Group Properties

Type

A label that identifies the type of definition.

No

Modifier

Indicates whether the group is used in your customized EDI structure. For new groups, you can leave this field empty. If you are modifying an existing group because you want to indicate that it is not used in your customized EDI structure, set Modifier to Not Used instead of removing it from the EDI structure.

Valid values for this property are Dependent, Must be used, Not recommended, Not used, Recommended.

Yes

Requirement

Whether the group is Conditional, Dependent, Mandatory, or Optional.

Note: If a Modifier is specified, it overrides the Requirement at runtime.

Yes

Maximum Use

The number of times the group can appear in the associated message or group.

Yes

Append Counter to XML Node

Whether or not you want to append a number (starting with 1 for the first group, 2 for the second, and so on) to the GROUP tag in the generated XML - <GROUP_1>, for example.

Yes

Ordinal

Yes

Position

The position within the associated message or group at which the group starts. Default value if present, has been calculated not to interfere with other segments or groups in the message.

Yes

Rename XML Node

If present, this value is used instead of the group name to form the XML node name. The original name is retained as an attribute in the element tag.

Yes