855 Purchase Order Acknowledgment
Kohl's · X12 004010
Kohl'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
9 of 9 segments
HEADING
ST
– Transaction Set Header
To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number.
pos 010
Required
max —
BAK
– Beginning Segment for Purchase Order Acknowledgment
To indicate the beginning of the Purchase Order Acknowledgment Transaction Set and transmit identifying numbers and dates.
pos 020
Required
max —
REF
– Reference Identification
To specify identifying information.
pos 050
Optional
max —
DTM
– Date / Time Reference
To specify pertinent dates and times.
pos 150
Optional
max 10
N1 Looprequired
N1
– Name
To identify a party by type of organization, name, and code.
pos 300
Required
max —
DETAIL
PO1 Looprequired
PO1
– Baseline Item Data
To specify basic and most frequently used line item data.
pos 010
Required
max —
SDQ
– Destination Quantity
To specify destination and quantity detail.
pos 190
Optional
max 500
SUMMARY
CTT Looprequired
CTT
– Transaction Totals
To transmit a hash total for a specific element in the transaction set.
pos 010
Required
max —
SE
– Transaction Set Trailer
To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted
pos 030
Required
max —
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