Many terms in EDI are used interchangeably and mean the same thing.

Acknowledgment Files

A customer or vendor may ask for an acknowledgment for, often referred to as an EDI997 or EDI999.  This tells the sending party that the message was received.  NOTE:  This means the data was structurally correct, but not that the contents were correct.  These are sometimes called a Functional Acknowledgment, or FA.

Sprout displays the acknowledgments for sales order detail within the Invoice system.  This tells the user that a document was accepted along with a confirmation number.  These numbers are generated by the senders side and can be helpful when troubleshooting missing data.

Sales Order Terms

Orders placed by customers in to Sprout are often referred to as an 850.  This is a purchase order from the customer to the distributor. 

Some customers may require a PO Acknowledgment, which is a EDI855.  When required Sprout returns these automatically to a customer.  This is configured under the customer site.

Some customers may require a notification sent that an order has been shipped.  This tells the customer's system what to expect and often loads their WMS system with data to receive with.  This is often referred to as an Advanced Shipping Notification, or ASN.  It can also be called an EDI865, ASBN (advanced shipping billing noticiation) and many other similar terms.  This is maintained in Sprout under the customer site settings

Invoice Terms

Invoices are often referred to as an EDI810.  This is the completed and delivered invoice that is now Accounts Receivable in Sprout.  This is typically generates after the sales order is billed in Sprout.  The invoice could be an X12 EDI810 or a multiple of CSV type files.