820 Payment Order/Remittance Advice
Canadian National Railway (CN Rail) · X12 004010
Canadian National Railway (CN Rail)’s published 820 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 ST
pos 010
Optional
max —
BPR
Beginning Segment For Payment Order Remittance Advice BPR
Data Elements BPR06, BPR07, BPR09, BPR12, BPR13, BPR15 are Mandatory when Transmitting Payment Order to a Banking Institution.
Example: BPR*I*1625.04*C*CHK
pos 020
Required
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TRN
Trace TRN
Example: TRN*1*PAYMENT REFERENCE NUMBER
pos 035
Required
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CUR
Currency CUR
Example: CUR*PR*CAD
pos 040
Optional
max —
REF
Reference Identification REF
Examples:
REF*CK*001970
REF*EQ*CNRU123456
REF*EQ*GATX123456
REF*EQ*CN649332
pos 050
Required
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DTM
Invoicevariant 1 of 3
pos 060
Optional
max —
DTM
Shippedvariant 2 of 3
Example: DTM*011*20180411
pos 060
Optional
max —
DTM
Transaction Creationvariant 3 of 3
Example: DTM*097*20180524
pos 060
Optional
max —
N1 LoopPayeevariant 1 of 2
N1
Name N1
Example: N1*PE*CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY
pos 070
Required
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N2
Additional Name Information N2
pos 080
Optional
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N3
Address Information N3
Example: N3*PO BOX 12345
pos 090
Optional
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N4
Geographic Location N4
pos 100
Optional
max —
N1 LoopPayervariant 2 of 2required
N1
Name N1
Example: N1*PR*COMPANY ABC
pos 070
Required
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N3
Address Information N3
Example: N3*PO BOX 12345
pos 090
Optional
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DETAIL
ENT Loop
ENT
Entity ENT
Example: ENT*1
pos 010
Required
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RMR Looprequired
RMR
Remittance Advice Accounts Receivable Open Item Reference RMR
Examples:
RMR*IV*12345678**509.24*509.24*0
RMR*IV*12345679**614.8*614.8*0
RMR*IV*12345680**501*501*0
pos 150
Required
max —
REF
Reference Identification REF
pos 170
Optional
max —
DTM
Invoicevariant 1 of 2
pos 180
Optional
max —
DTM
Shippedvariant 2 of 2
pos 180
Optional
max —
SUMMARY
SE
Transaction Set Trailer SE
pos 010
Optional
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