[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] EDI response message question

[Mary Llewellyn]

Hi Kathy,

 

The thing you describe about seeing the number next to EDI message on the
PO.I'm only seeing the number 1 and only seeing the order when I click it,
not the response. I only see the response when I go through the Admin route.
It appears the responses are not linking back to the purchase orders. So we
don't even get as far as having bogus cancellations for back orders! I'm not
sure why we're broken when it works for your site. 

 

I'll check out your bugs and subscribe to them. 

 

Thanks for your response.

 

Mary

 

 

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[mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of
Kathy Lussier
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2012 3:45 PM
To: open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] EDI response message question

 

Hi Mary,

Our libraries are seeing the EDI messages on the PO. There is a number next
to the "EDI Messages" line on the PO (see attached image). When you click
it, you can view the order sent and order response messages associated with
that PO.

I checked with one of our acquisitions people on back ordered titles. With
Baker & Taylor, a back ordered response is automatically changing the status
of the copy to cancelled. However, this does not happen at the line item
level, and you need to click through to the copies to see that it has been
cancelled with a reason of back ordered. The system also automatically
disencumbers the funds and deletes the copy from the system. She also said
that back orders from Ingram are not changing the copy's status. 

Ideally, it would be great if back ordered items had its own status rather
than using a cancelled status since, in many cases, the order will
ultimately be shipped. See
https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1029591. Also, we would love to
see the line items display as cancelled (or back ordered) on the PO when all
associated copies have a cancelled status so that it is easier to identify
which titles need to be re-ordered. See
https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/978095.

Kathy



Kathy Lussier
Project Coordinator
Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
(508) 343-0128
klussier at masslnc.org
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On 11/2/2012 1:39 PM, Mary Llewellyn wrote:

Hi all,

 

We have one library currently using EDI from Evergreen to transmit their
files to Baker & Taylor. When I look at one of their POs, I can see the EDI
message for the order going out, but I don't see a response associated for
that PO. When I go to Admin/Server Administration/Acquisitions/EDI Messages,
I find a processed ORDRSP that contains titles matching the original PO. I
thought I would be able to see this from the PO. Why don't I? And is the
response supposed to take any action for the lineitems, such as marking back
ordered titles? If not, what purpose does the response file serve?

 

All the documentation says is "The EDI messages screen displays all incoming
and outgoing messages between the library and the vendor." I hope someone
can tell me more to flesh out my knowledge of what is supposed to be
happening.

 

Thanks,

 

Mary

 

 

Mary Llewellyn

Database Manager

Bibliomation, Inc.

Middlebury, CT

mllewell at biblio.org

 

 

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