850 Purchase Order
Global Industrial · X12 004010
Global Industrial’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
20 of 20 segments
HEADING
ST
Transaction Set Header ST
pos 010
Optional
max —
BEG
Beginning Segment For Purchase Order BEG
pos 020
Required
max —
REF
Reference Identification Billing Account or Mutually Definedvariant 1 of 2
pos 050
Optional
max —
REF
Reference Identification Customer Order Numbervariant 2 of 2
pos 050
Optional
max —
PER
Administrative Communications Contact PER
pos 060
Optional
max 3
FOB
Fob Related Instructions FOB
pos 080
Optional
max —
DTM
Date/Time Reference Estimated Deliveryvariant 1 of 3
At least one variant is required.
pos 150
Optional
max —
DTM
Date/Time Reference Requested Shipvariant 2 of 3
At least one variant is required.
pos 150
Optional
max 10
DTM
Date/Time Reference Ship Not Beforevariant 3 of 3
At least one variant is required.
pos 150
Optional
max —
TD5
Carrier Details Routing Sequence Transit Time TD5
pos 240
Optional
max 12
N1 Loop
N1
Name N1
pos 310
Required
max —
N2
Additional Name Information N2
pos 320
Optional
max 2
N3
Address Information N3
pos 330
Optional
max 2
N4
Geographic Location N4
pos 340
Optional
max —
PER
Administrative Communications Contact PER
pos 360
Optional
max —
DETAIL
PO1 Looprequired
PO1
Baseline Item Data PO1
pos 010
Required
max —
PID Loop
PID
Product Item Description PID
pos 050
Required
max —
REF
Reference Identification REF
pos 100
Optional
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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