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X12 824 Application Advice

X12 Release 4030

This Draft Standard for Trial Use contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Application Advice Transaction Set (824) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. The transaction set can be used to provide the ability to report the results of an application system's data content edits of transaction sets. The results of editing transaction sets can be reported at the functional group and transaction set level, in either coded or free-form format. It is designed to accommodate the business need of reporting the acceptance, rejection or acceptance with change of any transaction set. The Application Advice should not be used in place of a transaction set designed as a specific response to another transaction set (e.g., purchase order acknowledgment sent in response to a purchase order).

Delimiters
  • ~ Segment
  • * Element
  • > Component
  • ^ Repetition
EDI samples
  • More Than One Error Example
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Overview
ISA
-
Interchange Control Header
Max use 1
Required
GS
-
Functional Group Header
Max use 1
Required
heading
detail
OTI Loop
OTI
0100
Original Transaction Identification
Max use 1
Required
REF
0200
Bill of Lading Number
Max use 12
Optional
REF
0200
Reference Identification
Max use 12
Optional
TED Loop
SE
0900
Transaction Set Trailer
Max use 1
Required
GE
-
Functional Group Trailer
Max use 1
Required
IEA
-
Interchange Control Trailer
Max use 1
Required
ISA

Interchange Control Header

RequiredMax use 1

To start and identify an interchange of zero or more functional groups and interchange-related control segments

Example
ISA-01
I01
Authorization Information Qualifier
Required
Identifier (ID)

Code identifying the type of information in the Authorization Information

00
No Authorization Information Present (No Meaningful Information in I02)
ISA-02
I02
Authorization Information
Required
String (AN)
Min 10Max 10

Information used for additional identification or authorization of the interchange sender or the data in the interchange; the type of information is set by the Authorization Information Qualifier (I01)

ISA-03
I03
Security Information Qualifier
Required
Identifier (ID)

Code identifying the type of information in the Security Information

00
No Security Information Present (No Meaningful Information in I04)
ISA-04
I04
Security Information
Required
String (AN)
Min 10Max 10

This is used for identifying the security information about the interchange sender or the data in the interchange; the type of information is set by the Security Information Qualifier (I03)

ISA-05
I05
Interchange ID Qualifier
Required
Identifier (ID)
Min 2Max 2

Code indicating the system/method of code structure used to designate the sender or receiver ID element being qualified

Codes
ISA-06
I06
Interchange Sender ID
Required
String (AN)
Min 15Max 15

Identification code published by the sender for other parties to use as the receiver ID to route data to them; the sender always codes this value in the sender ID element

ISA-07
I05
Interchange ID Qualifier
Required
Identifier (ID)
Min 2Max 2

Code indicating the system/method of code structure used to designate the sender or receiver ID element being qualified

Codes
ISA-08
I07
Interchange Receiver ID
Required
String (AN)
Min 15Max 15

Identification code published by the receiver of the data; When sending, it is used by the sender as their sending ID, thus other parties sending to them will use this as a receiving ID to route data to them

ISA-09
I08
Interchange Date
Required
Date (DT)
YYMMDD format

Date of the interchange

ISA-10
I09
Interchange Time
Required
Time (TM)
HHMM format

Time of the interchange

ISA-11
I65
Repetition Separator
Required
String (AN)
Min 1Max 1

Type is not applicable; the repetition separator is a delimiter and not a data element; this field provides the delimiter used to separate repeated occurrences of a simple data element or a composite data structure; this value must be different than the data element separator, component element separator, and the segment terminator

^
Repetition Separator
ISA-12
I11
Interchange Control Version Number
Required
Identifier (ID)

Code specifying the version number of the interchange control segments

00403
Draft Standards for Trial Use Approved for Publication by ASC X12 Procedures Review Board through October 1999
ISA-13
I12
Interchange Control Number
Required
Numeric (N0)
Min 9Max 9

A control number assigned by the interchange sender

ISA-14
I13
Acknowledgment Requested
Required
Identifier (ID)
Min 1Max 1

Code indicating sender's request for an interchange acknowledgment

0
No Acknowledgment Requested
1
Interchange Acknowledgment Requested
ISA-15
I14
Usage Indicator
Required
Identifier (ID)
Min 1Max 1

