820 Payment Order/Remittance Advice
Nordstrom · X12 004010
Nordstrom’s published 820 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 —
BPR
Beginning Segment For Payment Order Remittance Advice BPR
Electronic funds transfer preferred.
pos 020
Required
max —
TRN
Trace TRN
pos 035
Optional
max —
CUR
Currency CUR
See Section V (CUR Usage) for usage examples.
pos 040
Optional
max —
DTM
Date Time Reference DTM
pos 060
Optional
max —
N1 LoopFactorvariant 1 of 3
N1
Name N1
factor name and number (if applicable).
pos 070
Required
max —
N1 LoopPayeevariant 2 of 3
N1
Name N1
payee (supplier/vendor) name and number.
pos 070
Required
max —
N1 LoopPayervariant 3 of 3
N1
Name N1
Nordstrom will send up to two occurrences of the N1 segment:
1) payee (supplier/vendor) name and number.
2) factor name and number (if applicable).
pos 070
Required
max —
DETAIL
ENT Loop
ENT
Entity ENT
The purpose of this segment is to identify entities within the sender. If any segments within the detail area are sent, ENT01 is required. This means that the presence of any detail area information must begin with an ENT segment, e.g., the ENT segment can be used as a place mark.
The only valid entity groupings for VICS EDI are Single/Single and Multiple/Single see Comments B and D above).
pos 010
Required
max —
NM1 Loop
NM1
Individual Or Organizational Name NM1
This segment is used to further define the entities within the payer, e.g., location numbers (store numbers).
When this segment is used, at least one of NM103 or NM108 must be present.
pos 020
Required
max —
ADX Loop
ADX
Adjustment ADX
This ADX segment should be used to specify details for adjustments reported in a separate document, e.g., Credit/Debit Adjustment Transaction Set (812), and for an item which is not referenced within the detail RMR loop.
Adjustments made to a previous payment should be identified in this occurrence of the ADX segment.
pos 080
Required
max —
REF LoopPurchase Order Numbervariant 1 of 2
REF
Reference Identification REF
This information will correspond with the "PO/Remit Message" field on the paper check and portal.
This field will be populated only if the information is available from the AP system.
pos 110
Required
max —
DTM
Date Time Reference DTM
This segment is used to specify the date of the originator's transaction reference number that appears in the previous REF segment.
pos 120
Optional
max —
REF LoopAdjustment Descriptionvariant 2 of 2
REF
Reference Identification REF
Nordstrom will send the adjustment description in this field.
pos 110
Required
max —
DTM
Date Time Reference DTM
This segment is used to specify the date of the originator's transaction reference number that appears in the previous REF segment.
pos 120
Optional
max —
RMR Loop
RMR
Remittance Advice Accounts Receivable Open Item Reference RMR
This segment identifies specific remittance details.
Example: RMR*IV*IV123**700~
pos 150
Required
max —
REF
Check Numbervariant 1 of 2
This segment contains ancillary reference numbers relating to the previous RMR segment. Nordstrom could send up to two occurrences of the REF segment:
1) Check number.
2) Nordstrom PO number - 8 numeric.
pos 170
Optional
max —
REF
Purchase Order Numbervariant 2 of 2
This segment contains ancillary reference numbers relating to the previous RMR segment. Nordstrom could send up to two occurrences of the REF segment:
1) Check number.
2) Nordstrom PO number - 8 numeric.
pos 170
Optional
max —
DTM
Date Time Reference DTM
pos 180
Optional
max —
SUMMARY
SE
Transaction Set Trailer SE
pos 010
Optional
max —
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