BCT Beginning Segment (Price/Sales Catalog)

To indicate the beginning of the price/sales catalog transaction set and to specify catalog purpose and number information.

Position: BCT-01 · Element: 683 · Name: Catalog Purpose · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 2 · Max: 2 · Repeat: -

Code indicating purpose of catalog.

Position: BCT-02 · Element: 684 · Name: Catalog Number · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 15 · Repeat: -

Identifying number for catalog or superseded catalog.

Position: BCT-03 · Element: 685 · Name: Catalog Version Number · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 15 · Repeat: -

Identifying version number of catalog or superseded catalog.

Position: BCT-04 · Element: 686 · Name: Catalog Revision Number · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 6 · Repeat: -

Identifying revision number of catalog or superseded catalog.

Position: BCT-05 · Element: 355 · Name: Unit of Measurement Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 2 · Max: 2 · Repeat: -

Code identifying the basic unit measurement.

Position: BCT-06 · Element: 684 · Name: Catalog Number · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 15 · Repeat: -

Identifying number for catalog or superseded catalog.

Position: BCT-07 · Element: 685 · Name: Catalog Version Number · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 15 · Repeat: -

Identifying version number of catalog or superseded catalog.

Position: BCT-08 · Element: 686 · Name: Catalog Revision Number · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 6 · Repeat: -

Identifying revision number of catalog or superseded catalog.

Position: BCT-09 · Element: 352 · Name: Description · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 80 · Repeat: -

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