2 EDI Document Transmission

This chapter contains these topics:

2.1 Objectives

  • To initiate a communication session using the Electronic Commerce system

  • To send and receive EDI Standard business documents

2.2 About EDI Document Transmission

To send or receive EDI Standard business documents, you must move or copy data among your application files, the System 47 interface files, the translator software, and the network.

EDI document transmission consists of the following tasks:

  • Sending outbound documents

  • Receiving inbound documents