242 Data Status Tracking
Function Group DS
This X12 Transaction Set contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Data Status Tracking Transaction Set (242) within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. This management transaction set is the vehicle by which the transmission status information is conveyed by a service request handler to the interchange sender, interchange receiver, or both; it can be used to provide status information regarding interchange as it flows from an interchange sender through one or more service request handlers to an interchange receiver during its transmission cycle. It can be used by the interchange sender or interchange receiver to request from a service request handler ad hoc or periodic reports containing status information regarding interchanges.
Position
Segment
Name
Max Use
0100
Transaction Set HeaderMandatory
Max 1
To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number
0200
Beginning SegmentMandatory
Max 1
To indicate the beginning of a transaction set
0300
Report Selection SegmentOptional
Max 1
To identify report selection criteria
0400
Date or Time or PeriodOptional
Max 10
To specify any or all of a date, a time, or a time period
0500
Reference IdentificationOptional
Max 10
To specify identifying information
0600
Message TextOptional
Max 1
To provide a free-form format that allows the transmission of text information
HLLoop
Optional
Repeat >1
0700
Hierarchical LevelMandatory
Max 1
To identify dependencies among and the content of hierarchically related groups of data segments
0800
Interchange Identification SegmentOptional
Max 1
To uniquely identify interchange control structures
0900
NameOptional
Max 1
To identify a party by type of organization, name, and code
1000
Reference IdentificationOptional
Max 10
To specify identifying information
1100
QuantityOptional
Max >1
To specify quantity information
STSLoop
Optional
Repeat >1
1200
Interchange Status SegmentMandatory
Max 1
To identify activity taken with an interchange
1300
NameOptional
Max 1
To identify a party by type of organization, name, and code
1400
Reference IdentificationOptional
Max 10
To specify identifying information
1500
QuantityOptional
Max >1
To specify quantity information
1600
Transaction Set TrailerMandatory
Max 1
To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments)
Position
Segment
Name
Max Use