EDI using seeburger

Question

Hi Friends,
Recently I have worked on EDI scenarios using Seeburger adapter.
there are so many in and outs for EDI / Seeburger ,
out of that I need some inputs on finalization of  error handling framework for EDI implementation using Seeburger.
Please give your thoughts on error handling in EDI /Seeburger.

Answer 1

Beside my two cents above, your question can't really be answered without defining some business rules around it. So for the sake of discussion i am going to make up a scenario. And the cycle upto Despatch advice.
So business rules are:
1) Over supply not do able. Which implicitly means no manual changes in the incoming ORDER.
2) Under supply allowed as in the real world this will always happen as at the time of ORDER, the supplier side could be out of stock on a particular item ordered.
Message Cycle:
1) Order (Inbound)
2) Order confirmation (Outbound)
3) Dispatch advice (outbound) - DESADV
So briefly speaking based on how the Order confirmation is setup (based on business guidelines) will determine what we are suppose to handle.
If order confirmation is allowed to change the Order i.e. If no stock available and hence line item rejected it would update the original Order in the sending partners system hence no issues at the time of desadv (this is situation one). However if due to some human error more stock shipped than agreed upon in the DESADV then 'excess stock' process can be invoked and based on business rule it can be returned e.g.. This wouldn't require any message amendment. However if short delivered then what was agreed in DESADV partner can always request amends and new DESADV (corrected) can be issued.
I will stop here; I am hoping that i am making sense above? Will continue if i am making sense and then we can talk about technical side for addressing different situations.
regards,