Code indicating whether data enclosed by this interchange envelope is test, production or information

I
Information
P
Production Data
T
Test Data
ISA-16
I15
Component Element Separator
Required
String (AN)
Min 1Max 1

Type is not applicable; the component element separator is a delimiter and not a data element; this field provides the delimiter used to separate component data elements within a composite data structure; this value must be different than the data element separator and the segment terminator

>
Component Element Separator

Functional Group Header

RequiredMax use 1

To indicate the beginning of a functional group and to provide control information

Example
GS-01
479
Functional Identifier Code
Required
Identifier (ID)

Code identifying a group of application related transaction sets

AG
Application Advice (824)
GS-02
142
Application Sender's Code
Required
String (AN)
Min 2Max 15

Code identifying party sending transmission; codes agreed to by trading partners

GS-03
124
Application Receiver's Code
Required
String (AN)
Min 2Max 15

Code identifying party receiving transmission; codes agreed to by trading partners

Required
Date (DT)
CCYYMMDD format

Date expressed as CCYYMMDD where CC represents the first two digits of the calendar year

Required
Time (TM)
HHMM, HHMMSS, HHMMSSD, or HHMMSSDD format

Time expressed in 24-hour clock time as follows: HHMM, or HHMMSS, or HHMMSSD, or HHMMSSDD, where H = hours (00-23), M = minutes (00-59), S = integer seconds (00-59) and DD = decimal seconds; decimal seconds are expressed as follows: D = tenths (0-9) and DD = hundredths (00-99)

GS-06
28
Group Control Number
Required
Numeric (N0)
Min 1Max 9

Assigned number originated and maintained by the sender

GS-07
455
Responsible Agency Code
Required
Identifier (ID)
Min 1Max 2

Code identifying the issuer of the standard; this code is used in conjunction with Data Element 480

T
Transportation Data Coordinating Committee (TDCC)
X
Accredited Standards Committee X12
GS-08
480
Version / Release / Industry Identifier Code
Required
String (AN)

Code indicating the version, release, subrelease, and industry identifier of the EDI standard being used, including the GS and GE segments; if code in DE455 in GS segment is X, then in DE 480 positions 1-3 are the version number; positions 4-6 are the release and subrelease, level of the version; and positions 7-12 are the industry or trade association identifiers (optionally assigned by user); if code in DE455 in GS segment is T, then other formats are allowed

004030
Draft Standards Approved for Publication by ASC X12 Procedures Review Board through October 1999

Heading

ST
0100
Heading > ST

Transaction Set Header

RequiredMax use 1

To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number

Example
ST-01
143
Transaction Set Identifier Code
Required
Identifier (ID)

Code uniquely identifying a Transaction Set

  • The transaction set identifier (ST01) is used by the translation routines of the interchange partners to select the appropriate transaction set definition (e.g., 810 selects the Invoice Transaction Set).
824
Application Advice
ST-02
329
Transaction Set Control Number
Required
Numeric (N)
Min 4Max 9

Identifying control number that must be unique within the transaction set functional group assigned by the originator for a transaction set

BGN
0200
Heading > BGN

Beginning Segment

RequiredMax use 1

To indicate the beginning of a transaction set

Usage notes

Example Data:
BGN44987654321202011171050*CS~

Example
If Time Code (BGN-05) is present, then Time (BGN-04) is required
BGN-01
353
Transaction Set Purpose Code
Required
Identifier (ID)

Code identifying purpose of transaction set

44
Rejection
BGN-02
127
Reference Identification
Required
String (AN)
Min 1Max 50

Reference information as defined for a particular Transaction Set or as specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier

  • BGN02 is the transaction set reference number.
Required
Date (DT)
CCYYMMDD format

Date expressed as CCYYMMDD where CC represents the first two digits of the calendar year

  • BGN03 is the transaction set date.
Usage notes

Date that the 824 was created.

Format to be used CCYYMMDD.

