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EDI Troubleshooting Tips

Distributor tips for troubleshooting failed EDI exchange tasks and FTP mailbox errors in Encompass, e.g. 530 Login incorrect, connection timed out, 550 Failed to open file. Requires v23.09+.

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Written by Bailey Naas-Thornton

Minimum Version Required: 23.09

Steps

Troubleshooting Exchange Tasks

FTP Response Codes
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Common Errors
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530 Login incorrect
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- Username and/or password is not correct, cannot login to the FTP site.
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- NEXT STEP: Contact the trading partner and ask for the correct login credentials.

Connection timed out
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- Unable to connect to their server, or transfer the file before a timeout was reached.
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- NEXT STEP: Contact the trading partner to have them check their server (likely an outage).

Failed to create data connection for the first time, data connection is being recreated
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- Problem establishing the connection, likely a configuration difference between the mailbox and what the trading partner is expecting.
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- NEXT STEP: Check the mailbox configuration and that it matches the specification from the TP, and test changing some of the settings.

550 Failed to open file
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- Permission issue on the FTP server, the username logging in does not have permission to download the file you are attempting to get.
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- NEXT STEP: Check that the Remote Inbox/Outbox Path is correct, contact the trading partner to have permissions fixed.

Fields And Definitions

Exchange Task Logs
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  • Result
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  • Log
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Exchange Tasks
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  • EDI Status
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  • Functional Type
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  • Production
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  • Direction
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  • Document
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  • Translation Document
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  • Memo

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