No it isn't. You are correct and PO301 is mandatory by standard. More importantly, there is a good reason that it is mandatory. It tells you the reason the PO3 segment is being used.
That doesn't mean your customer is going to see the light and make a change on his side... but he should never have set his system to disregard a mandatory element. The puzzling thing is why it matters to him. If he doesn't want to map the data that comes in that element, he *can* just ignore it. But to be format compliant, there still needs to be at least an empty element in the X12 you send to him. So I don't understand why he cares if there is actually data in it or not. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gerardo Santillana Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 9:07 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [EDI-L] 855 Mandatory element not needed Hi I need to send an 855 to a customer, according with his specs he does not want element PO301 in segment PO3, but this element is a standard mandatory element. I can do it but, Is it correct to force the system not to send a mandatory element? Thanks Gerry [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [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 <*> 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/
