EDI 242 Data Status Tracking

Functional Group DS

X12C Communications and Controls Subcommittee

This X12 Transaction Set contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Data Status Tracking Transaction Set (242) within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. This management transaction set is the vehicle by which the transmission status information is conveyed by a service request handler to the interchange sender, interchange receiver, or both; it can be used to provide status information regarding interchange as it flows from an interchange sender through one or more service request handlers to an interchange receiver during its transmission cycle. It can be used by the interchange sender or interchange receiver to request from a service request handler ad hoc or periodic reports containing status information regarding interchanges.

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Position
Segment
Name
Max use
  1. To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number

  2. To indicate the beginning of a transaction set

  3. To identify report selection criteria

  4. To specify any or all of a date, a time, or a time period

    The DTP segment is used to provide date/times or date/time ranges associated with the report being requested or provided, for example the start and end dates and time of the report.
  5. To specify identifying information

    The REF segment contains reference numbers to further identify the report or specify the report request.
  6. To provide a free-form format that allows the transmission of text information

    The MSG segment contains the report title.
  7. HL Loop Optional
    Repeat >1
    1. To identify dependencies among and the content of hierarchically related groups of data segments

      HL identifies the appropriate hierarchical interchange level: HL03 indicates Interchange (IN), Functional Group (FG), Transaction Set (TS). All levels are optional. All hierarchical levels that are used must be used in the hierarchical order that they are listed.
    2. To uniquely identify interchange control structures

    3. To identify a party by type of organization, name, and code

      The N1 segment identifies the source of the following status information.
    4. To specify identifying information

      The REF segment contains reference numbers assigned by the party identified in the N1 segment that further identifies the interchange, functional group or transaction set.
    5. To specify quantity information

      The QTY segments can be used to report aggregate counts (e.g., number of functional groups and segments) that were contained in the interchange, functional group or transaction set that is being tracked.
    6. STS Loop Optional
      Repeat >1
      1. To identify activity taken with an interchange

        The STS segment provides status as reported by the source identified in the preceding N1 loop.
      2. To identify a party by type of organization, name, and code

        The N1 segment identifies the source of the status information included; provided only if the source is different from that in the HL loop N1 segment.
      3. To specify identifying information

        The REF segment provides reference numbers assigned by the party identified in the N1 segment that further identifies the status or error reported in STS (e.g., file number, message Id).
      4. To specify quantity information

        The QTY segments can be used to report aggregate counts from the status report that were contained in the interchange, functional group or transaction set that is being tracked.
  8. To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments)

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