X12 850 Purchase Order
This X12 Transaction Set 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
- ^ Repetition
- None included
Interchange Control Header
To start and identify an interchange of zero or more functional groups and interchange-related control segments
Code identifying the type of information in the Authorization Information
- 00
- No Authorization Information Present (No Meaningful Information in I02)
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)
Code identifying the type of information in the Security Information
- 00
- No Security Information Present (No Meaningful Information in I04)
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)
Code indicating the system/method of code structure used to designate the sender or receiver ID element being qualified
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
Code indicating the system/method of code structure used to designate the sender or receiver ID element being qualified
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
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
Code specifying the version number of the interchange control segments
- 00501
- Standards Approved for Publication by ASC X12 Procedures Review Board through October 2003
A control number assigned by the interchange sender
Code indicating sender's request for an interchange acknowledgment
- 0
- No Interchange Acknowledgment Requested
- 1
- Interchange Acknowledgment Requested (TA1)
Code indicating whether data enclosed by this interchange envelope is test, production or information
- I
- Information
- P
- Production Data
- T
- Test Data
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
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 (850)
Code identifying party sending transmission; codes agreed to by trading partners
Code identifying party receiving transmission; codes agreed to by trading partners
Date expressed as CCYYMMDD where CC represents the first two digits of the calendar year
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)
Assigned number originated and maintained by the sender
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
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
- 005010
- Standards Approved for Publication by ASC X12 Procedures Review Board through October 2003
Heading
Transaction Set Header
To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number
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).
- 850
- Purchase Order
Beginning Segment for Purchase Order
To indicate the beginning of the Purchase Order Transaction Set and transmit identifying numbers and dates
Code identifying purpose of transaction set
- 00
- Original
Code specifying the type of Purchase Order
- SA
- Stand-alone Order
Identifying number for Purchase Order assigned by the orderer/purchaser
Please retain any leading Zeros when sending this value back on return documents
Currency
To specify the currency (dollars, pounds, francs, etc.) used in a transaction
Reference Information
To specify identifying information
Code qualifying the Reference Identification
- 19
- Division Identifier
Mandatory - Purchasing Organization
- CO
- Customer Order Number
Optional
- DP
- Department Number
Optional - Purchasing Group
- IA
- Internal Vendor Number
Mandatory - J. Crew assigned Vendor Number. Will need to be sent back on all return documents
- MR
- Merchandise Type Code
Optional - I = Initial Order; R = ReOrder
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
- BD
- Buyer Name or Department
Mandatory - Buying Department
Order Type Buying Department
Examples:
Direct PO
Direct Crew Cuts
Direct Factory
Direct M
Factory PO
Factory Crew Cuts
Factory M
Retail PO
Retail Crew Cuts
Retail M
Whsl Drop Ship F
Whsl Drop Ship J
Whsl Drop Ship M
Wholesale F
Wholesale J
Wholesale M - CR
- Customer Relations
Optional - Buyer
- FB
- Coordinator
Optional - Planner
F.O.B. Related Instructions
To specify transportation instructions relating to shipment
Code identifying payment terms for transportation charges
- FOB01 indicates which party will pay the carrier.
- DF
- Defined by Buyer and Seller
Code identifying type of location
- FOB02 is the code specifying transportation responsibility location.
- RG
- Region Code
Terms of Sale/Deferred Terms of Sale
To specify terms of sale
Code identifying type of payment terms
- If the code in ITD01 is "04", then ITD07 or ITD09 is required and either ITD10 or ITD11 is required; if the code in ITD01 is "05", then ITD06 or ITD07 is required.
- 01
- Basic
Code identifying the beginning of the terms period
- 3
- 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
A free-form description to clarify the related data elements and their content
Extended Reference Information
To transmit identifying information as specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier
Code qualifying the Reference Identification
- L1
- Letters or Notes
Party Identification
To identify a party by type of organization, name, and code
Code identifying an organizational entity, a physical location, property or an individual
- AG
- Agent/Agency
Optional - Purchasing Agent
- II
- Issuer of Invoice
Optional - Invoicing Party
- ST
- Ship To
Mandatory
- SU
- Supplier/Manufacturer
Mandatory (Supplier Information)
Code designating the system/method of code structure used for Identification Code (67)
- 92
- Assigned by Buyer or Buyer's Agent
Code identifying a party or other code
- This segment, used alone, provides the most efficient method of providing organizational identification. To obtain this efficiency the "ID Code" (N104) must provide a key to the table maintained by the transaction processing party.
