It another enveloping method...here is a post I found in the archives: > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Chessman [mailto: > Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 12:43 PM > To: 'New EDI-L' > Subject: RE: [EDI-L] RE: BG Segment in X12 document > > > BG was used early on by TDCC and UCS as the interchange > header (as opposed > to ISA that was used by X12). The corresponding trailer was > EG (as opposed > to IEA). > > BG, as Bob Scheuermann noted, was replaced with ISA around > the 3030/3040 > transition. I think this was when TDCC was merged into X12. > I believe UCS > made the same transition though they remained parallel to > X12, rather than > merging in. > > In case you need the format for the two segments, here they are: > > BG01 (402) Comm ID M AN 1-10 > BG02 (403) Comm Password M AN 1-10 > BG03 (142) Application Sender's ID M ID 2-12 > BG04 (124) Application Receiver's ID M ID 2-12 > BG05 (29) Data Interchange Date M DT 6-6 > BG06 (30) Data Interchange Time M TM 4-4 > BG07 (404) Transaction Control No. M N0 1-5 > > EG01 (404) Transaction Control No. M N0 1-5 > EG02 (405) No. of Included Groups M N0 1-5 > EG03 (97) No. of Inculded Sets M N0 1-6 > EG04 (96) No. of Included Segments M N0 1-6 > > The confusing thing, to my mind is whether or not it's valid > to send 4010 > data in a BG/EG envelope. The envelope itself doesn't carry > any versioning > information and as I think has been discussed in this forum > before, ISA/IEA > has separate versioning from the group/transaction set level. (It's > possible to send 4010 data in an ISA/IEA with a version of 00200...) > > Hope that's helpful. > > Best regards, > Bill Chessman > Peregrine Connectivity, Inc.
________________________________ From: webgenealogist <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 8:54 PM Subject: [EDI-L] Has anyone ever seen an x12 document that starts with a BG segment? Has anyone else seen this before????? BG*SND*RCVR*SND*RCVR*130516*1103*00163~ GS*FA*SND*RCVR*20130516*1103*163*X*005010~ ST*997*1630001~ AK1*SR*57950~ AK2*404*579500001~ AK5*A~ AK9*A*1*1*1~ SE*6*1630001~ GE*1*163~ EG*00163*1*1*6~ I just saw this on a Kleinschmidt site and I cannot for the life of me figure out where the BG and EG come from. [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/
