850 Purchase Order
Big Lots · X12 005010
Big Lots’ published 850 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
23 of 23 segments
HEADING
ST
Transaction Set Header ST
pos 0100
Optional
max —
BEG
Beginning Segment For Purchase Order BEG
EXAMPLE: BEG\00\SA\0000221631\4\19990113~
pos 0200
Required
max —
REF
Reference Information REF
EXAMPLE:
REF\LU\04152\S~
REF\IA\1234567890~
REF\NB\C123456~
REF\PK\Y~
REF\ZZ\Y~
REF\FJ\125~
pos 0500
Required
max —
PER
Administrative Communications Contact PER
EXAMPLE: PER\BD\JILL JONES~
pos 0600
Optional
max 3
FOB
Destination Shippingvariant 1 of 2
EXAMPLE: FOB\PP\DE\Port \\\OR\Ship Point\\D~
pos 0800
Required
max —
FOB
On Vesselvariant 2 of 2
EXAMPLE: FOB\PP\OV\FOB Cntry\\\CA\Origin\\Prepaid By Seller~
pos 0800
Required
max —
ITD
Terms Of Sale Deferred Terms Of Sale ITD
EXAMPLE: ITD\01\3\2\\10\\30\\\\\2%-10/NET 30~
pos 1300
Required
max —
DTM
Date Time Reference DTM
EXAMPLE:
DTM\073\20120101~
DTM\037\20120113~
DTM\002\20120123~
DTM\001\20120213~
pos 1500
Required
max 10
N9 Loop
N9
Extended Reference Information N9
EXAMPLE: N9\L1\Header Comments~
pos 2950
Required
max —
MTX
Text MTX
EXAMPLE: MTX\\Header Comments~
This segment may occur multiple times for a single N9 loop.
pos 3000
Optional
max —
N1 Looprequired
N1
Party Identification N1
Required :
‘ST’ - Ship To
‘VN’ – Vendor
‘BT’ - Bill To
Optional:
‘SF’ - Ship From
‘RI’ - Remit To
EXAMPLE:
N1\ST\STORE 4150\92\4150~
N1\BT\BIG LOTS STORES INC~
N1\SF\ABC CO~
N1\VN\ABC CO~
N1\RI\ABC CO~
pos 3100
Required
max —
N3
Party Location N3
EXAMPLE: N3\1417 N BELT HWY~
pos 3300
Required
max 2
N4
Geographic Location N4
EXAMPLE: N4\SAINT JOSEPH\MO\645062415~
pos 3400
Required
max —
PER
Administrative Communications Contact PER
EXAMPLE: PER\IC\JILL JONES\TE\6142786800\FX\6142786676~
pos 3600
Required
max —
DETAIL
PO1 Looprequired
PO1
Baseline Item Data PO1
EXAMPLE: PO1\1\1920\EA\1.8500\\SK\110121927\MG\005100002797\UP\051000027979\SZ\48OZ\BL\PREGO\\\KM\20101110\SC\O\JP\N\ZZ\Y~
pos 0100
Required
max —
PO3
Additional Item Detail PO3
EXAMPLE: P03\QO\\\\\1\CT~
pos 0300
Required
max 25
PID Looprequired
PID
Product Item Description PID
EXAMPLE: PID\F\\\\ Extension Table ~
pos 0500
Required
max —
PO4
Item Physical Details PO4
EXAMPLE: PO4\1\\\\\\\1\CF\\\\\1~
pos 0900
Required
max —
SDQ
Destination Quantity SDQ
EXAMPLE: SDQ\EA\92\0001\10\0002\20~
Segment will be used for palletized store quantity.
pos 1900
Optional
max 500
MTX
Text MTX
EXAMPLE: MTX\\Detail Comments~
pos 2890
Optional
max —
SUMMARY
CTT Looprequired
CTT
Transaction Totals CTT
EXAMPLE: CTT\2~
pos 0100
Required
max —
AMT
Monetary Amount Information AMT
EXAMPLE: AMT\TT\287.200~
pos 0200
Required
max —
SE
Transaction Set Trailer SE
pos 0300
Optional
max —
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