X12 850 [v2001] Purchase Order
This Draft Standard for Trial Use contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Purchase Order Transaction Set (850) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. The transaction set can be used to provide for customary and established business and industry practice relative to the placement of purchase orders for goods and services. This transaction set should not be used to convey purchase order changes or purchase order acknowledgment information.
- ~ Segment
- * Element
- > Component
Functional Group Header
To indicate the beginning of a functional group and to provide control information
Code identifying a group of application related Transaction Sets.
- PO
- Purchase Order Transaction
Code identifying party sending transmission.
Code identifying party receiving transmission.
Date sender generated a functional group of transaction sets.
Time (HHMM) expressed in 24-hour clock time when the sender generated a functional group of transaction sets (local time at sender's location).
(Time range: 0000 through 2359.)
Assigned number originated and maintained by the sender.
Code used in conjunction with the version data element to identify the issuer of the standard.
- T
- Transportation Data Coordinating Committee (TDCC)
- X
- Accredited Standards Committee X12
The Version Code is used in conjunction with the Functional Identifier to specify an exact version of an EBDI standard. Format of the version is: Positions Content
1 - 3 Major Version Number
4 - 6 Release Level of Version
7 - 12 Industry or Trade Assoc. ID (Optionally assigned by user)
- 002001
- Draft Standard Approved by ASC X12 Through February 1987.
Heading
Transaction Set Header
To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number
Code uniquely identifying a Transaction Set.
- 850
- X12.1 Purchase Order
Beginning Segment for Purchase Order Applications
To indicate the beginning of the purchase order transaction set and transmit identifying numbers and dates.
Code identifying purpose of transmitted set.
- 00
- Original
Code specifying the type of Purchase Order or Change to Purchase Order.
- CF
- Confirmation
- DS
- Dropship
- RL
- Release (Blanket Order)
- RO
- Rush Order
- SA
- Stand-alone Order
- UE
- Unit Exchange
Identifying number for Purchase Order assigned by the orderer/purchaser.
Number identifying a release against a Purchase Order previously placed by the parties involved in the transaction.
Note/Special Instruction
To transmit information in a free-form format, if necessary, for comment or special instruction
Reference Numbers
To transmit identifying numbers associated with the named party
Code qualifying the Reference Number.
Reference number or identification number as defined for a particular Transaction Set, or as specified by the Reference Number Qualifier. Also see Reference Number Qualifier, (128).
Administrative Communications Contact
To identify a person or office to whom administrative communications should be directed
Code identifying the major duty or responsibility of the person or group named.
- EX
- Expeditor
- IC
- Information Contact
Free-form organization name, official title, or related information.
Code identifying the type of communications used in Communication Number (364). Also see: Communication Number (364).
- TE
- Telephone
Sales Tax Reference
To provide data required for proper notification/determination of applicable sales and related taxes applying to the transaction.
Number assigned to a purchaser (buyer, orderer) by a taxing jurisdiction (state, county, etc.), often called a tax exemption number or certificate number.
Code identifying type of Location Identifier (310) used.
- CC
- Country
- SP
- State/Province
F.O.B. Related Instructions
To specify transportation instructions relating to shipment
Code identifying payment terms for transportation charges.
- CC
- Collect
- CF
- Collect, Freight Credited to Payment Customer
- PC
- Prepaid but Charged to Customer
- PP
- Prepaid (by Seller)
Code specifying transportation responsibility location.
- DE
- Destination (Shipping)
- OR
- Origin (Shipping Point)
- ZZ
- Mutually Defined
Name
To identify a party by type of organization, name and code
Code identifying the type of party being defined.
- BT
- Bill-to-Party
- BY
- Buying Party (Purchaser)
- SP
- Party filling Shipper's Order
- ST
- Ship To
- SU
- Supplier/Manufacturer
Free-form organization name, official title, or related information.
Code designating the system/method of code structure used for Identification Code (67).
- 92
- Assigned by Buyer
Additional Name Information
To specify additional names or those longer than 35 characters in length
Address Information
To specify the location of the named party
Geographic Location
To specify the geographic place of the named party
Code (Standard State/Province) defined by appropriate governmental agencies.
Code defining international postal zone code excluding punctuation and blanks (zip code for United States).
Administrative Communications Contact
To identify a person or office to whom administrative communications should be directed
Code identifying the major duty or responsibility of the person or group named.
- IC
- Information Contact
Free-form organization name, official title, or related information.
Code identifying the type of communications used in Communication Number (364). Also see: Communication Number (364).
- TE
- Telephone
Allowance, Charge or Service
To specify allowance or charges
Code which indicates an allowance or charge for the service specified.
