I concur with Samantha, with the caveat that Inovis used to (not sure if they still do after the GXS merger) reject duplicate control numbers sent by their customers, I think this was based on sender/receiver/control number, not including document type, but it also had to be relatively close in time, I think. Your best bet on VAN practices is to contact the VAN you're using to send data and ask them their policy and exceptions. Some would consider this a "value" as in Value Added Network.
Leah ________________________________ From: Samantha Scott <[email protected]> To: jimdivoky <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 11:46 AM Subject: Re: [EDI-L] EDIFACT Interchange Control References in UNB Segment? I don't believe VAN's will reject any document as long as its well formed. Duplicates are between you and your partner. In my opinion best practice is that the control number on the outer envelope always be unique regardless of the documents contained therein. However many, many organizations use one envelope instance per document type which will necessarily lead to a duplicate eventually if you send more than one document type. It's done...however I consider it bad form and I won't do it. On Oct 12, 2011, at 11:37 AM, jimdivoky wrote: > What is the best practice for the use of Interchange Control References > (ICRs) in the UNB segment? Is it considered acceptable to duplicate ICRs for > different message types for the same Sender/Receiver ID pairs? Does, or will, > VANs such as GXS reject duplicate ICRs? > > Thanks, > Jim Divoky > > [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 [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: [email protected] [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/