Additional Name Information
To specify additional names
Free-form name
Associated with the ShipTo address if sent
AVRT Jcrew Retail
AVRM Madewell
LBFA Jcrew Factory
LBDI JCrew Direct
LBDF Factory Direct
LBDM Madewell Direct
- AVRM
- Madewell
- AVRT
- Jcrew Retail
- LBDF
- Factory Direct
- LBDI
- JCrew Direct
- LBDM
- Madewell Direct
- LBFA
- Jcrew Factory
Party Location
To specify the location of the named party
This group is optional when N101 = AG (Agent) or II (Invoicing Party)
Geographic Location
To specify the geographic place of the named party
This group is optional when N101 = AG (Agent) or II (Invoicing Party)
Free-form text for city name
- A combination of either N401 through N404, or N405 and N406 may be adequate to specify a location.
Code (Standard State/Province) as defined by appropriate government agency
- N402 is required only if city name (N401) is in the U.S. or Canada.
Code defining international postal zone code excluding punctuation and blanks (zip code for United States)
Optional when N101 = SU
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
Code identifying the type of communication number
- TE
- Telephone
Complete communications number including country or area code when applicable
Code identifying the type of communication number
- EM
- Electronic Mail
Complete communications number including country or area code when applicable
Code identifying the type of communication number
- FX
- Facsimile
Detail
Baseline Item Data
To specify basic and most frequently used line item data
- PO102 is required.
Alphanumeric characters assigned for differentiation within a transaction set
- PO101 is the line item identification.
Numeric value of quantity
- PO102 is quantity ordered.
This is the overall quantity being ordered. If scheduled deliveries are requested this total will be split in the SCH group
Code specifying the units in which a value is being expressed, or manner in which a measurement has been taken
- AS
- Assortment
This sets the number of Prepacks being ordered
- EA
- Each
Price per unit of product, service, commodity, etc.
Code identifying the type of unit price for an item
- UM
- Price per Unit of Measure
The Price per Each or The Price per Assortment (Prepack)
Code identifying the type/source of the descriptive number used in Product/Service ID (234)
- PO106 through PO125 provide for ten different product/service IDs per each item. For example: Case, Color, Drawing No., U.P.C. No., ISBN No., Model No., or SKU.
- BP
- Buyer's Part Number
Identifying number for a product or service
This will be the style number for Prepacks or the Item Number for Bulk Lines
Code identifying the type/source of the descriptive number used in Product/Service ID (234)
- UP
- UCC - 12
Note: This is a J Crew HOUSE UPC
Required for Ticketing
(This may be sent at the PO1[UP] level as a Prepack UPC, and also be sent at theSLN for Prepack Items)
Identifying number for a product or service
Code identifying the type/source of the descriptive number used in Product/Service ID (234)
- JP
- Package Type Code
Used to denote a PrePack carton grouping
Identifying number for a product or service
Code identifying the type/source of the descriptive number used in Product/Service ID (234)
- CB
- Buyer's Catalog Number
Additional Buyers Item Identifier
Identifying number for a product or service
Code identifying the type/source of the descriptive number used in Product/Service ID (234)
- CH
- Country of Origin Code
Identifying number for a product or service
Code identifying the type/source of the descriptive number used in Product/Service ID (234)
- UK
- GTIN 14-digit Data Structure
Sent for Ticketing (Pre Packs will have this at the SLN individual item level)
Identifying number for a product or service
Code identifying the type/source of the descriptive number used in Product/Service ID (234)
- BO
- Buyers Color
Identifying number for a product or service
Code identifying the type/source of the descriptive number used in Product/Service ID (234)
- IZ
- Buyer's Size Code
Identifying number for a product or service
Code identifying the type/source of the descriptive number used in Product/Service ID (234)
- C3
- Classification
Material Classification
Pricing Information
To specify pricing information
Code identifying pricing specification
- RTL
- Retail
The retail price will be sent at this level for bulk lines, and under the SLN for prepack items
Price per unit of product, service, commodity, etc.
- See Figures Appendix for an example detailing the use of CTP03 and CTP04.
- See Figures Appendix for an example detailing the use of CTP03, CTP04 and CTP07.
Retail price for pre-ticketing
Product/Item Description
To describe a product or process in coded or free-form format
Code indicating the format of a description
- If PID01 equals "F", then PID05 is used. If PID01 equals "S", then PID04 is used. If PID01 equals "X", then both PID04 and PID05 are used.
