptable.
Define a Trading Networks processing rule to deliver the generated FAs