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1.5.11. TRADACOM Message Format

See: Managing Channels - Manage a Channel

TRADACOM Wizard screen allows you to define your TRADACOM message format according to your own file format.

Tradacoms is an early standard for EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) primarily used in the UK retail sector. It was introduced in 1982 as an implementation of the UN/GTDI syntax, one of the precursors of EDIFACT, and was maintained and extended by the UK Article Numbering Association (now called GS1 UK).

As Babelway supports all TRADACOM transaction sets of the TRADACOM standard, you can use any of them in your own gateway setup.

To define a message in TRADACOM format, select an existing template or make a copy of the generic TRADACOM template in the catalogue and following screen will be displayed.

Babelway supports all following TRADACOM documents:

1.ACKHDR,ACKMNT,ACKTLR,AVLDET,AVLHDR,AVLTLR,CORDER,CORHDR,CORTLR,CRAHDR,CRAINF,CRATLR,CREDIT,CREHDR,CRETLR,CUSHDR,CUSINF,CUSTLR,DELHDR,DELIVR,DELTLR,DLCDET,DLCHDR,DLCTLR,DRAHDR,DRAINF,DRATLR,EXCHDR,EXCINF,EXCTLR,GENHDR,GENRAL,GENTLR,INVFIL,INVOIC,INVTLR,LPRDET,LPRHDR,LPRTLR,ORDERS,ORDHDR,ORDTLR,PAYHDR,PAYINF,PAYTLR,PICHDR,PICKER,PICTLR,PPRDET,PPRHDR,PPRTLR,PRIHDR,PRIINF,PRITLR,PROHDR,PROINF,PROINF,PROTLR,RSGRSG,SADDET,SADHDR,SADTLR,SNPHDR,SNPHDR,SNPSTS,SNPTLR,SRMHDR,SRMINF,SRMTLR,UCNDET,UCNHDR,UCNTLR,UCNTLR,UPLHDR,UPLIFT,UPLTLR,UTLBIL,UTLHDR,UTLTLR,UVATLR,VATTLR

File sample

Following is a sample TRADACOM invoice file.

STX=ANAA:1+501xxxxxxxxxx:name+501xxxxxxxxxx:NAME SERVICES (U.K.)LTD.+040316:184411+00001++INVTES'
MHD=1+INVFIL:9'
TYP=0700+INVOICES'
SDT=501xxxxxxxxxx:053752CF01STDD+Tenprl Fnsrjnl Sbbqfreivpr+221 UvyyunyyRoad:Yvfohea:Co. Antrim:N.Ireland:OG27 5WQ+412557175'
CDT=501xxxxxxxxx+NAMESERVICES (U.K.) LTD.+Cnexynaqf Pbheg:OvezvatunzTerng Cnex:Ehorel:Birmingham:OG45 9CM'
FIL=1+1+040316'
FDT=040302+040302'
MTR=7'
MHD=2+INVOIC:9'
CLO=0000000100007: ++PNEEVPX GOLF CLUB:ABEGU ROAD:PNEEVPX SRETHF::OG388YC'
IRF=01000589M+040302+040302'
ODD=1+::040302+:040302'
ILD=1+1+:8408++:31266+0+2:2500:KG+54300+135800+Z+0+++SILVERSIDE 1-5 KG'
STL=1+Z+0+0+1358+++++1358++0+0++1358'
TLR=1+1358+++++1358++1358+0++1358'
MTR=8'
MHD=3+VATTLR:9'
VRS=1+Z+0+1358+1358+0+1358+1358'
MTR=3'
MHD=4+INVTLR:9'
TOT=1358+1358+0+1358+1358+1'
MTR=3'
MHD=5+RSGRSG:2'
RSG=00001+501xxxxxxxxxx'
MTR=3'
END=5'

Wizard screen

When you create a new message format, you must first configure it using the following wizard.

TRADACOM Wizard screen

Figure 1.50. TRADACOM Wizard screen


An TRADACOM messsage can only be set up using a sample file. Select your sample file using the Browse... button then click on the Upload command.

Edit screen

Once the message format sample has been uploaded, or when it is used or copied from a saved format, edit screen appears as follows.

TRADACOM Edit screen

Figure 1.51. TRADACOM Edit screen


See Message Edit Functions for further information on message definition, contextual menu and additional commands available on this screen.