BizTalk Server sends back an incorrect EDIFACT CONTRL acknowledgement to a trading partner

Consider the following scenario:

• You use the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) receive pipeline in Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2 or BizTalk Server 2009 to receive Electronic Data Interchange For Administration, Commerce and Transport (EDIFACT) messages from a trading partner.
• You select the Generate Technical ACK check box or the Generate Functional ACK check box in the EDI Properties page of the trading partner or in the EDI Global Properties page.
• You receive an EDIFACT message from the trading partner.

In this scenario, the EDIFACT CONTRL acknowledgement that BizTalk Server sends back to the trading partner is incorrect. Specifically, the UCI2 data element (Interchange sender) and the UCI3 data element (Interchange recipient) are reversed in the EDIFACT CONTRL message.

The issue occurs because of an error in the EDI Disassembler pipeline component that is used in the EDI receive pipeline. Specifically, the UCI2 data element is mapped from the UNB3 field of the received message incorrectly and the UCI3 data element is mapped from the UNB2 field of the received message incorrectly.

Cumulative updated information

For BizTalk Server 2009, the hotfix that resolves this issue is included in Cumulative Update 1 for BizTalk Server 2009.

For more information about how to obtain the cumulative update package, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Hotfix information


For BizTalk Server 2006 R2

A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft. However, it is intended to correct only the problem that this article describes. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Customer Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

Prerequisites

You must have BizTalk Server 2006 R2 installed to apply this hotfix.

Restart requirement

You must restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File information

The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.

32-bit BizTalk Server 2006 R2

64-bit BizTalk Server 2006 R2

For more information about EDIFACT CONTRL Acknowledgment, visit the following Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) website: For more information about BizTalk Server hotfixes, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

For BizTalk Server 2006 R2 SP1

The hotfix that resolves this problem is included in cumulative update package 2 for BizTalk Server 2006 R2 SP1. 

For more information about how to obtain the cumulative update package, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
For more information about BizTalk Server 2006 R2 SP1 hotfixes, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.