The system archives every inbound and outbound EDI transaction. The archives are permanent repositories for EDI transactions and maintenance is not required. Use the EDI Archive Maintenance screens to view documents and envelopes stored in the archives.
Documents and envelopes are stored in the active archives for a specified number of days. After this time, they move to the inactive archives. Documents and envelopes in the inactive archives are stored in directories by month and year.
Active and inactive archives exist for inbound documents, inbound envelopes, and outbound envelopes.
Use the Months Before Purge Of EDI Archives control maintenance record and the Purge Archive Documents program to clear the archives of data you no longer need to reference.
The Archive EDI Inbound Documents After (Days) control maintenance record determines the number of days an inbound document stays in the active archive before moving to the inactive archive.
EDI Inbound Document Archive contains individual documents that have been received within the specified number of days.
EDI Inactive Inbound Document Archive contains inbound documents that are more than the specified number of days old.
The Archive EDI Inbound Envelopes After (Days) control maintenance record determines the number of days an inbound envelope stays in the active archive before moving to the inactive archive.
EDI Inbound Envelope Archive contains enveloped EDI data that has been received within the specified number of days. An inbound envelope may contain multiple documents from multiple trading partners.
EDI Inactive Inbound Envelope Archive contains inbound envelopes that are more than the specified number of days old. Each envelope may contain multiple documents from a trading partner.
The Archive EDI Outbound Envelopes After (Days) control maintenance record determines the number of days an outbound envelope stays in the active archive before moving to the inactive archive.
EDI Outbound Envelope Archive contains enveloped EDI data that has been sent within the specified number of days. An outbound envelope may contain multiple documents from multiple trading partners.
EDI Inactive Outbound Envelope Archive contains enveloped EDI data that has been sent more than the specified number of days ago. Each envelope may contain multiple documents to a trading partner.
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