850 Purchase Order
Grainger · X12 004010
Grainger’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
22 of 22 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 REF
pos 050
Optional
max —
PER
Administrative Communications Contact PER
pos 060
Required
max 3
FOB
Fob Related Instructions FOB
pos 080
Required
max —
ITD
Terms Of Sale Deferred Terms Of Sale ITD
pos 130
Optional
max —
TD5
Carrier Details Routing Sequence Transit Time TD5
pos 240
Optional
max 12
N9 Looprequired
N9
Reference Identification N9
pos 295
Required
max —
MSG
Message Text MSG
pos 300
Required
max 5
N1 LoopOrdered Byvariant 1 of 3required
N1
Name N1
pos 310
Required
max —
N1 LoopShip Tovariant 2 of 3required
N1
Name N1
pos 310
Required
max —
N2
Additional Name Information N2
pos 320
Optional
max 2
N3
Address Information N3
pos 330
Required
max 2
N4
Geographic Location N4
pos 340
Required
max —
N1 LoopVendorvariant 3 of 3required
N1
Name N1
pos 310
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 —
MSG
Message Text MSG
pos 289
Optional
max 1
SCH Looprequired
SCH
Line Item Schedule SCH
On any given PO line item (PO1) on a purchase order, it will have a single instance of an SCH segment. For Future use, there can be instances where a single PO1 line can have multiple occurrences of an SCH segment.
pos 295
Required
max —
SUMMARY
CTT Looprequired
CTT
Transaction Totals CTT
pos 010
Required
max —
AMT
Monetary Amount AMT
pos 020
Required
max —
SE
Transaction Set Trailer SE
pos 030
Optional
max —
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