Hmmm... I guess I'm just too "old-school" for this... *sigh...
As the hub, I dictate what data and documents we're going to trade. And I
dictate what segments and elements must be there and "can" be there.
And I guess I'm an elitist - I use WORD for all of it...
I've got the full document specs for (in .rtf format) with all of the segments
and elements that I can include. I have the ASC X12 v 004010 book (dating from
1997!) to research what elements and qualifiers to use or request... I search
through the document "format", delete and modify the segment pages to show what
segments and elements I require and want and delete those that I don't want...
I mark some MANDATORY and some are OPTIONAL. I include "user notes" to explain
any references that may seem odd or could be questioned... Then I save it as a
WORD doc and then convert it to a .pdf document and send it out to My trading
partners... If I need to have a listing of the elements that can be included
in a segment and what they mean, I just look at My 12 year old book (which has
a ton of highlighted sections and notes!) and then type it into word....
I guess My EDI system is running smoothly enough that I have the time for this
slow, old-school and decidedly manual process...
Sorry, Art (and others) but I don't need or use EDISIM or EDIFECS or
SpecBuilder or any of that... I've never been one to try to justify the cost
of a "new" product - just because it's new...
But, then again, I'm also the cell phone user that just wants his cell phone to
be ... gasp! ... a phone... and the only reason I've got a car payment is
because I didn't want to subject My 8 year old PT Cruiser (daily driver and
show car) to a 120 mile roundtrip daily commute...
Craig E. Dunham
EDI Coordinator
EYE Analyst
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
------------------------------------
...
Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>,
<JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC>
Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS
REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix.Yahoo! Groups Links
<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/
<*> Your email settings:
Individual Email | Traditional
<*> To change settings online go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join
(Yahoo! ID required)
<*> To change settings via email:
mailto:[email protected]
mailto:[email protected]
<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
[email protected]
<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
