Sample EDI Message


EDI packages transaction sets for delivery over a network.

Individual transaction sets (documents) go into "departmental envelopes" called Functional Groups. Functional Groups, in turn, go into larger "shipping envelopes" called Interchanges.

The Interchange is addressed to a company; the functional groups are addressed to individual departments within an organization; and the transaction sets are the individual documents to be delivered.

Every EDI transmission has at least one Interchange, Functional Group, and Transaction Set.