Problem

Error in B2Bi without UNA segment when the EDIFACT message has UNOC as syntax version

Resolution

In principle, any five available characters may be defined as separators by declaring them in the UNA segment at the start of a EDIFACT document. In practice, the following are the most widely used:

Apostrophe ' (segment terminator)

Plus sign + (segment tag and data element separator)

Colon : (component data element separator)

Period . (decimal point (in numeric data elements only))

Question Mark ? (release character)

There is a default set of separators associated with each standard character set UNOA, UNOB etc. If the default is not used, the UNA segment must be sent. The set shown above is the default for UNOA, but is most widely used with extended character sets. Since the recommended set is not the default for the UNOC character set, it follows that the UNA segment is expected to be sent.

B2Bi solution natively provides a stage named "B2Bi Set Inbound EDI Separators" to set the separators in case the Input EDIFACT message doesn't have standard separators and comes in without UNA segment.