Acknowledgments

When an initiator using TIBCO BusinessConnect Container Edition EDI Protocol powered by Instream sends an EDI document to a trading partner, it can request an acknowledgment from the trading partner to verify that the EDI document was accepted or rejected.

TIBCO BusinessConnect Container Edition EDI Protocol powered by Instream offers the following levels of acknowledgment configurations:

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Interchange, group, and transaction acknowledgments

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Interchange and group acknowledgments

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Interchange acknowledgments only

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Group and transaction acknowledgments

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Group acknowledgments only

Types of Acknowledgments

There are following types of acknowledgments for X12:

• TA1 Interchange Acknowledgment

• 997 Functional Group Acknowledgment

• 999 Functional Group Acknowledgment