Understanding EDI Document Processing

This table describes inbound and outbound document processing:

Type of Document	Description
Inbound Documents	An inbound document is a document that you receive from the trading partner. When you receive inbound documents, the translator software retrieves the data using network communications and translates the data from EDI Standard format to a flat file format. The Universal Batch Engine Version Copy program (R9830512) translates the data from a flat file format to the application table format. The translator software moves the translated data into the inbound EDI interface tables (also known as System 47). Finally, the edit/update programs move the data into the appropriate application tables.
Outbound Documents	An outbound document is an EDI document that you send to the trading partner using the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Data Interface for Electronic Data Interchange system. When you send outbound documents, an EDI extraction program extracts records from the application tables to send to the trading partner. After the records are extracted, they are placed in the EDI interface tables (also known as System 47). Next, the Flat File Creation program converts the records from the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne EDI interface table format to a flat file format. Finally, the translator software translates these records from the flat file format into an EDI Standard format. After the records are translated, the translator software sends the data to the trading partner through network communications. The flat file creation program is an optional step that you can use to provide a flat file to a translator software package that does not have the ability to read data directly from a relational database.

Type of Document

Description

Inbound Documents

An inbound document is a document that you receive from the trading partner. When you receive inbound documents, the translator software retrieves the data using network communications and translates the data from EDI Standard format to a flat file format. The Universal Batch Engine Version Copy program (R9830512) translates the data from a flat file format to the application table format. The translator software moves the translated data into the inbound EDI interface tables (also known as System 47). Finally, the edit/update programs move the data into the appropriate application tables.

Outbound Documents

An outbound document is an EDI document that you send to the trading partner using the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Data Interface for Electronic Data Interchange system. When you send outbound documents, an EDI extraction program extracts records from the application tables to send to the trading partner. After the records are extracted, they are placed in the EDI interface tables (also known as System 47). Next, the Flat File Creation program converts the records from the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne EDI interface table format to a flat file format. Finally, the translator software translates these records from the flat file format into an EDI Standard format. After the records are translated, the translator software sends the data to the trading partner through network communications.

The flat file creation program is an optional step that you can use to provide a flat file to a translator software package that does not have the ability to read data directly from a relational database.