Dear
EDI-L,
Thanks to
those who replied (Gerry, Chris, William), always with well considered and
thorough advice!
We will map
the PRI loop occurrence count into the 1st occurrence of d.e. 7160 in the ALC
segment. (We're already using other suggested d.e.s for other
data).
I had
some concerns about this solution not carrying the loop occurrence count
value explicitly in the PRI loop itself (only in the ALC).
However a match
can be made, and receving integrators will have to insert related ALC data into
earlier occurring PRI data records, regardless of whether they've been
identified implicitly by occurrenc #, or more explicitly by a matching
pair of cross references.
(Re: matching
pair alternative; you all agreed there was nowhere "legal" to put such a
reference in the PRI loop in any case, so we're not doing that ie: no APR
misuse!)
Thanks
again.
Georgia Blomberg
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