u/GoodDale

I have to create an 894 output file. Normally we do this from our system as flat files, then map them. It's pretty easy. But in this case, the person who is supplying the data file, literally has the entire thing mapped into a valid 894 5010 UCS file (with proper ISA and GS fields).

Is there a way to load this into GENTRAN:Director? I tried a straight map from 894 to 894, hoping it would pick up the ISA ID and match it, but that didn't work. Then I tried the "process file..." option from the command menu, but that loaded the file in the "?in" drawer not ID'ing the partner it was supposed to be paired to (and more importantly, it's in the ?in not ?out error drawer).

I double checked and made sure I didn't have the ISA06 and ISA08 reversed or something, but ours is in 06 and the partners is in 08.

I'm about to just ask them to export a flat file I can map instead, but I feel thats going backwards, and this SHOULD be easy.

EDIT: Also, I just tried creating an export map for the 894 and mapped it to an inbound type document, flipped the IDs and my map worked fine, giving me a proper inbound document. grrrr.

EDIT 2: Well, I kind of got it working, but I can't believe that this is how its supposed to be done, so if anyone has a better way please let me know. What I did was I used the inbound document version with swapped IDs, changed the map to a turnaround type from an export type, then it generated an 894 in the workspace that was properly formatted for sending.

EDIT 3: Anyone know if theres a way to change the document name via an extended rule instead of standard? if so, whats the proper way to reference it?