Invalid character in data element

Question

I'm pretty new to BizTalk and need help with this suspended instance. We're getting 875 PO from the customer via EDI BizTalk 2009 X12.
Here is EDI:
N1*BT*SOUTHEAST COMPANY*9*6666666660000
N3*3261 STREET WAY
N4*CITY*TX*ZIP
N1*ST*ORANGES OF STATE*9*6777777770100
N3*18000 N.E. 6th Ave.
N4*CITY*TX*ZIP
G68*10*CA*12.21*007333333333*PI*385
G69*TASTY CREAM
The errors:
Error: 1 (Field level error)
          SegmentID: N1
          Position in TS: 6
          Data Element ID: N102
          Position in Segment: 2
          Data Value:
          6: Invalid character in data element
Error: 2 (Field level error)
          SegmentID: N3
          Position in TS: 7
          Data Element ID: N301
          Position in Segment: 1
          Data Value:
          6: Invalid character in data element
Error: 3 (Field level error)
          SegmentID: G69
          Position in TS: 13
          Data Element ID: G6901
          Position in Segment: 1
          Data Value:
          6: Invalid characte
As you can see I have 2 segments of N1 with bill-to and ship-to addresses. I don't see anything suspicious in any of  N1 or N3 or G69.
I would really appreciate help!!
akolons

Answer 1

In your Agreement, is "Character set to be used" set to "Basic", "Extended" or "UTF8/Unicode"?
Basic only allows capitalized letters fra A-Z.
However, since you are also getting errors in your N1 segment, I'm not sure this is the case. I have a feeling that the problem has to do with spaces in your strings, can you try the following:
- Remove all spaces from any of the texts in your document (example: SOUTHEAST COMPANY -> SOUTHEASTCOMPANY).
- If the first step eliminates the error, make sure that your spaces has hex-value 20 (decimal 32) and that no spaces has been chosen in your Agreement for any of the characters in "Character set and separators".
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