EDI 855 P/O Acknowledgment Match Levels

Match levels indicate the success the system has in matching items and quantities on an 855 acknowledgment to items and quantities on an open generation of the purchase order. The system automatically clears items with a perfect match from the review queue at the time they are received.

If a pound sign (#) displays next to a match code, line item quantities and/or units of measure for items on the purchase order and acknowledgment do not match.
If a dollar sign ($) displays next to a match code, the price of one or more items on the purchase order and 855 do not match. The system takes into account the allowed pricing variance specified in the vendor record for the trading partner.

The system displays the following match levels in the EDI 855 P/O Acknowledgment Review Queue:

Level	Description
No Matches	No match, for any of the following reasons: The 855 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 855 with items and quantities on the purchase order.
Some Line Items Matched	Some items and quantities match.
Good Match but number of items is less than PO	All items and quantities on the 855 match, but the purchase order generation contains more items than those listed on the 855 acknowledgement.
Perfect Match	All items and quantities match the purchase order generation. If the Override Perfect Match Auto-Clearing field in the EDI Add'l Doc Info screen is set to N, purchase orders with a perfect match are automatically cleared from the review queue. Note: In the Allowed Pricing Variance field in the Additional Vendor Information window, select and enter the percentage or dollar amount by which a price on the 855 can vary from the corresponding price on the purchase order to which it is being matched, without the system flagging the transaction for review due to a pricing discrepancy. If all pricing discrepancies fall within the pricing variance, the system treats the 855 as a perfect match.

Note: Click the Message icon in the Message column key to view the system-generated message associated with the match level.