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Translators are built by software companies. The internal workings of them are their own proprietary secrets. Here’s what you need to know: The maps are likely built by somebody your company hired – either an employee, a contractor, or a 3rd party provider. If your translator resides in your data center, you may have access to the maps’ source. Get a copy of the map, and look at it. You will learn a lot. You will probably need the mapping program to open the map. Good luck. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of DINAKAR Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 10:15 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [EDI-L] EDI mapping basics Hi, I know some of the basics like standards (X12,EDIFACT),VAN,implementation guides. But my problem is that in my company i am just doing support like whenever a doc gets rejected by translator, i will analyse the error and notify the TP about the same.Exactly my problem is i don't know how the docs are being translated by translator(internally). what conditions should we give translator for this task.....and so on....I searches a lot in web and everywhere i can see only basics like what is a tranlator,VAN, implementation guides....but i want to learn what exactly is happening inside???? Thanks for the help in advance On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 10:31 PM, Emmanuel Hadzipetros < [email protected] <mailto:ehadzipetros%40hotmail.com> > wrote: > > > No, but you did. Dinakar is clearly not there yet. So there’s no point. > > From: [email protected] <mailto:EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com> > [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of > Lowell Porter > Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 9:54 AM > > To: [email protected] <mailto:EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: RE: [EDI-L] EDI mapping basics > > >His question really should have been . I want to learn. Can you recommend > >sites, articles, books, anything that'll help me help myself get started. > > You didn't even recommend your own book ;-) > > Lowell Porter > EDI Analyst > > From: Emmanuel Hadzipetros <[email protected] > <mailto:ehadzipetros%40hotmail.com> <mailto: > ehadzipetros%40hotmail.com> > > To: "'Art Douglas'" <[email protected] <mailto:adouglasedi%40gmail.com> > <mailto:adouglasedi%40gmail.com> > >, "'DINAKAR'" > <[email protected] <mailto:sarbadadinu%40gmail.com> > <mailto:sarbadadinu%40gmail.com> >, < > [email protected] <mailto:EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com> > > Date: 03/31/2011 11:31 AM > Subject: RE: [EDI-L] EDI mapping basics > Sent by: [email protected] <mailto:EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com> > > A good basic description. Putting on my Canadian hat, however, I'd point > out > that X12 is a North American standard as it is also the most widely used > standard in Canada and has been for decades. At least as far as EDI is > concerned, Canada and the US are a single territory. > > And as for EDIFACT, it's a United Nations standard and widely used beyond > Europe, including by the US government, in such departments as Homeland > Security, the global auto industry, which has committed to eventually > moving > entirely to EDIFACT, and in Asia, where a number of very large projects > have > been recently completed and are underway, including India's harbors. > > However you cut it, it's difficult to sum everything up in a few words or > a > few paragraphs. It's not rocket science but there's no denying that there > is > a learning curve to mapping or any other skill required to do EDI. My > advice > to Dinakar would be to begin by reading . search the web . there's a ton > of > stuff out there that'll give him a good introduction to EDI and what he > needs to know to succeed. > > His question really should have been . I want to learn. Can you recommend > sites, articles, books, anything that'll help me help myself get started. > > From: [email protected] <mailto:EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto: > [email protected] <mailto:EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of > Art > Douglas > Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 8:51 AM > To: 'DINAKAR'; [email protected] <mailto:EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: RE: [EDI-L] EDI mapping basics > > Dinakar, > > While Smanatha's response is technically correct, it may be a little more > terse than you desired. > > Mapping EDI is not all that much different than mapping terrain - or > rather > using a map to go from where you are to where you wish to be. > > There are generally two kinds of EDI maps: inbound and outbound. The > inbound map is used to take information sent to you by another entity (we > call other entities "Trading Partners"), and transform it in to a form > useable by your organization. The outbound map takes information generated > by your organization and formats it for your Trading Partner. The formats > most often used are X12 in the USA, and variations of EDIFACT in Europe. > Both X12 and EDIFACT, as well as other standard formats are used outside > and > across the named regions as well. Another format some people class with > EDI > is XML. XML is quite useful, especially if you are selling a product > designed to use it. In the EDI community we are often reserved in our > enthusiasm of XML, for reasons you don't need to know in a "Basic" > discussion. > > Each standard has various versions, older, newer and newest. The standards > undergo change, and each batch of changes warrant a new version. > > Before you create a map, you must establish between you and your trading > partner, which standard and version you will use. Then you must establish > the document, aka Transaction Set. For example, if you are mapping for a > manufacturer, and your trading partner is a wholesale distribution > company, > and your client of employer is in the U.S., you may wish to use the X12 > 850 > Purchase order, or the 875 Grocery Purchase Order. Or you may select the > EDIFACT ORDERS transaction set. I'm going to continue this discussion > assuming you have selected the 850. > > Next, you must determine where you wish to go - the target of the EDI map, > if you will. What information do you want. Let's say your client or > employer is using Oracle EBS. In all likelihood, you will want to map to > the POI file, which Oracle's EC Gateway will suck in and make into a Sales > Order. (Assuming the data is correct, your map is correct, and the setup > is > correct in Oracle,) > > You must determine what data your Trading Partner (TP) is sending in the > 850, and if it is adequate. If not, you will have to negotiate with your > TP, or your Oracle developers to fill in the gaps. > > Once all that is done, comes the simple part - building the map. From > here, > you use the tool provided to build a set of instructions that will > transform > the inbound data into the outbound data. > > Next comes testing of the map, doing the Oracle setup for the Trading > Partner/Customer and testing of the results in a test Oracle instance. > Once > you and your internal customer (customer service?) are happy with the > results, you move or replicate the Oracle setup to production, redirect > your > map's output to production, notify your TP that you are in production. If > you use SAP, JDE, PeopleSoft or any of hundreds of others of back-end > systems, the steps are similar. > > Somewhere along the line you should have also tested the 997 > acknowledgement > which tells your TP that you have received his EDI transactions, and that > they did or did not pass a syntax test. > > Now, you sit back and monitor the results, making corrections as > necessary. > > Good luck, > > Art > > EDI Guy > > From: [email protected] <mailto:EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com> <mailto: > EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com> > [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com> <mailto: > EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf > Of > DINAKAR > Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 7:22 AM > To: [email protected] <mailto:EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com> <mailto: > EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: [EDI-L] EDI mapping basics > > Hi, > > Kindly someone post the basics of mapping. I am a starter. > > -- > WITH WARM REGARDS! > > DINAKAR > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > ------------------- > This transmission may contain information that is privileged, confidential > and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the > intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, > distribution, or use of the information contained herein (including any > reliance thereon) is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you received this > transmission in error, please immediately contact the sender and destroy > the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. > Thank you. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > -- WITH WARM REGARDS! 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