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Access Execute Inbound EDI (ED502).
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Specify or select this information:
- Job Name
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A job name of your choice.
- Process Type
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The kind of inbound processing that applies to this job. Usually,
you will want to select Receive and Translate to connect to a carrier and pull down EDI data, then translate it
to application format.
These are the values supported for inbound processing:
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Receive and Translate - Receive EDI data and translate it to application format.
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Translate Only -
Translate EDI data to application format but do not receive it. This
option would most often be used for testing.
- Carrier
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Used only if you selected the Receive
and Translate process type. The name of the carrier from
whom you are receiving EDI-formatted data.
- X12 File to translate
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Used only if you selected the Translate
Only process type. The path/name of the file containing
EDI-formatted data you want to translate.
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Add your job.
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Execute the job by clicking Submit, or execute
the job as part of another job.
If you execute the job
by clicking Submit, you can then click the Job Sched button to monitor
the progress of the job and view the outcome.
Usually, you will use the job you define here as a step in a
larger job, where you would run Execute Inbound EDI (ED502) to receive and translate inbound data,
then run one or several of the Lawson interface programs (such as
PO122 or MA540) to import the application data into Lawson applications. Lawson EDI interfaces to Lawson applications