Batch Message Processing

Microsoft BizTalk Accelerator for HL7 (BTAHL7) handles three types of HL7 2.X batch scenarios:

Fragmented inbound batch scenario. BTAHL7 parses these batches into separate output messages. BTAHL7 sends acknowledgments (ACKs) for each message in a fragmented batch.
Batch in/batch out scenario. These are in-bound batches that BTAHL7 does not fragment, but passes through and sends as an intact batch. If BTAHL7 sends an ACK for the batch, the ACK includes a version ID.
Create-batch scenario. In this scenario, BTAHL7 combines separate input messages into an output batch.

You can format batches in either of two ways:
With a file header and trailer (FHS/FTS) and a batch header and trailer (BHS/BTS).
With no file or batch headers/trailers.

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