Monday, December 17, 2018

Part 3.1 Envelope, Transaction, Segment, Record

Envelope
An envelope contains control or service segments. Envelopes are a pair of segments that enclose.

Transaction
A transaction refers to one valid or original document. A transaction is a collection of segments in a standard sequence.
The transaction can be divided into three parts

  • Header Level.
  • Detail Level.
  • Summary Level.


Segment 
A segment is a record in a standard transaction or message. Each segment is identified with two or three characters identifier at the beginning of the segment.

  • It is a group of elements. 
  • It is a standard format.
  • Each and every line in the EDI document, it’s called segment.
  • The maximum number of elements in a segment should not exceed 24.


Record

  • It is a group of elements.
  • It is nonstandard format information.
  • It is the same information as like as a segment.

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