- C
- Charge
Code identifying the special service.
Code indicating method of handling for an allowance or charge.
- 06
- Charge to be Paid by Customer
Terms of Sale/Deferred Terms of Sale
To specify terms of sale.
Code identifying type of payment terms.
- 08
- Basic- Discount Offered
- 09
- Proximo
Code identifying the beginning of the terms period.
- 03
- Invoice Date
Terms discount percentage, expressed as a percent, available to the purchaser if an invoice is paid on or before the Terms Discount Due Date.
Number of days in the terms discount period by which payment is due if terms discount is earned.
Number of days until total invoice amount is due (discount not applicable).
A free-form description to clarify the related data elements and their content.
Code indicating general scheduling arrangements.
- DD
- Deliver on Date
Code specifying type of date or time.
- 069
- Promised for Delivery (Date/Time)
Carrier Details (Routing Sequence/Transit Time)
To specify the carrier, sequence of routing and to provide transit time information
Code describing the relationship of a carrier to a specific shipment movement.
- Z
- Mutually Defined
Detail
Purchase Order Baseline Item Data
To specify basic and most frequently used purchase order line item data
Identifying number or code for a purchase order line item.
Code identifying the basic unit measurement.
Price per unit of product, service, commodity, etc.
Code defining the type of price indicated for an item.
Code identifying the type/source of the descriptive number used in Product/Service ID (234).
- BP
- Buyer's Part Number
- MF
- Manufacturer
- MG
- Manufacturer's Part Number
- OH
- Opposite-Hand Part Number
- PI
- Purchaser's Item Code
- PN
- Company Part Number
- PT
- Print or Drawing
- RP
- Replaced Part Number
Identifying number for a product or service.
Code identifying the type/source of the descriptive number used in Product/Service ID (234).
- BP
- Buyer's Part Number
- MF
- Manufacturer
- MG
- Manufacturer's Part Number
- OH
- Opposite-Hand Part Number
- PI
- Purchaser's Item Code
- PN
- Company Part Number
- PT
- Print or Drawing
- RP
- Replaced Part Number
Identifying number for a product or service.
Code identifying the type/source of the descriptive number used in Product/Service ID (234).
- BP
- Buyer's Part Number
- MF
- Manufacturer
- MG
- Manufacturer's Part Number
- OH
- Opposite-Hand Part Number
- PI
- Purchaser's Item Code
- PN
- Company Part Number
- PT
- Print or Drawing
- RP
- Replaced Part Number
Identifying number for a product or service.
Code identifying the type/source of the descriptive number used in Product/Service ID (234).
- BP
- Buyer's Part Number
- MF
- Manufacturer
- MG
- Manufacturer's Part Number
- OH
- Opposite-Hand Part Number
- PI
- Purchaser's Item Code
- PN
- Company Part Number
- PT
- Print or Drawing
- RP
- Replaced Part Number
Identifying number for a product or service.
Code identifying the type/source of the descriptive number used in Product/Service ID (234).
- BP
- Buyer's Part Number
- MF
- Manufacturer
- MG
- Manufacturer's Part Number
- OH
- Opposite-Hand Part Number
- PI
- Purchaser's Item Code
- PN
- Company Part Number
- PT
- Print or Drawing
- RP
- Replaced Part Number
Identifying number for a product or service.
Code identifying the type/source of the descriptive number used in Product/Service ID (234).
- BP
- Buyer's Part Number
- MF
- Manufacturer
- MG
- Manufacturer's Part Number
- OH
- Opposite-Hand Part Number
- PI
- Purchaser's Item Code
- PN
- Company Part Number
- PT
- Print or Drawing
- RP
- Replaced Part Number
Identifying number for a product or service.
Code identifying the type/source of the descriptive number used in Product/Service ID (234).
- BP
- Buyer's Part Number
- MF
- Manufacturer
- MG
- Manufacturer's Part Number
- OH
- Opposite-Hand Part Number
- PI
- Purchaser's Item Code
- PN
- Company Part Number
- PT
- Print or Drawing
- RP
- Replaced Part Number
Identifying number for a product or service.
Code identifying the type/source of the descriptive number used in Product/Service ID (234).
- BP
- Buyer's Part Number
- MF
- Manufacturer
- MG
- Manufacturer's Part Number
- OH
- Opposite-Hand Part Number
- PI
- Purchaser's Item Code
- PN
- Company Part Number
- PT
- Print or Drawing
- RP
- Replaced Part Number
Identifying number for a product or service.
Code identifying the type/source of the descriptive number used in Product/Service ID (234).
