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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">ASCII files</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>ASCII files</Level1>
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		<Keyword><Level1>ASCII files</Level1>
			<Level2>using</Level2>
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	<GeneralSection><Paragraph>A message arrives as an ASCII file. A normal ASCII file is a text format (arrangement) that cannot be read quickly by ERP. The ASCII file must be converted into an application file, a file that SSA ERP is able to read. This conversion is performed by the SSA ERP EDI software.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>ASCII files consist of records, and records consist of fields that contain the actual information. Examples of fields include the customer number, customer name, and customer address.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>If several files are related to each other, they are relational. Relational files occur, for example, if several addresses have been recorded for one customer. In this example, the customer number is the key. In the address file, you can search for the addresses using the customer number. A key can consist of more than one field. If, for example, more than one telephone number is recorded for one address, the key is the customer number together with the address.</Paragraph>
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