Optional
Time (TM)
HHMM, HHMMSS, HHMMSSD, or HHMMSSDD format

Time expressed in 24-hour clock time as follows: HHMM, or HHMMSS, or HHMMSSD, or HHMMSSDD, where H = hours (00-23), M = minutes (00-59), S = integer seconds (00-59) and DD = decimal seconds; decimal seconds are expressed as follows: D = tenths (0-9) and DD = hundredths (00-99)

  • BGN04 is the transaction set time.
Usage notes

Time that the 824 was created.

Format to be used: HHMM.

BGN-05
623
Time Code
Optional
Identifier (ID)

Code identifying the time. In accordance with International Standards Organization standard 8601, time can be specified by a + or - and an indication in hours in relation to Universal Time Coordinate (UTC) time; since + is a restricted character, + and - are substituted by P and M in the codes that follow

  • BGN05 is the transaction set time qualifier.
CD
Central Daylight Time
CS
Central Standard Time
CT
Central Time
Heading end

Detail

OTI Loop
RequiredMax >1
OTI
0100
Detail > OTI Loop > OTI

Original Transaction Identification

RequiredMax use 1

To identify the edited transaction set and the level at which the results of the edit are reported, and to indicate the accepted, rejected, or accepted-with-change edit result

  • The OTI loop is intended to provide a unique identification of the transaction set that is the subject of this application acknowledgment.
Usage notes

This segment contains specific details of the original, rejected document.

Example Data:
OTITRSI1234567889_1234567898SENDERISA060060300000320201117104138000001856~

Example
If Transaction Set Control Number (OTI-09) is present, then Group Control Number (OTI-08) is required
OTI-01
110
Application Acknowledgment Code
Required
Identifier (ID)

Code indicating the application system edit results of the business data

Usage notes

Code indicates file has been rejected by Best Buy.

TR
Transaction Set Reject
OTI-02
128
Reference Identification Qualifier
Required
Identifier (ID)

Code qualifying the Reference Identification

  • OTI02 contains the qualifier identifying the business transaction from the original business application, and OTI03 will contain the original business application identification.
SI
Shipper's Identifying Number for Shipment (SID)

ASN ID from the original EDI 856 ASN document that was rejected.

OTI-03
127
Reference Identification
Required
String (AN)
Min 1Max 50

Reference information as defined for a particular Transaction Set or as specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier

  • OTI03 is the primary reference identification or number used to uniquely identify the original transaction set.
Usage notes

Unique document ID from original transmission.

OTI-04
142
Application Sender's Code
Optional
String (AN)
Min 2Max 15

Code identifying party sending transmission; codes agreed to by trading partners

  • If used, OTI04 through OTI08 will contain values from the original electronic functional group generated by the sender.
Usage notes

Sender ISA from original document that was rejected.

OTI-05
124
Application Receiver's Code
Optional
String (AN)
Min 2Max 15

Code identifying party receiving transmission; codes agreed to by trading partners

Usage notes

ISA receiver ID from original document that was rejected.

Optional
Date (DT)
CCYYMMDD format

Date expressed as CCYYMMDD where CC represents the first two digits of the calendar year

  • OTI06 is the group date.
Usage notes

ISA date from the original document that was rejected.

Format to be used: CCYYMMDD.

Optional
Time (TM)
HHMM, HHMMSS, HHMMSSD, or HHMMSSDD format

Time expressed in 24-hour clock time as follows: HHMM, or HHMMSS, or HHMMSSD, or HHMMSSDD, where H = hours (00-23), M = minutes (00-59), S = integer seconds (00-59) and DD = decimal seconds; decimal seconds are expressed as follows: D = tenths (0-9) and DD = hundredths (00-99)

  • OTI07 is the group time.
Usage notes

ISA time from the original document that was rejected.

Format to be used: HHMM.

OTI-08
28
Group Control Number
Optional
Numeric (N0)
Min 1Max 9

Assigned number originated and maintained by the sender

Usage notes

GS08 from original document that was rejected.

