ERROR CORRECTION
The correctable error process essentially involves identifying a specific transaction on the error file and making a change/correction to the specific data element in the transaction that was flagged by an edit. This correction process is composed of three basic steps: identifying the error; record correct codes on Error Transaction Register; and entering corrections through a terminal.
The Error Transaction Register, CSA 800CD, is the basic document for identifying the error, coding correction and basic document for entering correction. This process can be used to affect entire batches, detail transactions only, individual transactions or the batch header only. Errors corrected on-line are reprocessed through the next STARS input/edit update batch cycle.
This error correction process has four main
functions. Each function has a specific action which can be taken
against a transaction or batch. The four main functions are:
- Change
- Delete
- Release
- Add
After the corrections are entered on-line, the corrections are then processed by STARS and a report is generated and lists each corrected transaction exactly as input. This report will be used to ensure that all correction items have been entered and properly processed.
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