850 Purchase Order
Rural King · X12 005010
Rural King’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 0100
Optional
max —
BEG
Beginning Segment For Purchase Order BEG
pos 0200
Required
max —
CUR
Currency CUR
pos 0400
Optional
max —
FOB
Fob Related Instructions FOB
pos 0800
Optional
max 1
ITD
Terms Of Sale Deferred Terms Of Sale ITD
pos 1300
Optional
max 1
DTM
Do Not Deliver Aftervariant 1 of 3
pos 1500
Required
max —
DTM
Do Not Deliver Beforevariant 2 of 3
pos 1500
Required
max —
DTM
Requested Pickupvariant 3 of 3
pos 1500
Optional
max —
TD5
Carrier Details Routing Sequence Transit Time TD5
pos 2400
Optional
max 12
N9 Looprepeats 1000
N9
Extended Reference Information N9
pos 2950
Required
max —
MTX
Text MTX
pos 3000
Required
max 1000
N1 LoopN1 Loop Mark-for Partyvariant 1 of 3
N1
Party Identification N1
When used the N1_ST ship to location code will contain the pass through (cross dock) warehouse location id. When used in place of SDQ segments, it is required to send this code back with all responding documents. (810, 855)
pos 3100
Required
max —
N1 LoopN1 Loop Ship Fromvariant 2 of 3required
N1
Party Identification N1
Contains the Rural King assigned supplier site ID.
pos 3100
Required
max —
N1 LoopN1 Loop Ship Tovariant 3 of 3repeats 1
N1
Party Identification N1
For cross dock orders this segment will contain the DC/warehouse location code.
For direct to store or direct to warehouse orders, this segment will contain the store number or DC location code.
For allocation or split orders, the N1 “ST” segment will not be sent. The store and DC/warehouse location codes will instead be sent in the detail SDQ destination quantity segments.
pos 3100
Required
max —
N3
Party Location N3
pos 3300
Optional
max 2
N4
Geographic Location N4
pos 3400
Optional
max 1
DETAIL
PO1 Looprequired
PO1
Baseline Item Data PO1
If a Product/Service ID Qualifier is present, a Product/Service ID is required. A Product/Service ID must have a valid Product/Service ID Qualifier
pos 0100
Required
max —
PID Loop
PID
Product Item Description PID
pos 0500
Required
max —
PO4
Item Physical Details PO4
pos 0900
Optional
max —
SDQ
Destination Quantity SDQ
pos 1900
Optional
max 500
SUMMARY
CTT Looprepeats 1required
CTT
Transaction Totals CTT
CTT establishes the total count on items in the specified invoice. If either CTT03 or CTT04 are present, then the others are required.
pos 0100
Required
max —
SE
Transaction Set Trailer SE
pos 0300
Optional
max —
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