997-FA- Tx Set [Functional Acknowledgment]

Question 1

Purpose

Answer 1

We can send response for all EDI Txs except for 850 we send 855 (depends on client requirement). 997 has only response received or not.
855 has order info like order info/pending order/when we r going to release order… AK1,2,3,4,5 and 9.

Question 2

DETAILS

Answer 2

AK1 —Group Functional Response Header [M] - PO
AK2 –Transaction Set Response Header [M] - 850
AK3 —Data Segment [O] - rejected info - which segment, which line, error code
AK4 —Data Element [O] - rejected info - which element, empty, error code
AK5 —TX Response Trailer [M/O]
AK9 –Group Functional Response Trailer [M] - A/R/P, No. of txs included, No. of tx received, No. of txs partially accepted/rejected

If accepted we will not find AK3 & AK4. That means if rejected we will find them.