EDI 452 Railroad Problem Log Inquiry or Advice

Functional Group PL

X12I Transportation Subcommittee

This Draft Standard for Trial Use contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Railroad Problem Log Inquiry or Advice Transaction Set (452) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. The transaction set can be used in the following ways: (1) for a service provider or sponsor to communicate and register a problem; (2) for a party to a movement event to request information about problem logs created; and (3) to provide problem log data in response to a request.

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1. 010 · ST · Transaction Set Header · Max 1 · Mandatory

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

2. 020 · BGP · Beginning Segment for Problem Log Inquiry or Advice · Max 1 · Mandatory

   To provide identifying numbers associated with the creation and maintenance of Interline Service Management problem logs

3. 030 · N1 · Name · Max 1 · Optional

   To identify a party by type of organization, name and code

4. 040 · N9 · Reference Number · Max 5 · Optional

   To transmit identifying numbers and descriptive information as specified by the reference number qualifier

5. 050 · DTP · Date or Time or Period · Max 2 · Optional

   To specify any or all of a date, a time, or a time period

6. 060 · NTE · Note/Special Instruction · Max 999999 · Optional

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

7. 070 · SE · Transaction Set Trailer · Max 1 · Mandatory

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