X12 Format¶
The Accredited Standards Committee X12 (also known as ASC X12), chartered by the American National Standards Institute more than 30 years ago, develops and maintains EDI and CICA standards along with XML schemas which drive business processes globally.
Delimiter Method¶
The delimiter method defines how QIE determines the delimiters to use when parsing X12 messages.
| Delimiter Method | Description |
|---|---|
| Read from message header (default) |
The X12 specification indicates that the message delimiters are defined in the message's ISA segment. When this option is selected, QIE determines the message delimiters to use by reading each X12 message ISA segment. |
| Use the default X12 defined delimiters | The X12 specification includes recommended delimiters to be used with X12 formatted messages. When this option is selected, QIE uses the default X12 delimiters when parsing messages. |
| Define custom delimiters | When this option is selected, QIE uses the specified custom X12 delimiters when parsing messages. |
Segment Delimiter¶
The segment delimiter is used to separate segments in an X12 message. The default delimiter is a tilde (~) character.
Element Delimiter¶
The element delimiter is used to separate elements in an X12 segment. The default delimiter is an asterisk (*) character.
Component Delimiter¶
The component delimiter is used to separate components in an X12 element. The default delimiter is a colon (:) character.
Group By¶
X12 supports transmitting messages individually or in batches (multiple messages per file). When processing X12 batch files, QIE can be configured to process the entire batch as a single message (file) or to process each individual X12 message within the batch as a separate message (message).