A message or transaction set transmitted by the receiver of an EDI transaction to the sender, indicating receipt and syntactical acceptability of data transmitted according to an EDI standard. The functional acknowledgement allows the receiving party to report back to the sending party problems encountered by the syntax analyser as the data are interpreted. It is not intended to serve as an acknowledgement of data content.
A transaction set (EDI 997) transmitted by the receiver of an EDI transmission to the sender, indicating receipt and syntactical correctness of the data transmission. The functional acknowledgement is not an acknowledgement of data content.
An EDI message that is sent in a response to the receipt of an EDI transaction or a packet of transactions to notify the sender of the original message that it was received, It acknowledges only the receipt of the transaction or transaction packet and does not imply agreement with, or understanding of, its content.
An ANSI X12 message set generated by the receiver of EDI data and transmitted to the sender. The message set acknowledges receipt of the data and reports the results of validation edits on the functional group, message set, or data element level.
An EDI message to notify a sender of the receipt of an original message, acknowledging only the receipt of the message but not confiming agreement with, or understanding of the contract.
The functional Acknowledgement is EDI's equivalent of registered mail. When EDI transactions are received, the recipient prepares and sends the Functional Acknowledgement to the sender. It tells the sender the EDI transactions were received and indicates if the transaction contains errors.
(997) - A confirmation back to the sending party of a transmission to acknowledge that the transmission was received.
Transaction set sent by a recipient of an EDI message to confirm data received, not approval of its contents.
A transaction that is sent back to a trading partner to acknowledge receipt of a transaction that was sent to them.