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| 3133.1 | Answers related to the Control Message | CHEFS::rasmodem15.reo.dec.com::nelson | , David | Wed May 21 1997 12:28 | 25 |
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> 18) Does the software have an off-the-shelf buitl-in function that will
> automatically create and transmit a CONTRL message for EDIFACT syntax
> errors/
> functional acknowledgement, selectable by trading partner/message type.
Yes.
> 19) Does the software automatically interpret incoming CONTRL messages
> for EDIFACT and does it match it to theprimary message ?
Yes.
> Is there a user definable time-out alert in the case where a CONTRL
> message is not received ?
No.
> 20) Can the CONTRL message be customised by document type/trading
> partner
No. You can not customise the CONTRL message definition. This
support does not exist yet.
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| 3133.2 | Here's my stab | SYSTEM::HELLIAR | http://samedi.reo.dec.com/ | Wed May 21 1997 13:54 | 140 |
| 3) Does the translator have the facility to add new syntax versions
>> The translator software is enhanced as new syntax versions become
>> available to support both the old and the new versions. Currently
>> we support versions 1 through 3 of the EDIFACT syntax.
4) Does it support level A and B character sets
>> Yes
5) Does the mapper enforce mandatory and conditional fields on the
in-house file
>> Mandatory/COnditional rules can be enforced in both the mapper and
>> the translator depending on whether the rules apply to the EDI
>> document or the application file.
6) Can the translator do character conversions selectable by field,
e.g.
convert illegal A level character "@" to for e.g. "/"
>> The translator cannot. The mapper can.
7) does the translator have strict syntax validation with the ability
to bypass
this strict compliance check
>> STrict syntac validation is enforced. The only part that can be
>> relaxed by a partner profile switch is the character set validation
>> so that non level A abd B character sets can be allowed through.
8) What is the speed of the translation component ? How many 1K EDIFACT
messages
(1 message per interchange) can it translate and construct on the
proposed
platform
>> Sorry, this is too genric a question. Is this documents out or in
>> and on what platform type.
9) What is the speed of the mapping tool ? How many 1K EDIFACT messages
(1 message per interchange) can it translate and construct on the
proposed
platform
>> See 8.
10) Please elaborate on the workflow capabilities
>> We have no inbuilt 'workflow' capabilities. We have a fully
>> intergrated audit trail which allows the workflow within the product
>> to be viewed.
12) Can the proposed solution handle transaction routing based on a
value or
a range of values within the EDIFACT messagefor e.g. an account number
within
a NAD segment.
>> No solution...only the mapper can see the values in the NAD, so
>> apart from each destination site (client) running the map and the
>> 'correct' site having its map fullfilled as ther NAD matches I dont
>> know.
13) Can the software accomodate application generated interchange
control
reference numbers ?
>> No
14) Does the software have the facility to configure new standard
directories/messages/segment/elements
>> Yes
15) Does the software have the facility to load trading partner
profiles from
an external source
>> Yes, but its our own external source e.g. INTERCHANGE LOAD PROFILE
>> relies on INTERCHANGE EXTRACT PROFILE.
17) Does the software have the facility to migrate from the test to the
production enviroment
>> Yes, most data can be moved between systems.
18) Does the software have an off-the-shelf buitl-in function that will
automatically create and transmit a CONTRL message for EDIFACT syntax
errors/
functional acknowledgement, selectable by trading partner/message type.
>> SEE .1
19) Does the software automatically interpret incoming CONTRL messages
for
EDIFACT and does it match it to theprimary message ? Is there a user
definable
time-out alert in the case where a CONTRL message is not received ?
>> SEE .1
20) Can the CONTRL message be customised by document type/trading
partner
>> SEE .1
23) Can alerts be sent to Cellular phoes, pagers, E-mail etc
automatically
>> Speak to the Dallas Practice Folks...I think they have built some
>> of these.
25) When sending or receiving messages can automatic acknwledgement be
sent
to clients via means specified by the client ( e.g. fax, e-mail, cell
etc)
>> DOnt understand the question
27) Would the software automatically create a trading partner profile
from an
interchange received from an unknown trading partner
>> No
39) what is Digital's policy regarding interactive EDI
>> We're monitoring its progress along with Web based EDI.
40) Is the software year 2000 compliant, and is there a year 2000
compliance
certificate available ?
>> We plan to test V3.2 for Y2K compiance, and fix any problems (though
>> non expected) after that.
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| 3133.3 | UNIX on alpha 4000 | JOBURG::BERETTA | | Wed May 21 1997 14:16 | 7 |
| Many thanks for such quick responses,
The platform proposed is Digital UNIX on an Alpha 4000 (not sure which
chip 400 something MHZ) with plenty of disks (+- twenty 4GB) and 512MB
memory.
Peter.
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| 3133.4 | | METSYS::THOMPSON | | Wed May 21 1997 14:23 | 172 |
| Peter,
The questions really need fuller explanation, they could mean almost
anything. Can they be interpreted using general "Translator" parlure
or are terms specific to DEC/EDI? e.g. does "mapper" mean Filebridge
or any generic "mapper"?
