ERROR PROCESSING FILE "5016: A mandatory data element is missing"

Question

B2B errors while processing file, following is from b2b.log...
<Exception xmlns="http://integration.oracle.com/B2B/Exception" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<correlationId>null</correlationId>
<b2bMessageId>0A0101461190FFFF40D0000017918FE0-1</b2bMessageId>
<errorCode>AIP-51505</errorCode>
<errorText>5016: A mandatory data element is missing.</errorText>
<errorDescription>
<![CDATA[Machine Info: (falken8.falkentire.internal)
Segment GS(Functional Group Header) at guideline position (N/A) is missing. This segment's standard option is Mandatory.{br}{br}This segment was expected after:{br}{tab}Segment Count: 1{br}{tab}Character: 105 ]]>
</errorDescription>
<errorSeverity>2</errorSeverity>
<errorDetails>
<parameter name="InterchangeControlStandard_RepeatingSeparator" value="U"/>
<parameter name="InterchangeTrailerControlNumber" value="000000862"/>
<parameter name="InterchangeChildCount" value="1"/>
<parameter name="InterchangeTime" value="1205"/>
<parameter name="InterchangeUsageIndicator" value="P"/>
<parameter name="ErrorScope" value="Interchange"/>
<parameter name="SubelementDelimiter" value=">"/>
<parameter name="RepeatingSeparator" value=""/>
<parameter name="InterchangeSecurityInfo" value="Y "/>
<parameter name="InterchangeReceiverQual" value="12"/>
<parameter name="DecimalSeparator" value=""/>
<parameter name="InterchangeAuthorizationInfoQual" value="00"/>
<parameter name="ElementDelimiter" value="*"/>
<parameter name="InterchangeComponentElementSep" value=">"/>
<parameter name="InterchangeControlVersion" value="00401"/>
<parameter name="InterchangeAckRequested" value="0"/>
<parameter name="InterchangeSenderQual" value="08"/>
<parameter name="InterchangeReceiverID" value="6262810170 "/>
<parameter name="ReleaseCharacter" value=""/>
<parameter name="InterchangeDate" value="080321"/>
<parameter name="SegmentDelimiter" value="
"/>
<parameter name="InterchangeControlNumber" value="000000862"/>
<parameter name="InterchangeAuthorizationInfo" value="X "/>
<parameter name="InterchangeSenderID" value="9252671859 "/>
<parameter name="InterchangeSecurityInfoQual" value="00"/>
</errorDetails>
</Exception>
We are using EDI X12 over generic exchange. I double checked ecs file and data file. Passing all the mandatory elements. Also checked the delimeters and they match from datafile to setup.
Anyone have faced this error before? We opened a SR with Oracle and they are not able to figure it out. Please help.
Thanks
Venkat

Answer 1

Ramesh,
To give you a little background I used Spec Generator functionality to create ecs from dat file. Then I did an export to OracleAS Integration B2B format which generated xsd file. I also analyzed (using preprocessor) giving both ecs and dat file and it passed with no errors.
Following your suggestion I now excluded ISA/GS guidelines from the ecs file, exported to xsd and tried to process the dat file, and it gives following error messages now...It doesn't even identify the trading partner now. Please advise. Thanks
Description: Unable to identify the document protocol of the message
StackTrace:
Error -: AIP-50083: Document protocol identification error
     at oracle.tip.adapter.b2b.engine.Engine.identifyDocument(Engine.java:2619)
     at oracle.tip.adapter.b2b.engine.Engine.processIncomingMessage(Engine.java:1365)
     at oracle.tip.adapter.b2b.engine.Engine.incomingContinueProcess(Engine.java:2030)
     at oracle.tip.adapter.b2b.engine.Engine.handleMessageEvent(Engine.java:1962)
     at oracle.tip.adapter.b2b.engine.Engine.processEvents(Engine.java:1920)
     at oracle.tip.adapter.b2b.data.MsgListener.onMessage(MsgListener.java:463)
     at oracle.tip.adapter.b2b.data.MsgListener.run(MsgListener.java:335)
     at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534)