EDI Flashcards
What does EDI stand for?
Electronic Data Interchange
What is EDI?
Electronic Data Interchange is a system or method for exchanging business documents with external entities
What is the EDI standard in North America?
X12
What is the EDI standard in Europe/Asia?
EDIFACT
What are the 4 components of EDI?
translator (parser), mapping, network and support
What is the translator component of EDI?
from EDI to your world and vice versa
What is the mapping component of EDI?
matching up fields from your ERP to corresponding items in an EDI message
What is the network component of EDI?
AS2/SFTP
What is the support component of EDI?
handling exceptions, logging
What is AS2 based off of?
HTTP/S and S/MIME
What is MFT?
Managed File Transfer is a concept larger organizations occasionally use
What is OpenAS2?
a java-based implementation of AS2 standard
What does FTPS run over to make it secure?
SSL (secure sockets layer)
What does SFTP run over to make it secure?
SSH (secure shell)
What is BEG03 always?
the PO number
What is the BEG05 always?
PO Date
What is BEG?
The beginning section
What are the two numeric types of data type?
N and R
How does the N data type work?
N# means there are # implied digits to the right of the decimal
What is 12345 with an N2 data type?
123.45
How does the R data type work?
R# means there is # maximum number of digits to the right of the decimal
What is the AN data type?
AlphaNumeric a sequence of letters and number
What is the DT data type?
Date
What is the TM data type?
Time