EDI Document Type - 997 Functional Acknowledgement
What is a 997 Functional Acknowledgement?
One of the most common EDI document types is the EDI 997 Functional Acknowledgement. The 997 document type is an electronic version of a paper Functional Acknowledgement. Standard EDI formats include X12, ANSI, EDIFACT and its subsets. Click here to read more about supported EDI Standards.
The 997 EDI document type is used to acknowledge receipt of an EDI document.
What makes up the 997 Functional Acknowledgement document?
a 997 EDI Functional Acknowledgement is organized into the following segment and data elements. A segment can contain at least one data element. Each data element contains a data field. There are an infinite number of possibilities available for a company to include data on a 997 Functional Acknowledgement.
How is it used?
The 997 EDI document is sent after a trading partner received a document to notify the sender that they have received the document that was sent.
The Process and Standards
An EDI solution is required to process the EDI documents received into a financial system (click here to view all available financial systems eBridge integrates into) or into a readable format for manual entry. Each trading partner will have an EDI Implementation guide outlining the specific segments, data elements, values accepted, and the applicable business rules to be followed.
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