856 Ship Notice/Manifest
AT&T · X12 004010
AT&T’s published 856 specification, rendered as an interactive guide. Expand any segment to see its elements, data types, lengths and accepted codes — then validate your own document against it below.
Specification
6 of 6 segments
HEADING
ST
Transaction Set Header ST
pos 010
Optional
max —
BSN
Beginning Segment For Ship Notice BSN
Sample EDI:
BSN*00*99999999*20070101*1022*0002~
pos 020
Required
max —
DTM
Estimated Deliveryvariant 1 of 2
Mandatory for For Warehouse Shipments
Sample EDI:
DTM*017*20051105~
pos 040
Optional
max —
DTM
Shippedvariant 2 of 2
Sample EDI:
DTM*011*20051101~
pos 040
Required
max —
SUMMARY
CTT
Transaction Totals CTT
Sample EDI:
CTT01*2000*2005~
pos 010
Required
max —
SE
Transaction Set Trailer SE
pos 020
Optional
max —
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