Hi,
EDI transaction sets are EDI standards. These standards are developed and maintained by Accredited standards committee (ASC). These are designed to work industry and company boundaries. Changes and updates are made based on the consensus, reflecting the need of entire base of standard users.
Standards in EDI
ANSI X12 ( American National Standards Institute )
EDIFACT (Electronic Data Interchange For Administration, Commerce and Transport )
ANSI X12
X12 is an uniform standard developed by ANSI for inter industry electronic exchange of business standards. This standard is widely used across North America, New Zealand and Australia
The X12 committee is comprised of representatives from major organizations, government bodies, and EDI software companies.
EDIFACT
EDIFACT stands for electronic data interchange for administration, commerce and transport. This standard is widely used across European and Asian companies
A one-to-one correspondence exists between the components of a paper-based document and an EDI message.
Eg: 850 - Purchase order
The EDI document to be generated has an equivalent message type defined in the SAP system. The message type is based on an IDoc structure.
For Purchase Order
EDI Transaction: 850
Message Type: ORDERS
IDoc Type: ORDERS01, ORDERS02
IDoc Type Message Description ANSI X.12 EDIFACT Inbound Outbound
ORDERS01 ORDERS Purchase order/order 850 ORDERS X X
ORDERS02
ORDERS03
ORDERS04
ORDERS05
You can find more details in http://www.unece.org/trade/untdid/welcome.htm
Regards,
Savitha
Bluesky
