852 Product Activity Data
C&S Wholesale Grocers · X12 004010UCS
C&S Wholesale Grocers’ published 852 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 010
Optional
max —
XQ
Reporting Date Action XQ
Example: XQ*G*20110512
pos 020
Required
max —
N1 LoopN1 Loop Ship Tovariant 1 of 2
N1
Name N1
Example: N1*ST*C&S WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC.*9*0018424670001
pos 060
Required
max —
DTM
Date Time Reference DTM
Example: DTM*009*20110511
pos 120
Optional
max —
N1 LoopN1 Loop Vendorvariant 2 of 2
N1
Name N1
Example:
N1*VN*C&S WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC.*ZZ*0000996 (our internal buyer vendor number)
pos 060
Required
max —
DTM
Date Time Reference DTM
Example: DTM*009*20110511
pos 120
Optional
max —
DETAIL
LIN Loop
LIN
Item Identification LIN
Example: LIN**UA*001234567890
pos 010
Required
max —
PO4
Item Physical Details PO4
Example: PO4*12*24*OZ
pos 030
Optional
max —
ZA Looprequired
ZA
Product Activity Reporting ZA
Example:
ZA*QA*245*CA~
ZA*QS*34*CA~
ZA*QT*22*CA~
ZA*QD*194*CA*015*20110504*ZZ*5/15/2011~
ZA*QD*0*CA*016*20110515*ZZ*5/15/2011~ To provide end date of promotion only
ZA*QP*250*CA*004*20110518*PO*275193~
pos 080
Required
max —
SUMMARY
CTT
Transaction Totals CTT
Example: CTT*15
pos 010
Optional
max —
SE
Transaction Set Trailer SE
pos 020
Optional
max —
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