Terminology

 

The following is the list of terms used in the Document Tracking:

 

Document Type      - This an ID to identify a particular document. For example, the Document Type of a Grocery Purchase Order is "875". Similarly, the Document Type of an Acknowledgment is "997".

 

Unique ID     - This is the Unique ID used in E COM header for every document. This ID is used to uniquely identify a ASCII document.

 

E Com ID      - This is the ID assigned by E COM for each Interchange in the case of the EDI documents and for each document in the case of the ASCII documents.

 

ISA Control No. - This Control Number uniquely identifies the EDI Interchange between the Sender and Receiver.

 

Group Control No.- This is the Control Number uniquely identifies the group going to the Different Divisions of a particular receiver. Within each EDI interchange, there can be many Group ctrl numbers corresponding to each division.

 

Set Control Number - This is the Control Number uniquely identifies each EDI document .

 

Batch ID – The ID assigned to each batch sent by the customer is called the

                Batch ID. There could be multiple ISA’s in each batch.

 

Error Code – The Error Code indicate the actual cause of the error. Please contact E COM Help Desk with the Error Code.

 

Status – The status indicates the processing state of the document. Please refer to the Help

document for detailed reference of the status.

           

Ack Status –  This status indicates the success or failure of a particular Interchange transmission. It does not imply acceptance of the EDI documents that make up the Interchange. The following status are displayed:

 

FA Expected                                     Waiting for an acknowledgement.

 

FA Received                                      Acknowledgement received.

 

FA Rejected                                      Document contained significant errors and could not be processed.

 

FA partially accepted                 Partially accepted, at least one transaction set was Rejected.

 

            FA Accepted with errors                 Accepted, but errors were noted.

 

Trading Partner – To search for documents sent and/or received from one specific trading partner.