Michael, I would not bother with the effort to package a response to match an inquiry. I think the organization doing the inquiry would want a response ASAP. What would happen if for whatever reason one of the 270's needed manual intervention and was delayed? Would you hold the other 270's it was packaged with?
Regards, David Frenkel Business Development GEFEG USA Global Leader in Ecommerce Tools www.gefeg.com 425-260-5030 -----Original Message----- From: Lachenmayer, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 3:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Batch responses Is there a standard, or best-practice way to handle batch responses for the inquiry/response transactions? We are breaking up inquiries by transaction set in order to pass through our architecture, and are discussing whether the replies need to match the inquiries, and, if so, how. For instance, if a batch 270 arrives consisting of 5 ST-SEs within the first GS-SE, and 2 ST-SE within the second GS-GE, and we process these as seven units of work, can we respond with seven compliant outbound 271s each in its own envelope? Or should we re-package the 271s so that the response contains the all responses in the same configuration as the request (two GS-GE, the first with 5 ST-SE and the second with 2)? There are obviously other response combinations--the bottom line is, what impact on the inquirer does the various approaches have? Is there a standard or recommended method? Thanks. Michael Lachenmayer Independence Blue Cross Ph: (215) 241-9453 Fx: (215) 241-4134 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This E-Mail is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you have received this communication in error, please do not distribute and delete the original message. Please notify the sender by E-Mail at the address shown. Thank you for your compliance.
