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Hi Mark,
the keyword replace is a workaround that I told IBM support about to avoid our partner from rejecting our invoices as of Febr 1st, as we know the fix won't be available by then after speaking to the IBM product manager (DM) about getting the proper fix and this should be considered a workaround only, not the permanent solution. The EDI enveloping should allow for value X and if that is selected then the UNB header date format needs to be in YYYYMMDD instead of YYMMDD.
We were told that IBM is working on getting this implemented in the latest stable release (6.2.0.4) and expect that to happen.
Thank you for taking the time to provide your ideas to IBM. We truly value our relationship with you and appreciate your willingness to share details about your experience, your recommendations, and ideas.
We have reviewed this request with our technical team and have determined that we may already support the use case you have described in your request.
We have the ability to replace keywords within the business process that can satisfy this use case. Modifying core product would not be possible in the timeframes required.
If we have misunderstood your request, please let us know and provide additional details so that we can better understand the requirement. If you have any additional feedback or thoughts in the meantime, or if there is anything else I can do, please do not hesitate to reply to this message to continue the conversation.
Is there any update on this?
The VDA recommendations with version X exist since 2022 as you can see in the link below and our customer will start rejecting our invoices as of Febr 1st, so time is of the essence here.
Thank you for taking the time to provide your ideas to IBM. We truly value our relationship with you and appreciate your willingness to share details about your experience, your recommendations, and ideas.
We are currently reviewing this request with our technical team and will update the status once our analysis is complete.
The switch to version X is a recommendation from the VDA, which the customer is implementing.
https://www.vda.de/en/news/publications/publication/4938-t2---v-3.0-global-invoic-implementation-guideline
Invoices to our customers will be rejected if we cannot adjust the UNB with the syntax version X. Currently we are just warned daily, but once they reject, this ha a massive impact on our day to day business.