Adding an Element

Index

    What are Elements?

    Segments contain data elements. Data elements contains actual EDI data.

    Example

    SEG*1*2*38*3~

    A data element has certain properties. For example, it contains the minimum and maximum lengths of the data it can contain. It also has a data type. This is the type of data that the data element expects to contain.

    Data Type
    Description
    Alphabetic
    Only alphabetic characters
    Identifier
    An ID
    String
    Any alphanumeric character
    Numeric
    Integers
    Positive Number
    Only positive integers
    Negative Number
    Only negative integers
    Decimal
    Real numbers
    Date
    Dates
    Time
    Times

    Data elements have an element number associated with them. The element number is used to identify the element in the EDI structure. Element numbers are unique to each element.

    Adding An Element

    Go to the ELEMENTS tab and click on the NEW button.

    The New Element dialog will appear.

    • Enter an element number for the new element in the Number text box
    • Select the data type from the Data Type combo box
    • Enter the minimum length and the maximum length of the data that the data element will contain.
    • Enter an optional description
    • Click on the SAVE button to save the new element

    The element can now be used in Template Segments and Composite Elements

    in Creating EDI Rules Files
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