856 Ship Notice/Manifest
Books-A-Million · X12 004010
Books-A-Million’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
20 of 20 segments
HEADING
ST
Transaction Set Header
pos 010
Optional
max —
BSN
Beginning Segment for Ship Notice
pos 020
Optional
max —
DTM
Date/Time Reference
pos 040
Optional
max —
DETAIL
HL LoopShipmentvariant 1 of 5
HL
Shipment
pos 010
Optional
max —
TD1
Carrier Details (Quantity and Weight)
pos 110
Optional
max —
TD5
Carrier Details (Routing Sequence/Transit Time)
pos 120
Optional
max —
REF
Reference Identification
pos 150
Optional
max —
N1 Loop
N1
Name
pos 220
Optional
max —
HL LoopShipmentvariant 2 of 5
HL
Shipment
pos 010
Optional
max —
PRF
Purchase Order Reference
pos 050
Optional
max —
REF
Reference Identification
pos 150
Optional
max —
HL LoopTarevariant 3 of 5
HL
Tare
pos 010
Optional
max —
PO4
Item Physical Details
pos 060
Optional
max —
MAN
Marks and Numbers
pos 190
Optional
max —
HL LoopPackvariant 4 of 5
HL
Pack
pos 010
Optional
max —
HL LoopItem / Ship Notice/Manifestvariant 5 of 5
HL
Item / Ship Notice/Manifest
pos 010
Optional
max —
LIN
Item Identification
pos 020
Optional
max —
SN1
Item Detail (Shipment)
pos 030
Optional
max —
SLN
Subline Item Detail
pos 040
Optional
max —
SUMMARY
SE
Transaction Set Trailer
pos 020
Required
max —
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