- BP
- Buyer's Part Number
- MF
- Manufacturer
- MG
- Manufacturer's Part Number
- OH
- Opposite-Hand Part Number
- PI
- Purchaser's Item Code
- PN
- Company Part Number
- PT
- Print or Drawing
- RP
- Replaced Part Number
Identifying number for a product or service.
Code identifying the type/source of the descriptive number used in Product/Service ID (234).
- BP
- Buyer's Part Number
- MF
- Manufacturer
- MG
- Manufacturer's Part Number
- OH
- Opposite-Hand Part Number
- PI
- Purchaser's Item Code
- PN
- Company Part Number
- PT
- Print or Drawing
- RP
- Replaced Part Number
Currency
To specify the currency (dollars, pounds, francs, etc.) used in a transaction
Additional Item Detail
To specify additional item related data involving variations in normal price/quantity structure.
Code specifying the reason for price or quantity change.
- QP
- Quantity Based on Price Qualifier
- QT
- Quantity Price Break
Code identifying pricing specification.
- ICL
- Unit Price Through Quantity
- MIN
- Minimum Order Quantity Price
Price per unit of product, service, commodity, etc.
Numeric value of Quantity. Also see: Unit of Measurement Code (355).
Code identifying the basic unit measurement.
Product/Item Description
To describe a product in coded or free-form format
Reference Numbers
To transmit identifying numbers associated with the named party
Code qualifying the Reference Number.
- BD
- Bid Number
Name
To identify a party by type of organization, name and code
Code identifying the type of party being defined.
- BT
- Party to be Billed For Other Than Freight(Bill To)
- ST
- Ship To
Free-form organization name, official title, or related information.
Code designating the system/method of code structure used for Identification Code (67).
- 92
- Assigned by Buyer
Additional Name Information
To specify additional names or those longer than 35 characters in length
Address Information
To specify the location of the named party
Geographic Location
To specify the geographic place of the named party
Code (Standard State/Province) defined by appropriate governmental agencies.
Code defining international postal zone code excluding punctuation and blanks (zip code for United States).
Administrative Communications Contact
To identify a person or office to whom administrative communications should be directed
Code identifying the major duty or responsibility of the person or group named.
- IC
- Information Contact
Free-form organization name, official title, or related information.
Code identifying the type of communications used in Communication Number (364). Also see: Communication Number (364).
- TE
- Telephone
Date/Time Reference
To specify pertinent dates and times
Line Item Schedule
To specify the data for scheduling a specific line item.
Numeric value of Quantity. Also see: Unit of Measurement Code (355).
Code identifying the basic unit measurement.
Code identifying the type of party being defined.
- ST
- Ship To
Free-form organization name, official title, or related information.
Code specifying type of date or time.
- 002
- Delivery Requested on this Date/Time
Summary
Transaction Totals
To transmit a hash total for a specific element in the transaction set
Transaction Set Trailer
To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning and ending (SE) segment)
Total number of segments included in a transaction set including ST and SE segments.
Functional Group Trailer
To indicate the end of a functional group and to provide control information
Total number of transaction sets included in the functional group or interchange (transmission) group terminated by the trailer containing this data element.
sample 1
GS~PO~AF1CC~FYJUA~240311~1906~000046743~X~002001
ST~850~0001
BEG~00~SA~YG11A2~~~240312
NTE~INV~NONE
NTE~GEN~ OVERRIDE
NTE~GEN~THIS ORDER INCORPORATES THE CURRENT VERSION OF BUYER'S
NTE~GEN~PRODUCTION PURCHASING GLOBAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
NTE~PMT~NONE
REF~IT~07761~FCSD INTERNAL CUSTOMER NUMBER
PER~IC~ORCHID ISLE AUTO CENTER6S~TE~8007292517
PER~IC~PRAVINTH KRISHNA C~TE~3132065701
PER~EX~PRAVINTH KRISHNA C~TE~3132065701
N1~BY~FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE DIVISION~92~AF1CC
N3~P.O. BOX 3333
N4~LIVONIA~MI~48151~92
N1~SU~TRUXEDO, INC~92~FYJUA
N3~2209 KELLEN GROSS DRIVE~P.O. BOX
N4~YANKTON~SD~570781078~US
N1~ST~ORCHID ISLE AUTO CTR~92~AF1CC
N3~1030 KANOELEHUA AVE
N4~HILO~HI~96720~92
PER~IC~ORCHID ISLE AUTO CENTER6S~TE~8007292517
DTM~007~240312
DTM~036~240510
SHH~DD~069~240314
PO1~00001~1~EA~165.5400~~BP~VFL3Z 84501A42 EA
CUR~BY~USD
PID~F~~~~NONE
CTT~1~1
SE~29~0001
GE~1~000046743
IEA~00001~000046743
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