An example of reconciliation is when you send a document file to a partner containing transactions such as payments or orders that require acknowledgment. When you send the file to the partner, the Data Exchange Server initiates a reconciliation. When you receive the acknowledgment from the partner, the Data Exchange Server completes the reconciliation. The Data Exchange Server uses a correlation ID to identify each transaction and to reconcile the initial event with the acknowledgement.

When the Data Exchange Server initiates a reconciliation for an event, it sets a limit to the amount of time that the reconciliation can take to complete. The reconciliation status of an event indicates whether the Data Exchange Server completed the reconciliation within the time limit.