Acknowledgments

In the Acknowledgment tab, you can specify the settings to use in composing the acknowledgments for documents sent by this trading partner.

If you want to generate acknowledgments for inbound X12 transactions, the guideline of inbound transactions must contain the DSR mark for ISA, GS, and ST segments.

The following table lists the fields in the Acknowledgment tab:

Acknowledgment Fields
Field Description
 Inbound
Ack Expected Option

Select one item from the list to define which acknowledgments that a host expects from a trading partner. The possible acknowledgment acceptance options are:

  • None No acknowledgment is expected and the transaction is completed after sent to the participant.
  • Interchange, Group and Txn The host expects a TA1/997 or 999 acknowledgment from this partner to have this outbound transaction reconciled and accepted.
  • Interchange and Group The host expects a TA1/997 or 999 acknowledgment from this partner to have this outbound transaction reconciled and accepted. The 997 or 999 acknowledgment is verified only for the group response.
  • Interchange Only The host expects a TA1 acknowledgment to have this transaction reconciled and accepted. The TA1 acknowledgment is verified only for the interchange response.
  • Group and Txn The host expects a 997 or 999 acknowledgment from the partner.
  • Group only The host expects a 997 or 999 acknowledgment from its partner with a Functional Group response to have this outbound transaction reconciled and accepted.
Note: The transaction is successfully completed even though the Interchange and Group option is selected in the Ack Expected Option field at initiator and the Group Only option is selected in the Ack Creation Option field at responder.
999 Ack Creation Option (Only for Group Version 004061 and above)

Specify the 999 Ack Creation option.

By default, this check box is cleared.

If you select this check box, the 999 Ack Creation option is based on the options described in the Ack Creation Option list.
Ack Creation based on ISA14 Ack Requested

Select this check box to control whether the acknowledgment creation is determined based on the value of field ISA14 in the interchange envelope segment of the incoming document.

  • When you select this check box and set field ISA14 to 1, acknowledgment generation is based on Ack Creation Option.
  • When you select this check box and set field ISA14 to 0, acknowledgments are generated regardless of Ack Creation Option.

By default, this check box is cleared.
Ack Version Option

Select one item from the list to specify the acknowledgment version option.

  • Transaction group version in GS08 (default) This option carries the original inbound EDI document group version of the transaction that is acknowledged.
    For example, if the group version is 004030, the GS08 of the 997 is also 004030.
  • Transaction group version in AK103 If the transaction being acknowledged has the group version of 4061 and higher for 999s, or group version 4041 and higher for 997s, the appropriate acknowledgment carries the inbound EDI transaction groups version in the AK103 element.
    This AK103 value is used to reconcile the original transaction for the group version of the transaction.
  • Always generate same ack version X12N and VICS group versions are not allowed for this usage. With this option, the original base part of the groups is generated, and its value must be specified in the Ack Version field.
Ack Version Specify the acknowledgment version. The value entered is not used for X12N and VICS transactions. To be created, the value has to be 4041 or higher for 997, and 4061 or higher for 999s; for example, a value of 005010 can be specified.
Ack File Mask Specify the file name by using file masks for generated acknowledgment data. The default value is #(TpName)-#(DocID)-#(YYYYMMDDHHMISSNNN).ack.response. Do not use special characters in the file name.
Outbound
Ack Expected Option

Select one item from the list to define which acknowledgments that a host expects from this trading partner. The possible acknowledgment acceptance options are:

  • None No acknowledgment is expected and the transaction is completed after sent to the participant.

  • Interchange, Group and Txn The host expects a TA1/997 or 999 acknowledgment from this partner to have this outbound transaction reconciled and accepted.

  • Interchange and Group The host expects a TA1/997 or 999 acknowledgment from this partner to have this outbound transaction reconciled and accepted. The 997 or 999 acknowledgment is verified only for the group response.

  • Interchange Only The host expects a TA1 acknowledgment to have this transaction reconciled and accepted. The TA1 acknowledgment is verified only for the interchange response.

  • Group and Txn The host expects a 997 or 999 acknowledgment from the partner.

  • Group only The host expects a 997 or 999 acknowledgment from its partner with a Functional Group response to have this outbound transaction reconciled and accepted.
999 Ack Expected Option (Only for Group Version 004061 and above)

Specify the expected 999 acknowledgment option.

By default, this check box is cleared. If you select this check box, the 999 Ack is expected for outbound transactions with group versions 004061 and higher, based on the options described in the Ack Expected Option list.