855 Purchase Order Acknowledgment
Fleet Farm · X12 004010
Fleet Farm’s 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
20 of 20 segments
HEADING
ST
Transaction Set Header ST
pos 010
Optional
max —
BAK
Beginning Segment For Purchase Order Acknowledgment BAK
pos 020
Required
max —
REF
Reference Identification REF
pos 050
Required
max —
PER
Administrative Communications Contact PER
pos 060
Required
max 3
DTM
Date Time Reference DTM
DTM segment to be sent if a date change is required.
pos 150
Optional
max 10
N9 Loop
N9
Reference Identification N9
pos 280
Required
max —
MSG
Message Text MSG
pos 290
Optional
max 1000
N1 LoopN1 Loop Ship Fromvariant 1 of 2required
N1
Name N1
pos 300
Required
max —
N3
Address Information N3
Street Address should be exact and not contain additional data.
pos 320
Required
max 2
N4
Geographic Location N4
pos 330
Required
max —
N1 LoopN1 Loop Ship Tovariant 2 of 2required
N1
Name N1
pos 300
Required
max —
N3
Address Information N3
pos 320
Required
max 2
N4
Geographic Location N4
pos 330
Required
max —
DETAIL
PO1 Looprequired
PO1
Baseline Item Data PO1
pos 010
Required
max —
PID Looprequired
PID
Product Item Description PID
pos 050
Required
max —
ACK Looprequired
ACK
Line Item Acknowledgment ACK
pos 270
Required
max —
N9 Loop
N9
Reference Identification N9
pos 350
Required
max —
MSG
Message Text MSG
pos 360
Optional
max 1000
SUMMARY
CTT Looprequired
CTT
Transaction Totals CTT
pos 010
Required
max —
SE
Transaction Set Trailer SE
pos 030
Optional
max —
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