Glossary of Terms
alt |
Used for chained translations. |
botskey |
Used for business document number, eg order number, invoice number. Used to set up document views (view business document level). |
channel type |
Type of communication used for sending/receiving files like ftp, smtp, file I/O. |
chained translation |
A chained translations translate one incoming format to multiple outgoing formats. |
editype |
Type of edi-file like x12, edifact, tradacoms, xml, csv, fixed record files. |
mapping script |
A python script containing instructions how to get data from incoming edi-message and put it in the outgoing edi-message. |
messagetype |
eg 850 (an x12 order), ORDERSD96AUN (edifact order) or your inhouse xml-orders. A messagetype is defined in a grammar |
route |
a workflow for edi-files |
translation |
convert a message of a certain editype, messagetype to another editype, messagetype using a mapping script. |
translation rule |
determines what translations are done for incoming files. In |