940 Warehouse Shipping Order
UPS · X12 005010
UPS’s published 940 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 0100
Optional
max —
W05
Shipping Order Identification W05
pos 0200
Required
max —
0100 Loop
N1
Party Identification N1
pos 0400
Required
max —
N2
Additional Name Information N2
pos 0500
Optional
max 2
N3
Party Location N3
The N3 segment can occur twice where
N301 (1) = Street Address 1
N302 (1) = Street Address 2
N301 (2) = Street Address 3
pos 0600
Optional
max 2
N4
Geographic Location N4
pos 0700
Optional
max —
PER
Administrative Communications Contact PER
pos 0800
Optional
max 5
N9
Extended Reference Information N9
pos 0900
Optional
max 10
G62
Date Time G62
pos 1100
Optional
max 10
NTE
Note Special Instruction NTE
pos 1200
Optional
max —
W66
Warehouse Carrier Information W66
pos 1400
Optional
max —
DETAIL
0300 Loop
LX
Transaction Set Line Number LX
pos 0050
Required
max —
0310 Loop
W01
Line Item Detail Warehouse W01
pos 0200
Required
max —
G69
Line Item Detail Description G69
pos 0300
Optional
max 5
N9
Extended Reference Information N9
pos 0400
Optional
max 200
NTE
Note Special Instruction NTE
pos 0450
Optional
max —
W20
Line Item Detail Packing W20
pos 0500
Optional
max 3
AMT
Monetary Amount Information AMT
pos 0800
Optional
max —
G62
Date Time G62
pos 0900
Optional
max 10
SUMMARY
SE
Transaction Set Trailer SE
pos 0200
Optional
max —
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