855 Purchase Order Acknowledgment
Dot Foods · X12 004010
Dot Foods’ published 855 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
13 of 13 segments
HEADING
ST
Transaction Set Header ST
pos 010
Optional
max —
BAK
Beginning Segment For Purchase Order Acknowledgment BAK
pos 020
Required
max —
DTM
Date/Time Reference Current Schedule Shipvariant 1 of 2
pos 150
Required
max —
DTM
Date/Time Reference Processvariant 2 of 2
pos 150
Required
max —
TD5
Carrier Details Routing Sequence Transit Time TD5
pos 240
Required
max 12
N1 LoopN1 Loop Ship Fromvariant 1 of 2required
N1
Name N1
pos 300
Required
max —
N4
Geographic Location N4
pos 330
Required
max —
N1 LoopN1 Loop Ship Tovariant 2 of 2required
N1
Name N1
pos 300
Required
max —
DETAIL
PO1 Looprepeats 100000required
PO1
Baseline Item Data PO1
pos 010
Required
max —
PID Looprepeats 1000required
PID
Product Item Description PID
pos 050
Required
max —
SAC Looprepeats 25required
SAC
Service Promotion Allowance Or Charge Information SAC
Any allowance that Dot maintains at the item level must be communicated on the 855 at the item level in order for the pricing to match. Please
contact your Dot Foods' EDI Coordinator if you are unsure as to which allowances are maintained at the item level.
pos 130
Required
max —
SUMMARY
CTT Loop
CTT
Transaction Totals CTT
pos 010
Required
max —
SE
Transaction Set Trailer SE
pos 030
Optional
max —
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