In addition to the 900-lb gorilla comments (or "tail" vs. "dog" or "customer" vs. "supplier") with which I concur, I have to agree with Chris that we try to keep BOTH sides of the transaction in the loop (regardless of which one is our actual customer) so that they both understand the "rules of engagement."
Sometimes, after months (years) of sending the same e-mails about the same issues with ZERO response even when we BEG for "advice," if the recipient is OK with it, we'll just shut off compliance for a specific Element/Segment/Loop. On some (usually inbound X12) issues--especially when there is what seems like an "arbitrary" limit to the number of Loop/Segment occurrences (e.g., "3", "54", "99", "100000")--as long as the recipient can handle the number of occurrences, we'll either raise the upper limit or just make it unlimited. Matt ________________________________ Matthew Brown eBusiness Analyst EasyLink Services International Corporation Phone: 917-524-0594 Fax: 212-999-7375 [email protected] www.easylink.com This message, together with any attachments, may contain information that is confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are not permitted to disseminate, distribute, or copy this message or any attachment. If you have received this message in error, please notify the original sender by return e-mail and delete this message, along with any attachments from your computer. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ron Katz Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2012 3:40 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [EDI-L] Deviating from X12 Standards Hello Group We have a customer that insists on receiving the SAC-05 element with the explicit decimal as opposed to the implied decimal type N2 defined in the standards. Has anyone heard of this type of exception being used that defies the standards. Any thoughts are appreciated. Ron Katz ENTRACK Inc. 401-334-2463 [email protected] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ ... 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 ------------------------------------ ... 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: [email protected] [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/
