EDI Codes and PeopleSoft Codes

When you receive an EDI transaction from a trading partner, much of its data is in the form of codes or identification numbers. For example, the trading partner who submitted the transaction is given as a trading partner ID, and the type of transaction is identified by a transaction ID.

Your PeopleSoft database also stores much of its data in the form of codes or IDs. You have business unit IDs, customer IDs, employee IDs, user IDs, and so on. Some of these codes and IDs represent the same data as the codes and IDs in the EDI transaction, even though the codes themselves might be different.

When the EDI agent processes a transaction, it copies the transaction data into the PeopleSoft database. As it does so, it can convert the external EDI codes into the internal PeopleSoft codes. Similarly, as it writes out the file for an outgoing EDI transaction, it can convert the PeopleSoft codes into codes that your trading partner will recognize. You specify how the EDI agent converts the codes using PeopleSoft EDI Manager.

PeopleSoft EDI Manager can perform two kinds of conversions:

• It can translate between EDI event codes and PeopleSoft action codes, which specify what action a transaction requires.

• It can convert data values from any field in the transaction.