846 Inventory Inquiry/Advice
BJs Wholesale - Commerce Hub · X12 004010
BJs Wholesale - Commerce Hub’s published 846 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
15 of 15 segments
HEADING
ST
Transaction Set Header ST
pos 010
Optional
max —
BIA
Beginning Segment For Inventory Inquiry Advice BIA
Example: BIA*00*SI*000000001*20130701
pos 020
Required
max —
REF
Reference Identification REF
Example: REF*IO*BJS
pos 060
Required
max 12
DETAIL
LIN Looprequired
LIN
Item Identification LIN
Example: LIN*1*VN*123456*SK*09788*UP*099999999999
pos 010
Required
max —
PID
Product Item Description PID
Example: PID*F*08***BLOUSE
pos 030
Optional
max 200
DTM
Expirationvariant 1 of 3
Example: DTM*036*19990705
pos 100
Optional
max 10
DTM
Period Endvariant 2 of 3
pos 100
Optional
max 10
DTM
Period Startvariant 3 of 3
pos 100
Optional
max 10
CTP
Pricing Information CTP
Example: CTP*DI*UCP*50.25
pos 110
Optional
max 25
QTY Loop
QTY
Quantity QTY
Example: QTY*33*25*EA
pos 320
Required
max —
SCH Loop
SCH
Line Item Schedule SCH
Required whenever a quantity with a future availability date is being reported.
Stock with a future availability date should NOT be included in the QTY segment.
Example: SCH*11*EA*018*19990704
pos 360
Required
max —
REF Looprequired
REF
Reference Identification REF
The REF segment in the loop is used to identify the warehouse by an ID in the REF-02, and the current quantity available in that warehouse in the REF-03.
The DTM segment in the loop is used to report future availability for the
warehouse.
Examples:
REF*WS*5001*50
REF*WS*4001*50
pos 390
Required
max —
DTM
Date Time Reference DTM
Example: DTM*018*20140808***UN*50
pos 400
Optional
max —
SUMMARY
CTT
Transaction Totals CTT
Example: CTT*1
pos 010
Optional
max —
SE
Transaction Set Trailer SE
pos 020
Optional
max —
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