846 Inventory Inquiry/Advice
Motor State Distributing · X12 004010
Motor State Distributing’s published 846 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
12 of 12 segments
HEADING
ST
Transaction Set Header ST
pos 010
Optional
max —
BIA
Beginning Segment For Inventory Inquiry Advice BIA
pos 020
Required
max —
DTM
Date Time Reference DTM
pos 050
Optional
max 10
PER
Administrative Communications Contact PER
pos 070
Optional
max 3
N1 Loop
N1
Name N1
pos 080
Required
max —
N3
Address Information N3
pos 100
Optional
max 2
N4
Geographic Location N4
pos 110
Optional
max —
DETAIL
LIN Looprequired
LIN
Item Identification LIN
pos 010
Required
max —
PID
Product Item Description PID
pos 030
Optional
max 200
QTY Looprequired
QTY
Quantity QTY
pos 320
Required
max —
SUMMARY
CTT
Transaction Totals CTT
This segment is intended to provide hash totals to validate transaction completeness and correctness.
pos 010
Required
max —
SE
Transaction Set Trailer SE
pos 020
Optional
max —
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