> 3) Does the translator have the facility to add new syntax versions
There are at least two very different interpretations of this. I will
answer for one of them - yes it does, as each new version appears we
make it available in the IMPDEF format (e.g. D96A, D97A, ...)
> 4) Does it support level A and B character sets
Yes but then again it all depends upon what you mean by "support"
> 5) Does the mapper enforce mandatory and conditional fields on the
> in-house file
Our translation components do detect mandatory and conditional field failures.
If you so program, there is no reason while Filebridge couldn't either (but
it would require large maps. But then again ... what question are they
really asking?
> 7) does the translator have strict syntax validation with the ability
> to bypass
> this strict compliance check
Yes and yes but then again what do they mean by "bypass".
DEC/EDI supports full customization of syntax tables and so users
can modify them to be as relaxed as they like.
> 8) What is the speed of the translation component ? How many 1K EDIFACT
> messages
> (1 message per interchange) can it translate and construct on the
> proposed
> platform
So what is the proposed platform?
> 9) What is the speed of the mapping tool ? How many 1K EDIFACT messages
> (1 message per interchange) can it translate and construct on the
> proposed
> platform
What platform?
> 10) Please elaborate on the workflow capabilities
None builtin, but it may be possible to integrate with a workflow package.
What do they really mean and want for workflow?
> 6) Can the translator do character conversions selectable by field,
> e.g.
> convert illegal A level character "@" to for e.g. "/"
I imagine you could code this into a map - particularly with callouts.
> 12) Can the proposed solution handle transaction routing based on a
> value or
> a range of values within the EDIFACT messagefor e.g. an account number
> within
> a NAD segment.
This would require application integration, with new app written to
receive documents and then post them on to the final destination.
> 13) Can the software accomodate application generated interchange
> control
> reference numbers ?
Again depends upon interpretation. We have "numbering schemes" which can
be customized to let users supply them. It all depends upon how
they wish to supply such numbers.
> 14) Does the software have the facility to configure new standard
> directories/messages/segment/elements
Again depends upon what they really mean. On my interpretation YES.
> 15) Does the software have the facility to load trading partner
> profiles from
> an external source
No. at least not as standard. Some customers have written add-on's that
do this.
> 17) Does the software have the facility to migrate from the test to the
> production enviroment
I would answer yes, again what question are they really asking?
> 18) Does the software have an off-the-shelf buitl-in function that will
> automatically create and transmit a CONTRL message for EDIFACT syntax
> errors/
> functional acknowledgement, selectable by trading partner/message type.
DEC/EDI V2.1D
> 19) Does the software automatically interpret incoming CONTRL messages
> for
> EDIFACT and does it match it to theprimary message ? Is there a user
> definable
> time-out alert in the case where a CONTRL message is not received ?
Perhaps - by adding code to the TRACK function.
> 20) Can the CONTRL message be customised by document type/trading
> partner
Dave Nelson already answered this.
> 23) Can alerts be sent to Cellular phoes, pagers, E-mail etc
> automatically
With add-on's from the Dallas Practice.
> 25) When sending or receiving messages can automatic acknwledgement be
> sent
> to clients via means specified by the client ( e.g. fax, e-mail, cell
> etc)
would require application integration work
> 27) Would the software automatically create a trading partner profile
> from an
> interchange received from an unknown trading partner
No.
> 39) what is Digital's policy regarding interactive EDI
Be very precise about what is meant by Interactive EDI. Quote standards.
> 40) Is the software year 2000 compliant, and is there a year 2000
> compliance
> certificate available ?
DEC/EDI V3.2 will contain our statement of compliance.
M
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| 3133.5 | Can you extrapolate from this | SYSTEM::HELLIAR | http://samedi.reo.dec.com/ | Thu May 22 1997 19:47 | 32 |
| Peter,
We have nothing like that, but with my lowly test system (MigRgb) I
get the following for a test that sends 1000 low priority maps. The TFN
ans Import/Export are scheduled to run every 5 minutes, and the
import/export gateway loops back files and reimports them as a
post-export job. These then travell through the system where a fetch
job is waiting to fetch all of them. This means that after the first 5
minutes I have work going in both directions.
I repeat this a number of times, archiving of the spent data and get
WORST times of:
Time from 1st to last post (1000th) : 1411 seconds
Time from 1st post to last fetch (1000th) : 2755 seconds
Time to archive : 484 seconds
MigRgb is a DEC 3000-M500 with 2*2GB disks, 128MB of memory, running
Digital Unix 3.2C and Informix 7.12-UC1.
The maps I use are the EDIFACT
MINVOICE ones supplied with the CommandCenter Mapper Compiler and are
approximately 1K in size.
It is untuned, and also has Oracle 7 running on it! So, performance
figures could be better.
Note that times include both mapping, translation, and some limited
comms.
Graham
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