850 Purchase Order
Corcentric · X12 004010
Corcentric’s published 850 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
21 of 21 segments
HEADING
ST
Transaction Set Header ST
pos 010
Optional
max —
BEG
Beginning Segment For Purchase Order BEG
pos 020
Required
max —
CUR
Currency CUR
pos 040
Required
max —
REF
Reference Identification REF
pos 050
Required
max —
PER
Administrative Communications Contact PER
pos 060
Optional
max 3
DTM
Date Time Reference DTM
pos 150
Required
max 10
TD5
Carrier Details Routing Sequence Transit Time TD5
pos 240
Optional
max 12
N1 LoopN1 Loop Bill-to-Partyvariant 1 of 3required
N1
Name N1
pos 310
Required
max —
N3
Address Information N3
pos 330
Optional
max 2
N4
Geographic Location N4
pos 340
Optional
max —
N1 LoopN1 Loop Ship Tovariant 2 of 3required
N1
Name N1
pos 310
Required
max —
N3
Address Information N3
pos 330
Optional
max 2
N4
Geographic Location N4
pos 340
Optional
max —
N1 LoopN1 Loop Vendorvariant 3 of 3required
N1
Name N1
pos 310
Required
max —
N3
Address Information N3
pos 330
Optional
max 2
N4
Geographic Location N4
pos 340
Optional
max —
DETAIL
PO1 Looprequired
PO1
Baseline Item Data PO1
pos 010
Required
max —
PID Looprequired
PID
Product Item Description PID
pos 050
Required
max —
SAC Loop
SAC
Service Promotion Allowance Or Charge Information SAC
pos 130
Required
max —
SUMMARY
CTT Looprequired
CTT
Transaction Totals CTT
pos 010
Required
max —
SE
Transaction Set Trailer SE
pos 030
Optional
max —
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