855 Purchase Order Acknowledgment
Belk · X12 004030
Belk’s published 855 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
9 of 9 segments
HEADING
ST
Transaction Set Header
To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number
pos 0100
Required
max —
DTM
Date/Time Reference
To specify pertinent dates and times
pos 1500
Optional
max 10
BAK
Beginning Segment for Purchase Order Acknowledgment
To indicate the beginning of the Purchase Order Acknowledgment Transaction Set and
pos 0200
Required
max —
REF
Reference Identification
To specify identifying information
pos 0500
Optional
max —
DETAIL
PO1 Looprepeats 100000required
PO1
Baseline Item Data
To specify basic and most frequently used line item data
pos 0100
Required
max —
SDQ
Destination Quantity
To specify destination and quantity detail
pos 1900
Required
max 500
CTP
Pricing Information
To specify pricing information
pos 0400
Optional
max —
SUMMARY
CTT Looprepeats 1required
CTT
Transaction Totals
To transmit a hash total for a specific element in the transaction set
pos 0100
Required
max —
SE
Transaction Set Trailer
pos 0300
Required
max —
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