AK1 Functional Group Response Header

To start acknowledgment of a functional group

Position: AK1-01 · Element: 479 · Name: Functional Identifier Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 2 · Max: 2 · Repeat: 1

Code identifying a group of application related transaction sets

AK101 is the functional ID found in the GS segment (GS01) in the functional group being acknowledged.

Position: AK1-02 · Element: 28 · Name: Group Control Number · Type: Numeric (N0) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 9 · Repeat: 1

Assigned number originated and maintained by the sender

AK102 is the functional group control number found in the GS segment in the functional group being acknowledged.

Position: AK1-03 · Element: 480 · Name: Version / Release / Industry Identifier Code · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 12 · Repeat: 1

Code indicating the version, release, and industry identifier of the EDI Standard being used, including the GS and GE segments; if the code in DE455 in the GS segment is X, then DE 480 positions 1-3 are the version number; positions 4-6 are the release level of the version; and positions 7-12 are the industry or trade association identifiers (optionally assigned by user); if the code in DE455 in the GS segment is T, other formats are allowed.

AK103 is the version release industry identifier code in the GS segment (GS08) in the functional group being acknowledged.