Item field EDI-X12 automatic 997 Acknowledgments

Question

hey ,
in our scenario we are receiving EDI-X12 850 and need to send back 997 functional  acknowledment to confirm it .
we are using conversion agent by item field / informatica to parse the 850 into XML by using the relevant files ( *.XSD , *.TGP )
with validations.
from the conversion agent documentaiton we understand that we can generate this 997 automatically.
few questions :
1. how can we know the incoming EDI parsing ended unsuccessfully within the XI ? 
2.  is there any error log file or any other header indicator in the 850 validations xml  ?
Best regards ,
ASA

Answer 1

Hi Asa
>>1. PI will be able to know that when the message gets processed by the file adapter and passes from AE to the integration server for routing/mapping.
>>can you please elaborate ?
After the EDI document is picked up by the file adapter it calls the parser to convert and perform the EDI to EDI XML transformation. When you design this parser you have to make sure that you have this built with the required validations (ex mandatory segments etc). If the parser is able to execute (In Adapter engine) and create the XML it automatically means that the 850 is valid and from there you can map and send it to SAP. If there is no message output and the file adapter is in error this means that your parser has failed and the document is invalid.
>>we want to split the scenario to two channels and only if the EDI 850 syntax and other validations is correct to pass the EDI into sap. in any case we want to to provide 997 F.A .
>>again, we do NOT want to count or add any other logic to check the 850 because there is a parser the should automatic generate the 997.
You may have to build a mapper and create the 997. I think its not possible for the parser to pop-out a 997 automatically when 850 is processed. I read the documentation that it is possible but doesnu2019t mention this functionality being available in conversion agent when used via PI.