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Functional acknowledgment reconciliation for an EDI transaction

Gogula R Bhavana
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A functional acknowledgment (FA) serves as a receipt for the receiver (an integrator.io user) to confirm the transaction sent by a trading partner. This receipt ensures the receiver that their transaction has been successfully received. The primary purpose of a functional acknowledgment (EDI transaction 997) is to provide reliable confirmation of the integrity and successful delivery of EDI transactions between trading partners.

A functional acknowledgment includes details such as:

  • Sender and receiver identification

  • Control numbers

  • Date and time of receipt

  • Status code indicating the outcome of the transmission, which can vary depending on the EDI standards, such as ANSI X12 or EDIFACT.

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After the EDI file sent by the trading partner is validated against the file definition rules during export, the verification results are used as input for the import process. This process then generates and sends the Functional Acknowledgment (FA) back to the originator of the EDI file.

Example of a functional acknowledgement sample file

ISA*00*          *00*          *14*001695568GT    *14*001695568GP    *240613*2246*^*00501*000000001*0*T*>~  GS*FA*XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX*XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX*20240613*2246*1*X*005010ST*997*0008*3~AK1*AA*49*001000~AK2*100*001*REFNO~AK3*BEG*01*1*1~AK4*3*02*1*1~AK5*A*1*2*1*2*4~AK9*A*1*2*3*2*1*3*2*4~SE*31*0008~GE*1*1~IEA*1*000000001~

Create custom flow

  1. In your integrator.io account, from the respective EDI integration tile, click + Create flow.

    Note

    The flow should be created in the same EDI integration that includes the EDI flows.

  2. On the new flow page, below Sources, click Add source.

  3. On the source side, you can configure the appropriate trading partner. For more information, see EDI trading partners.

  4. On the new flow page, below Destination & Lookups, click Add destination/lookup.

  5. In the Application field, enter integrator.io.

  6. On the Create destination/lookup window, in the What would you like to do? drop-down menu, select Import records into destination application.

  7. Click Create flow step.

    Destination_window.png

  8. On the Create import window, provide a Name and Description.

  9. In the Connection field, either select an existing connection or create a new connection.

  10. Below the How would you like the records imported? section,

    1. In the Resource drop-down menu, select EDI transactions.

    2. In the API endpoint drop-down menu, select Update operation.

      IO_connection_reconciliation.png

  11. Click Save & close.

After you configure the source and destination, see the sample image.

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Important

In the EDI generator helper, add "documentType": "997" in the file definition rules for the FA status column in the Dashboard - EDI Activity to be updated.

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Check the functional acknowledgement status on the EDI activity dashboard

  1. In integrator.io, from the left menu, click Dashboard.

  2. In the EDI activity tab, you will find the functional acknowledgement status.

    FA_reconciliation_flow_Dashboard_status.png

    For more information, see Understand the Dashboard - EDI activity.

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