- F
- Free-form
Code identifying the general class of a product or process characteristic
- 08
- Product
Reference Information
To specify identifying information
Code qualifying the Reference Identification
- MR
- Merchandise Type Code
Requested Ship
To specify pertinent dates and times
Conditional - At least one of The DTM or SCH groups will always exist. The DTM group for Ship From Origin PortDate, and the SCH if the Delivery quantities will be split over time
Code specifying type of date or time, or both date and time
- 010
- Requested Ship
Conditional - Ship from Port Date (Either this date and/or the SCH Delivery datewill be provided)
Required Delivery
To specify pertinent dates and times
Conditional - At least one of The DTM or SCH groups will always exist. The DTM group for Ship From Origin PortDate, and the SCH if the Delivery quantities will be split over time
Commodity
To identify a commodity or a group of commodities or a tariff page commodity
Carrier Details (Routing Sequence/Transit Time)
To specify the carrier and sequence of routing and provide transit time information
Code describing the relationship of a carrier to a specific shipment movement
- O
- Origin Carrier (Air, Motor, or Ocean)
Conditional - At least one of The DTM or SCH groups will always exist. The DTM group for when to Ship FromOrigin Port, and the SCH if the Delivery quantities will be split over time
Line Item Schedule
To specify the data for scheduling a specific line-item
- The SCH segment is used to specify various quantities of items ordered that are to be scheduled. When this segment is used the unit of measurement code (SCH02) should always be identical to the unit of measurement code in the associated PO1 segment (PO103) and the sum of values of quantity (SCH01) should always equal the quantity ordered (PO102) in the PO1 segment.
Code specifying the units in which a value is being expressed, or manner in which a measurement has been taken
- AS
- Assortment
- EA
- Each
Code specifying type of date or time, or both date and time
- SCH05 specifies the interpretation to be used for SCH06 and SCH07.
- 002
- Delivery Requested
Extended Reference Information
To transmit identifying information as specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier
Code qualifying the Reference Identification
- L1
- Letters or Notes
Subline Item Detail
To specify product subline detail item data
Sent for Assortment/Item prepack/Musical Size Run
Alphanumeric characters assigned for differentiation within a transaction set
- SLN01 is the identifying number for the subline item.
- SLN01 is related to (but not necessarily equivalent to) the baseline item number. Example: 1.1 or 1A might be used as a subline number to relate to baseline number 1.
Code indicating the relationship between entities
- SLN03 is the configuration code indicating the relationship of the subline item to the baseline item.
- I
- Included
Price per unit of product, service, commodity, etc.
Code identifying the type/source of the descriptive number used in Product/Service ID (234)
- SLN09 through SLN28 provide for ten different product/service IDs for each item. For example: Case, Color, Drawing No., U.P.C. No., ISBN No., Model No., or SKU.
- BP
- Buyer's Part Number
Identifying number for a product or service
Code identifying the type/source of the descriptive number used in Product/Service ID (234)
- UP
- UCC - 12
Identifying number for a product or service
Note: This is a J Crew HOUSE UPC
Required for Ticketing
Code identifying the type/source of the descriptive number used in Product/Service ID (234)
- JP
- Package Type Code
Identifying number for a product or service
Code identifying the type/source of the descriptive number used in Product/Service ID (234)
- CB
- Buyer's Catalog Number
Additional Buyers Item Identifier
Identifying number for a product or service
Code identifying the type/source of the descriptive number used in Product/Service ID (234)
- CH
- Country of Origin Code
Identifying number for a product or service
Code identifying the type/source of the descriptive number used in Product/Service ID (234)
- UK
- GTIN 14-digit Data Structure
Provided out for Ticketing
Identifying number for a product or service
Code identifying the type/source of the descriptive number used in Product/Service ID (234)
- BO
- Buyers Color
Identifying number for a product or service
Code identifying the type/source of the descriptive number used in Product/Service ID (234)
- IZ
- Buyer's Size Code
Product/Item Description
To describe a product or process in coded or free-form format
Code indicating the format of a description
- If PID01 equals "F", then PID05 is used. If PID01 equals "S", then PID04 is used. If PID01 equals "X", then both PID04 and PID05 are used.
- F
- Free-form
Code identifying the general class of a product or process characteristic
- 08
- Product
Commodity
To identify a commodity or a group of commodities or a tariff page commodity
Pricing Information
To specify pricing information
Code identifying pricing specification
- RTL
- Retail
Summary
Transaction Totals
To transmit a hash total for a specific element in the transaction set
- The number of line items (CTT01) is the accumulation of the number of PO1 segments. If used, hash total (CTT02) is the sum of the value of quantities ordered (PO102) for each PO1 segment.
Monetary Amount Information
To indicate the total monetary amount
- If AMT is used in the summary area, then AMT01 will = TT and AMT02 will indicate total transaction amount as calculated by the sender.
Transaction Set Trailer
To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments)
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
Interchange Control Trailer
To define the end of an interchange of zero or more functional groups and interchange-related control segments
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