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- From: mdg@netcom.Netcom.COM (Mark Grand)
- Subject: Re: Samuel Pepys & EDI transactions
- In-Reply-To: Bill Laidley's message of Thu, 24 Dec 1992 09:15:59 -0700
- Message-ID: <MDG.92Dec24121557@netcom.Netcom.COM>
- Sender: mdg@netcom.com (Mark Grand)
- Organization: Premenos
- References: <EDI-L%92122409155953@UCCVMA.UCOP.EDU>
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 20:15:57 GMT
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- >>>>> On Thu, 24 Dec 1992 09:15:59 -0700, Bill Laidley <WLAIDLEY@BCSC02.BITNET> said:
-
- Bill> The difficulty...
-
- Bill> There is a problem though - the 811 consolidated service invoice
- Bill> is SO big that it exceeds the capacity of the EDI translator
- Bill> that we have installed (and at least one other translator that I
- Bill> know of - both mainframe based). The problem is not the volume
- Bill> of data, instead the problem is in the design of the
- Bill> translators. Most EDI translators have the same basic design -
- Bill> they are table based. In our case the limitation is the size of
- Bill> the tables used to define the data segments and elements used in
- Bill> the transaction. (the limit on total segments is 100, the limit
- Bill> on combined segments and elements is 400). The transaction
- Bill> specification for the 811 that has been developed by Telecom
- Bill> Canada has over 500 segments and elements. Oops.
-
- Bill> So what is the problem, after all we could split the transaction
- Bill> up and have it sent in two (or more) pieces. Well, the problem
- Bill> is in the nature of a hierarchical EDI transaction - to reach
- Bill> the lowest level of detail (which is what you need to validate
- Bill> your invoice) you must traverse the entire hierarchy. So there
- Bill> isn't an obvious way (to me anyway) to split up the transaction.
-
- You asked for a solution to your problem other than new software. I
- am not aware of any such solution. My employer, Premenos, sells a
- product called EDI/e that is not table based and does not have any
- limitations on the number of segments or elements in a transaction.
- It is capable of front-ending for a mainframe, but does not run on
- mainframes. It runs on UNIX boxes.
- --
- Mark Grand
- Premenos Corporation
- 1000 Burnett, Second Floor mark@premenos.sf.ca.us
- Concord, CA 94520
- --
- Mark Grand
- Premenos Corporation
- 1000 Burnett, Second Floor mark@premenos.sf.ca.us
- Concord, CA 94520
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