This question comes up from time to time. Yes, X12 has a recommendation
for group control numbers in X12.6, section 3.9.1:
"In order to provide sufficient discrimination for the acknowledgment
process to operate reliably and to
ensure that audit trails are unambiguous, the combination of Functional
ID Code (GS01), Application
Sender's ID (GS02), Application Receiver's ID (GS03), and Functional
Group Control Numbers (GS06,
GE02) shall by themselves be unique within a reasonably extended time
frame whose boundaries shall be
defined by trading partner agreement."
In regard to transaction set control numbers, the only requirement is
that they be unique within any given functional group.
If your trading partners are resetting their group control numbers
frequently, then they're not following the recommendation and are
probably giving you problems with your acknowledgment process.
Mike
lowellporter wrote:
> I have some trading partners that reset their GS and ST control
> numbers. For some it is for every interchange, and for others it seems
> to be everyday. From time to time this causes problems. At first it
> was just a few TPs doing this, but now I have noticed more and more
> doing it. Does the X12 standard recommended anything one way or the
> other?
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