APERAK

UN/EDIFACT acknowledgement message at the application layer.

Definition

APERAK is returned by the receiving application to confirm successful receipt and processing of a message (ORDERS, INVOIC, DESADV…) or to report business-content errors. It sits above the syntax checking handled by CONTRL.

Origin

Defined in the UNTDID (United Nations Trade Data Interchange Directory), the UN/EDIFACT message directory maintained by UN/CEFACT under the UN Economic Commission for Europe.

Example in context

<UNH+1+APERAK:D:21B:UN> <BGM+312> <DTM+137:202606201200:203> <RFF+ACW:INVOIC-9981> <ERC+27>

Related terms

• CONTRL — lower-level syntax acknowledgement.
• Functional Acknowledgement — X12 equivalent (997).