850 CommerceHub Drop Ship Purchase Order
QVC · X12 004010
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Specification
53 of 53 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 Internal Vendor Numbervariant 1 of 3
pos 050
Required
max —
REF
Reference Identification Other Codesvariant 2 of 3
pos 050
Optional
max —
REF
Reference Identification Internal Control Numbervariant 3 of 3
pos 050
Required
max —
PER
Administrative Communications Contact PER
pos 060
Optional
max 3
SAC Loop
SAC
Service Promotion Allowance Or Charge Information SAC
pos 120
Required
max —
ITD
Terms Of Sale Deferred Terms Of Sale ITD
pos 130
Optional
max —
DTM
Date/Time Reference Purchase Ordervariant 1 of 3
*Will only be present if the partner is configured to receive f ull date/time/offset values. The Purchase Order date will always be sent in the BEG05.
pos 150
Optional
max —
DTM
Date/Time Reference Soldvariant 2 of 3
pos 150
Optional
max —
DTM
Date/Time Reference Promised for Deliveryvariant 3 of 3
pos 150
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 —
N1 LoopN1 Loop Bill To Partyvariant 1 of 4
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 —
PER
Administrative Communications Contact PER
pos 360
Required
max —
N1 LoopN1 Loop Ship Fromvariant 2 of 4
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 —
PER
Administrative Communications Contact PER
pos 360
Optional
max —
N1 LoopN1 Loop Ship Tovariant 3 of 4required
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 —
PER
Administrative Communications Contact PER
pos 360
Optional
max —
N1 LoopN1 Loop Warehousevariant 4 of 4
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 —
PER
Administrative Communications Contact PER
pos 360
Required
max —
DETAIL
PO1 Looprequired
PO1
Baseline Item Data PO1
pos 010
Required
max —
CTP Looprequired
CTP
Pricing Information CTP
pos 040
Required
max —
PID Looprequired
PID
Product Item Description PID
pos 050
Required
max —
PO4
Item Physical Details PO4
pos 090
Optional
max —
REF
Reference Identification REF
pos 100
Optional
max —
SAC Loop
SAC
Service Promotion Allowance Or Charge Information SAC
pos 130
Required
max —
ITD
Terms Of Sale Deferred Terms Of Sale ITD
pos 150
Optional
max 2
DTM
Date Time Reference DTM
pos 210
Required
max 10
TD5
Carrier Details Routing Sequence Transit Time TD5
pos 250
Required
max 12
N9 Loop
N9
Reference Identification N9
pos 330
Required
max —
MSG
Message Text MSG
pos 340
Optional
max 1000
N1 LoopN1 Loop Warehouse
N1
Name N1
pos 350
Required
max —
N4
Geographic Location N4
pos 380
Optional
max —
SLN Loop
SLN
Subline Item Detail SLN
pos 470
Required
max —
MSG
Message Text MSG
pos 475
Optional
max —
PO4
Item Physical Details PO4
pos 518
Optional
max —
N9 Loop
N9
Reference Identification N9
pos 523
Required
max —
SAC Loop
SAC
Service Promotion Allowance Or Charge Information SAC
pos 526
Required
max —
SUMMARY
CTT Looprequired
CTT
Transaction Totals CTT
pos 010
Required
max —
SE
Transaction Set Trailer SE
pos 030
Optional
max —
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