A message or transaction set transmitted by the receiver of an EDI transaction to the sender, indicating receipt and syntactical acceptability of data transmitted according to an EDI standard. The functional acknowledgement allows the receiving party to report back to the sending party problems encountered by the syntax analyser as the data are interpreted. It is not intended to serve as an acknowledgement of data content.

A transaction set (EDI 997) transmitted by the receiver of an EDI transmission to the sender, indicating receipt and syntactical correctness of the data transmission. The functional acknowledgement is not an acknowledgement of data content.

An EDI message that is sent in a response to the receipt of an EDI transaction or a packet of transactions to notify the sender of the original message that it was received, It acknowledges only the receipt of the transaction or transaction packet and does not imply agreement with, or understanding of, its content.