Processing Flow and Acknowledgement Status

Acknowledgement statuses are different for original documents (sent to trading partners) and return documents (FAs received from trading partners).

“Original Documents Sent to Trading Partners” on page 65

“FAs Received from Trading Partners” on page 65

“Transaction Acknowledgement Status” on page 65

“Interchange Acknowledgement Status” on page 66

Original Documents Sent to Trading Partners

The table outlines the processing flow when you send original documents to trading partners. The table shows how the statuses change during processing,

Original document & interchange acknowledgement status during processing	Status before FA received	Status when FA received
Not Set	Expected	Accepted Accepted w Errors Rejected Reconcile Error
	Not Expected	Not Expected

See “Transaction Acknowledgement Status” on page 65 and “Interchange Acknowledgement Status” on page 66.

FAs Received from Trading Partners

The table outlines the processing flow when you receive FAs from trading partners. The stable shows how the statuses change during processing.

FA & interchange acknowledgement status during processing	FA & interchange acknowledgement after reconciliation
Not Set	Matched
	Not Matched

See “Transaction Acknowledgement Status” on page 65 and “Interchange Acknowledgement Status” on page 66).

Transaction Acknowledgement Status

These acknowledgement statuses are applied to individual transactions.

Transaction Acknowledgement Status	Description
Original Document
N/A	FA reconciliation is disabled.
Not Set	FA reconciliation is still processing for the original document or errored before the status was set.
Not Expected	Transaction is not monitored.
Expected	Transaction is monitored. Acknowledgement is expected, but has not been received.
Received	Acknowledgement received for transaction, but transaction has not been accepted or rejected (EDIFACT only).
Accepted	Accept acknowledgement was received.
Accepted w Errors	Accept with errors acknowledgement was received.
Warning	A warning timeout occurred.
Violation	A violation timeout occurred.
Rejected	Reject acknowledgement was received.
FA
N/A	FA reconciliation is disabled or the original transaction this FA reconciles is not monitored.
Not Set	Reconciliation is processing or errored before a status was set.
Matched	All monitored acknowledgements in the transaction were matched.
Not Matched	Reconciliation could not match at least one monitored acknowledgement in the FA transaction.
Reconcile Error	Error occurred during reconciliation.

Interchange Acknowledgement Status

These acknowledgement statuses are calculated based on all transactions in the interchange.

Interchange Acknowledgement Status	Description
Original Document
N/A	FA reconciliation is disabled.
Not Set	FA reconciliation is still processing for the original document or processing has been interrupted.
Not Expected	Transactions in this interchange are not configured for FA reconciliation.
Expected	Acknowledgements for all monitored transactions are expected.
Received	Confirmation has been received for all transactions in the interchange, but the interchange has not been accepted or rejected (EDIFACT only).
Accepted	All transactions in the interchange were accepted
Accepted w Errors	Some transactions in the interchange were accepted with errors.
Warning	Some transaction in the interchange reached a warning timeout.
Violation	Some transactions in the interchange reached a violation timeout.
Rejected	At least one transaction in the interchange was rejected.
FA
N/A	FA reconciliation is disabled, or none of the original documents acknowledged in this interchange are configured for FA reconciliation.
Not Set	Reconciliation is still processing or processing was interrupted.
Matched	All acknowledgements in this interchange were matched to the original document.
Not Matched	At least one acknowledgement was not matched to the original document.
Reconcile Error	Error occurred during processing.

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