In message <[email protected]>, Leah Halpin <[email protected]> writes >Having said this, it is very uncommon for EDIFACT users to send or >accept multiple transaction types in a single envelope. There is a UNG >available for this, but it's not mandatory (unlike GS) and if you look >closely at any EDIFACT data, you'll see it's not there. Maybe our >friends across the pond could weigh in on why this is?
Klaus-Dieter has explained about the (vanishingly) low use of Functional Groups in EDIFACT before version 4 in another post in this thread. I think Functional Groups are not used in EDIFACT in Europe because the de facto standard is to send only one message type within an envelope. The only exception to this in practice is when a TAXCON tax reconciliation message is included with an envelope of INVOIC messages. The EDIFACT standard allowed you to mix message types in an interchange. It was only within a Functional Group (before version 4) that there was a restriction to a single message type. Apparently that restriction is now lifted for version 4 (Klaus-Dieter says the take-up of that has been low; I think he is being charitable!) Regards Chris -- Chris Johnson mobile:+44 (0)7785 302122 Fax: +44 (0)870 0519 818 EDI website http://www.edimatrix.co.uk EDIMatrix Ltd work: 0844 414 6386 or +44 20 8778 1402 Registered in UK no. 2777624 Reg.Office: 34 Sydenham Rd, London SE26 5QF ------------------------------------ ... 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/
