163 Transportation Appointment Schedule Information (Outgoing)
Best Buy · X12 004030
Best Buy’s published 163 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
11 of 11 segments
HEADING
ST
Transaction Set Header ST
pos 0100
Optional
max —
B13
Beginning Segment For Appointment Schedule B13
Example Data: B13*UniqueDociD*SCAC~
pos 0200
Required
max —
B2A
Set Purpose B2A
Example Data: B2A*13*AT~
pos 0300
Required
max —
0100 Loop
N1
Name N1
Example Data: N1*CN*Best Buy Enterprise~
pos 1000
Required
max —
G61
Contact G61
This segment will only be present when Best Buy is granting a Dock Scheduling Delivery appointment. B1301 code would be "GR".
Example Data: G61*A5*Name of Contact*EM*NameofContact@cbestbuy.com~
pos 1500
Optional
max 5
0300 Looprequired
S5
Stop Off Details S5
This segment is required by standards to start the 300 loop. Best Buy is not actually using any information in this particular segment. The stop sequence number will always start at 1.
Example Data: S5*1*CU~
pos 1900
Required
max —
N1
Name N1
There will only be one N1 segment per Stop off loop. This Name segment will contain the Best Buy delivery location provided in the original communication that was attempting to create/gain an appointment.
Example Data: N1*ST**94*BBYLocID~
pos 2000
Required
max —
N9
Reference Identification N9
The N9 segment may have multiple iterations and will contain various different reference numbers that can be used to help identify the load.
For all reference numbers submitted by the carrier on an original Request for an appointment, initiated by the carrier for shipments/loads were Best Buy is not submitting the freight charges, will be returned here from the original request. In addition, for a Granted delivery appointment, the Dock Schedule ID (N 901 = AO) will be returned in this segment.
Example Data:
Here is an N9 segment with Best Buy TMS Load ID
L11*BN*654321~
Here is an N9 segment with Carrier PRO/Load ID
L11*CN*CarrierPRO1~
Here is an N9 segment with Best Buy Dock Appointment ID
L11*AO*999999~
Here is an N9 segment with Bill of Lading ID
L11*BM*BOLID999999~
pos 2400
Optional
max 10
G62
Date Time G62
The G62 segment will only appear if the B2A01 purpose code is "GR".
The G6201 qualifier "70" refers to the granted delivery date that Best Buy has set for the delivery in the G6202. The G6203 qualifier "X" refers to the granted delivery time in the G6204 on the day transmitted in the G6202.
Example Data: G62*70*20180520*X*1200~
pos 2600
Optional
max 10
0350 Loop
OID
Order Identification Detail OID
The OID segment(s) will always contain the Order ID (OID02) and the error code (OID10). Any other elements populated in this segment would be directly tied to the actual error.
Example Data: OID**BestBuyPO**CTN*245*L*18000***MA~
pos 2700
Required
max —
SE
Transaction Set Trailer SE
pos 2900
Optional
max —
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