X12 Wizard screen allows you to define your X12 message format according to your own file format.

ASC X12 (also known as ANSI ASC X12) is the official designation of the U.S. national standards body for the development and maintenance of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) standards. ASC X12 has sponsored more than 315 X12-based EDI standards for health care, insurance, government, transportation, finance, and many other industries.

Babelway supports all EDI transaction sets. See the full list of X12 supported documents in the X12 Documents List appendix.

To define a message in X12 format, select an existing template or make a copy of the generic X12 template in the catalogue and following screen will be displayed.

Babelway supports all following X12 documents:

Order Series (ORD), Materials Handling Series (MAT), Tax Services Series (TAX), Warehousing Series (WAR), Financial Series (FIN), Government Series (GOV), Manufacturing Series (MAN), Delivery Series (DEL), Engineering Management and Contract Series (ENG), Insurance/Health Series (INS), Miscellaneous ANSI X12 Transactions Series (MIS), Mortgage Series (MOR), Product Services Series (PSS), Quality and Safety Series (QSS), Student Information Series (STU), Transportation (Air and Motor Series (TAM) - Ocean Series (TOS), Rail Series (TRS),Automotive Series (TAS)

File sample

Following is a sample X12 file.

ISA*00*          *00*          *ZZ*SENDERISA      *ZZ*RECEIVERISA    *960807*1548*U*00401*000000020*0*T*>~
GS*IN*SENDERDEPT*007326879*19960807*1548*000001*X*004010~
ST*810*000000001~
BIG*20090927*00027**A00027-01~
N1*ST*CHOCOLATE IMPORT*9*1234567890~
N3*1000 N. NORTH HIGHWAY~
N4*NEW YORK*NY*10310~
N1*BT*RETAILER INC.*9*1098765432~
N3*P.O. BOX 0000~
N4*LAKE*VA*20120~
N1*RE*FOODSELLER*9*12345QQQQ~
N3*P.O. BOX 222222~
N4*FAIRFAX*VA*94978~
ITD*01*3*1**15**16~
FOB*PP~
IT1**16*CA*12.34**UA*006540022222~
PID*F****BELGIUM CHOCOLATE~
IT1**13*CA*12.34**UA*006540033333~
PID*F****SWISS CHOCOLATE~
TDS*35786~
CAD*****FREEFORM~
ISS*29*CA~
CTT*2~
SE*22*000000001~
GE*1*000001~
IEA*1*000000020~

Wizard screen

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

Figure 1.35. X12 Wizard screen

A X12 message 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.

Figure 1.36. X12 Edit screen

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