EDI EDI Testing and Validation

Question 1

What is the primary goal of EDI compliance testing before go-live with a trading partner?

Accepted Answer

To verify that both parties can successfully exchange correctly formatted EDI documents

Answer

Compliance testing ensures that EDI documents produced by each party conform to the agreed-upon standards and transaction sets before production exchanges begin.

Question 2

What does a syntax error in an EDI document indicate?

Accepted Answer

The document violates the structural rules of the EDI standard (e.g., missing mandatory elements)

Answer

Syntax errors mean the EDI file does not conform to the X12 or EDIFACT structural rules, such as incorrect segment counts, invalid qualifiers, or missing required elements.

Question 3

Which type of EDI testing verifies that the business data in a transaction (prices, quantities, dates) is correct?

Accepted Answer

Content/semantic validation

Answer

Semantic or content validation checks whether the values within a valid EDI document make business sense, such as valid item numbers, acceptable quantity ranges, and correct date formats.

Question 4

In EDI testing, what is a 'test pack'?

Accepted Answer

A predefined set of EDI transaction scenarios used to certify a trading partner's EDI capability

Answer

A test pack contains sample EDI documents and expected responses that a new trading partner must successfully process to demonstrate EDI compliance.

Question 5

What does loopback testing mean in the context of EDI?

Accepted Answer

Sending an EDI document to yourself to verify your system can produce and consume the correct format

Answer

Loopback testing involves sending an EDI transaction from your own system and verifying it is correctly parsed when received back, confirming your translator's output format.

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EDI EDI Testing and Validation