OTI-09
329
Transaction Set Control Number
Optional
Numeric (N)
Min 4Max 9

Identifying control number that must be unique within the transaction set functional group assigned by the originator for a transaction set

  • If used, OTI09 through OTI10 will contain values from the original electronic transaction set generated by the sender.
Usage notes

ST02 from original document that was rejected.

OTI-10
143
Transaction Set Identifier Code
Optional
Identifier (ID)

Code uniquely identifying a Transaction Set

Usage notes

This is the EDI Document type of the rejected message.

856
Ship Notice/Manifest
REF
0200
Detail > OTI Loop > REF

Bill of Lading Number

OptionalMax use 12

To specify identifying information

  • The REF segment allows for the provision of secondary reference identification or numbers required to uniquely identify the original transaction set. The primary reference identification or number should be provided in elements OTI02-03.
Usage notes

Example Data:

REFBM1116044180~

Example
Variants (all may be used)
REFReference Identification
REF-01
128
Reference Identification Qualifier
Required
Identifier (ID)

Code qualifying the Reference Identification

BM
Bill of Lading Number
REF-02
127
Reference Identification
Optional
String (AN)
Min 1Max 50

Reference information as defined for a particular Transaction Set or as specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier

Usage notes

This is the reference number from original document that was rejected.

REF
0200
Detail > OTI Loop > REF

Reference Identification

OptionalMax use 12

To specify identifying information

  • The REF segment allows for the provision of secondary reference identification or numbers required to uniquely identify the original transaction set. The primary reference identification or number should be provided in elements OTI02-03.
Usage notes

Example Data:

REFCN1116044180~

Example
Variants (all may be used)
REFBill of Lading Number
REF-01
128
Carrier's Reference Number (PRO/Invoice)
Required
Identifier (ID)

Code qualifying the Reference Identification

CN
Carrier's Reference Number (PRO/Invoice)
REF-02
127
Reference Identification
Optional
String (AN)
Min 1Max 50

Reference information as defined for a particular Transaction Set or as specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier

Usage notes

This is the reference number from original document that was rejected.

TED Loop
OptionalMax >1
TED
0700
Detail > OTI Loop > TED Loop > TED

Technical Error Description

RequiredMax use 1

To identify the error and, if feasible, the erroneous segment, or data element, or both

Usage notes

Data Example: TEDMGRMS_INVALID_UPC*****123456789101~

Example
TED-01
647
Application Error Condition Code
Required
Identifier (ID)

Code indicating application error condition

Usage notes

See Appendix A for error messages indicating what issue has occurred and what action will need to be taken to resolve.

006
Duplicate
007
Missing Data
814
Received After Cutoff Date or Time
817
Duplicate Trace Number
848
Incorrect Data
IID
Invalid Identification Code
IQT
Invalid Quantity
J
Missing or Invalid Purpose Code
MB
Missing or Invalid Purchase Order Number
MG
Missing or Invalid U.P.C. Code
MID
Missing Identification Code
ML
Missing or Invalid Sell to Location
POI
Purchase Order Number Invalid
Q
Missing or Invalid Item Identification
TED-02
3
Free Form Message
Optional
String (AN)
Min 1Max 60

Free-form text

  • If used, TED02 will contain a generic description of the data in error (e.g., part number, date, reference number, etc.).
Usage notes

Best Buy system generated error.

TED-07
724
Copy of Bad Data Element
Optional
String (AN)
Min 1Max 99

This is a copy of the data element in error

Usage notes

This is the data Best Buy is rejecting.

NTE
0800
Detail > OTI Loop > TED Loop > NTE

Note/Special Instruction

OptionalMax use 100

To transmit information in a free-form format, if necessary, for comment or special instruction

Usage notes

Data Example: NTEZZZInvalid UPC. Fix. Resend ASN as replacement~

Example
NTE-01
363
Note Reference Code
Optional
Identifier (ID)

Code identifying the functional area or purpose for which the note applies

ZZZ
Mutually Defined
NTE-02
352
Description
Required
String (AN)
Min 1Max 80

A free-form description to clarify the related data elements and their content

Usage notes

Human readable error message. See Appendix A for reason codes and correction instructions.

