Add support for EDIFACT ORDCHG message
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Evergreen |
New
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Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
EDItEUR's library book supply EDIFACT application profile [1] includes the ORDCHG message to request changes to an order, including cancelling line items. It _might_ be useful to add support for it. A potential workflow might be:
- Library creates PO and sends it to provider via EDI.
- Selector things better of a title and sets a cancelled-
- Evergreen sends an ORDCHG message to the provider.
Another potential workflow:
- Library sends an ORDERS message prematurely
- Library deactivates the PO, and Evergreen sends an ORDCHG to cancel the whole thing
Or another:
- Library changes the desired quantity for a line item. Evergreen sends an ORDCHG to request it.
At least one Ex Libris product has support for the ORDCHG message [2]. However, off the top of my head I don't know which providers themselves support ORDCHG. There of course would also be workflow consequences, if for no other reason to account for the fact that providers presumably do not offer libraries unlimited time to make changes to a given order.
[1] https:/
[2] https:/
tags: | added: acq acq-edi |
And to be clear, this wishlist is entirely hypothetical at present, as I could imagine that the online order management tools that the providers offer nowadays may make any need for ORDCHG support mostly moot.