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Files and EDI

Acknowledge EDI

Builds the functional acknowledgment (997, 999 or CONTRL) to send back to the partner.

Nodes › FilesOpen in Neblex
Good for
Confirming receipt to partners
Role
Works on the records in a flow
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Nodes › Files

When to use it

  • Your trading agreement requires functional acknowledgments.

Example

After reading a purchase order, acknowledge it and send the 997 back to the retailer.

  1. Read EDI
  2. Acknowledge EDI
  3. AS2

How it works

Settings
Structure field; Output field [ack]; Rejected controls field (optional); X12 acknowledgment type: 997 [default] or 999.
Output
{text, standard, control_number, acknowledges} (997/999 for X12, CONTRL for EDIFACT).
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Add it to a flow

  1. Open the flow from Build › Workflows.
  2. Open Nodes and find Acknowledge EDI under Files, or search for it. Click it or drag it onto the canvas.
  3. Drag from the previous step's output handle to its input, then open its settings with ✎ Edit.
  4. Run the flow and click the step to see the records it received and produced.

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