In his post, Earl asks a valid question.... and many have replied with valid ideas, answers and solutions....
But it sparked another question in My mind - and one that is related to two aspects of Earl's original post: 1 - 997 FAs 2 - timing.... If you don't know (or have forgotten), I'm the EDI Coordinator for a big retail chain... we've got over 350 stores in 10 Western states. Personally, I've been in charge of creating and modifying our mapping specs and seeing a 1000% growth in our EDI progrom (from 40 trading partners to well over 500) in just a few years time.... We trade the 850 and the 856, with the resultant 997 FAs and I'm working on our 810 spec currently. But here's My question for the group: WHEN do you expect the 997 FA document to arrive in relation to the document you have sent out...? If you send a document to a trading partner, how soon after the send should that 997 FA arrive, showing that their system has received that document...? In My own system, I have a lee-way of 2 days/48 hours.... If I send out a PO, the lack of a 997 doesn't show up on My delinquent FA report for 2 days... PO sent on Monday, missing FA report on Wednesday.... I've received contacts from trading partners - sometimes just a few hours after a document was sent to Me - wondering where the FA is. Usually, it's a day after the document was sent.... With our system, I run document sends 3 times a day - at 6:30 AM, 2:30 PM and 4:20 PM (Pacific Time Zone). I also receive at those same times each day, as well as manual pulls throughout the day - just because I can. So, if a TP sends an 856 on Monday afternoon or evening (after our final send/receive), the document will not hit My local system until Tuesday morning. The FA will be generated but will NOT be sent until our 2:30 PM send time. BTW, we use a form of AS2 - basically a secure http connection - to communicate. But we're not always "on" - sending and and receiving data from the network all the time. So, My question is, again, how long do you wait after you've sent a document to look for a return 997 FA...? Craig Dunham EDI Coordinator Big 5 Sporting Goods --- In [email protected], Earl Wertheimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Good morning ;-) > > In the past, we've always generated X12 documents using the current time in our > time zone (EST). > One of our clients is sending documents using UTC, so there is a 5 hour > difference. Eg. We send at 09:46 EST and get a 997 at 14:51 UTC ( 09:51 EST). > > Do most other translators compensate for this time zone difference? > > Is there a flag in the setup to change the time or a time zone for each > partner? > > As far as I know, there is no Time Zone indicated in the ISA or GS segments. > > thanks > > Earl Wertheimer > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.spe-edi.com > ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
