EDI 850 parsing

Pragalathan · February 23, 2006, 10:02am

Hi,
Im new to webMethods. Im facing a problem in parsing edi850 doc. I created schema & dictionary using SEFParse service. When i run the schema by giving the edi 850 data file, instead of 6 digits as date, its taking only 5 digits and saying the remaining as undefined.

is there anything wrong with the data file or with the schema. Please help me in this regard.

this is my data file

ISA00 00 0188888888801111111111*0502241411U004000000009850P*>
GSPOGIS14100029425200502241411985X004010
ST8500001
BEG00SAA123456**19980507
DTM00219980514
N1ST91122334450000
N2ABC Co.Branch 1
N31234 Maple Grove St.
N4Apple GroveCA98765
PO116EA*5.74BP00054321876547
DTM00219980522
PO1212EA8.7**BP00054321647437
PO1312EA10.75**BP00054321674310
SE120001
GE1985
IEA1*000000985

gupta_r.17495 · February 23, 2006, 8:26pm

Basically ISA09 element (yyMMdd date format) can accept only 5digits,this is per the Envelope/Schema rule.So please ignore the exception and continue with 5 digit date and so all the edi translators will accept this.

HTH,
RMG

Pragalathan · February 23, 2006, 8:32pm

hi rmg,
Thanks a lot for ur timely help.

Pragalathan M.

Jim_Plested · February 23, 2006, 10:52pm

RMG
I dont understand this statement. the ISA data is a min6 max6 element. it must be 6 char long.

gupta_r.17495 · February 23, 2006, 11:13pm

yes,it should take 6digits (yyMMdd),i was totally thinking differently.Thanks JM for correction,even i mentioned 6digits date format.

Pragalthan,please check your 850 schema,it should accept with 6 digits date as per standard of ISA09 element.Try parsing with convertToValues with your edi 850 it should parse correctly if schema allows the 6 chars.If not you have to correct the schema record.

HTH,
RMG