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Re: Need Help in Obtaining Mapping Skills
Gee, someone actually wants to acquire skills in this increasingly
obsolete, soon-to-be doomed, arcane black art!
Now that I've recovered from my amazement, Ann (or Lori, as the case may
be), it helps to have a good foundation in a procedural programming
language like C/C++, Java, or VB. Afer that, you need to be conversant
with the EDI syntax (probably X12 - there's a tutorial on my web site), and
be fluent in reading the various implementation guidelines. Sorry, I know
of no training for the latter.
Beyond those foundation, prerequisite skills, everything you're going to
deal with is product-specific. However, the various products are similar
enough in what they do that once you have the prerequisite skills I've
noted and become proficient with one product, an employer may give you a
chance on a different product. You can get training on various products
from respective vendor classes, but you may not want to pay their
prices. A cheap way to go is to get a copy of "Demystifying EDI" - see
link on my books page
(http://www.rawlinsecconsulting.com/bookmag.html). It comes with a trial
version of what used to be known as "Trading Partner Desktop". You may
also check out one or more of the open-source products that support EDI at
Sourceforge.net, and try to teach yourself.
Hope this helps.
Mike
At 02:40 PM 2/4/2005 -0800, Lori Davis wrote:
>Is there anyone out there who can help me get some
>practical EDI mapping skills? Everytime I go to
>interview for a job I don't get hired because I don't
>know how to map, yet all of the EDI jobs I've had
>won't teach me to map. I'm over qualified for
>customer service jobs and underqualified for the
>technical jobs because I don't know how to map.
>
>Being that I'm unemployed right now, I'm willing to
>volunteer to help an experienced mapper just to get
>some skills. I'm in Northern California. Help!! I'm
>at my wit's end. Any suggestions would be
>appreciated. Thanks.
>
>Ann Wilson
>510-260-5539
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Michael C. Rawlins, Rawlins EC Consulting
www.rawlinsecconsulting.com
Using XML with Legacy Business Applications (Addison-Wesley, 2003)
www.awprofessional.com/titles/0321154940
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