Creating 276 Files

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Each row in the workplace represents a single EDI Eligibility request with a single subscriber or dependent. EDI files only make sense when we have a receiver for the file since in the very first segment, the ISA segment, there is a place for the receiver ID and qualifier. The Trading Partner is filled in while sending the request; you will be prompted to select a trading partner during the send process. Clicking "Send To Trading Partner":

Workplace_Populated_SendButton

Clicking "Send To Trading Partner" will prompt you to select a saved Trading Partner to send the EDI request to:

SelectTP

The screen to select the trading partner

We double click and thereby select the trading partner you will be prompted once more to create the EDI file with the selected record after which the EDI request will be sent to the selected trading partner.

CreateEDIConfirm

Confirming the creation of the file

At this point the EDI file has been written to the outbox and is being sent to the trading partner. The send process is described in greater detail in Sending 276 Requests.