EDI 856 Advance Ship Notice Match Levels

Match levels indicate the success the system has in matching items and quantities on an 856 notice to items and quantities on an open generation of the purchase order being acknowledged.

The system displays the following match levels in the EDI 856 Advance Ship Notice Review Queue:

Level

Description

No Matches

No match, for any of the following reasons:

  • The 856 contains an invalid purchase order number.

  • There are no open generations on the purchase order.

  • There is an open generation on the purchase order, but it is locked by another process or user.

  • The system cannot match any items and quantities on the 856 with items and quantities on an open generation of the purchase order.

Some Line Items Matched

Some items and quantities match.

Perfect Match

Perfect match. All items and quantities match.

 

Note: Click the Message icon in the Message field of the line item in the queue to view the system-generated message associated with the match level.

See Also:

Reviewing Inbound EDI 856 Advance Ship Notices

How the System Processes EDI 856s