850 Purchase Order
True Value · X12 004010
True Value’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
19 of 19 segments
HEADING
ST
Transaction Set Header
pos 010
Required
max —
BEG
Beginning Segment for Purchase Order
pos 020
Required
max —
REF
Reference Identification
pos 050
Required
max 133
FOB
F.O.B. Related Instructions
pos 080
Required
max —
CSH
Sales Requirements
pos 110
Optional
max —
ITD
Terms of Sale/Deferred Terms of Sale
pos 130
Required
max —
DTM
Date/Time Reference
pos 150
Required
max 3
TD5
Carrier Details (Routing Sequence/Transit Time)
pos 240
Required
max —
N1 Looprepeats 2required
N1
Name
pos 310
Required
max —
N3
Address Information
pos 330
Required
max —
N4
Geographic Location
pos 340
Required
max —
SPI Looprepeats 1required
SPI
Specification Identifier
pos 450
Required
max —
MSG
Message Text
pos 480
Required
max 2
DETAIL
PO1 Looprepeats 5000required
PO1
Baseline Item Data
pos 010
Required
max —
PID Looprepeats 1required
PID
Product/Item Description
pos 050
Required
max —
PO4
Item Physical Details
pos 090
Optional
max —
CSH
Sales Requirements
pos 142
Optional
max —
SUMMARY
CTT Looprepeats 1required
CTT
Transaction Totals
pos 010
Required
max —
SE
Transaction Set Trailer
pos 030
Required
max —
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