RED
0820
Detail > OTI Loop > TED Loop > RED

Related Data

OptionalMax use 100

To provide business data related to an item within a transaction to which a business application editing process has been applied, and an error condition has resulted

  • The RED segment may be used to provide data related to the error condition specified in the associated TED01 element.
Usage notes

Data Example: REDABCDEFPO~

Example
RED-01
352
Description
Required
String (AN)
Min 1Max 80

A free-form description to clarify the related data elements and their content

  • RED01 provides the related business data, whose nature is defined by the code in RED02 or RED06.
  • As an example of the use of the RED01 element, an application edit is applied to the Unit Price element within an Invoice (810) transaction set. The result of that edit indicates an invalid unit price. One piece of related business data would be the associated Product or Service Identification (data element #234). In this example, RED01 would be used to convey the associated Product or Service Identification.
RED-02
1609
Related Data Identification Code
Optional
Identifier (ID)

Code identifying the nature of data related to an application edit error condition

  • RED02 is an X12-defined code identifying the specific type of related data in RED01.
Usage notes

RED02 is identifying the data from the original rejected document.

PO
Purchase Order Number
PS
Product or Service Identification
RP
Reference Identification (Primary)

Tare level SSCC ID.

RS
Reference Identification (Secondary)

Pack Level SSCC ID.

TED Loop end
OTI Loop end
SE
0900
Detail > SE

Transaction Set Trailer

RequiredMax use 1

To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments)

Example
SE-01
96
Number of Included Segments
Required
Numeric (N0)
Min 1Max 10

Total number of segments included in a transaction set including ST and SE segments

SE-02
329
Transaction Set Control Number
Required
Numeric (N)
Min 4Max 9

Identifying control number that must be unique within the transaction set functional group assigned by the originator for a transaction set

Detail end

Functional Group Trailer

RequiredMax use 1

To indicate the end of a functional group and to provide control information

Example
GE-01
97
Number of Transaction Sets Included
Required
Numeric (N0)
Min 1Max 6

Total number of transaction sets included in the functional group or interchange (transmission) group terminated by the trailer containing this data element

GE-02
28
Group Control Number
Required
Numeric (N0)
Min 1Max 9

Assigned number originated and maintained by the sender

Interchange Control Trailer

RequiredMax use 1

To define the end of an interchange of zero or more functional groups and interchange-related control segments

Example
IEA-01
I16
Number of Included Functional Groups
Required
Numeric (N0)
Min 1Max 5

A count of the number of functional groups included in an interchange

IEA-02
I12
Interchange Control Number
Required
Numeric (N0)
Min 9Max 9

A control number assigned by the interchange sender

EDI Samples

More Than One Error Example

ST*824*0001~
BGN*44*221212121*20201117*1050*CS~
OTI*TR*SI*1212121212_1234567898*SENDERISA*0600603000003*20201117*1041*3800*0001*856~
REF*BM*1122232280~
REF*CN*1111111111~
TED*Q*RMS_INVALID_SKU*****1234567~
NTE*ZZZ*Incorrect UPC. Fix. Resend ASN as replacement~
RED*DDDDDD*PO~
RED*00200887270113096555*RS~
TED*IQT*ZERO_SHIP_QUANTITY*****0~
NTE*ZZZ*Ship qty for item 0. Fix. Resend ASN as replacement~
RED*DDDDDD*PO~
RED*00200887270113091111*RS~
RED*123456789101*PS~
TED*MID*ASN_NO_PACK_NO_TARE_SSCC~
NTE*ZZZ*Missing SSCCs. Fix. Resend ASN as replacement~
RED*ABCDEW*PO~
SE*18*0001~

One Error Example

ST*824*0001~
BGN*44*987654321*20201117*1050*CS~
OTI*TR*SI*1234567889_1234567898*SENDERISA*0600603000003*20201117*1041*3800*0001*856~
REF*BM*1116044180~
REF*CN*1116044180~
TED*MG*RMS_INVALID_UPC*****123456789101~
NTE*ZZZ*Invalid UPC. Fix. Resend ASN as replacement~
RED*ABCDEF*PO~
RED*00200887270113096480*RS~
SE*10*0001~

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