824 Application Advice
Caterpillar · X12 003010
Caterpillar’s published 824 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
7 of 7 segments
HEADING
ST
Transaction Set Header
pos 010
Required
max —
BGN
Beginning Segment
pos 020
Required
max —
N1 Loop
N1
Name
pos 030
Optional
max —
REF
Reference Numbers
pos 070
Optional
max —
DETAIL
OTI Looprequired
OTI
Original Transaction Identification
pos 010
Required
max —
TED Loop
TED
Technical Error Description
pos 070
Optional
max —
SE
Transaction Set Trailer
pos 090
Required
max —
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