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Status Not under consideration
Created by Guest
Created on Jul 12, 2022

Add System Acknowledgment status generated off an outbound communication protocol result

In line with the current System Acknowledgment solution around sending a message back for an outbound transaction with the translation status (SYSACK1) and processing a functional Acknowledgement back from a trading partner for the corresponding outbound message (SYSACK2), I would like to add an additional acknowledgment determining the status of an outbound communication session (SYSACK 1.5). This acknowledgment would reference the message(s) acknowledged in the SYSACK1 by checking the down stream communication steps in the process. Based on the result of the comm step, and additional message could be derived to send back similiar information that is sent in the SYSACK 1 along with the communication status and any relevant information about the communication session. For example, for an AS2 session, utlize the results in the MDN to provide the status and actually send back the MDN. For an ftp/sFTP session, utlize the communication logs to send back the results of the session and include the log as well. Other protocols can follow the same process.

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