EDI 831 Application Control Totals

Functional Group CT

X12F Finance Subcommittee

This Draft Standard for Trial Use contains the format and establishes the data content of the Application Control Totals Transaction Set (831) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. The transaction set can be used to transmit totals associated with a collection of like transactions. The items reported in this transaction set must be of the same transaction set ID code.

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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 · BGN · Beginning Segment · Max 1 · Mandatory

   To indicate the beginning of a transaction set.

3. 030 · DTM · Date/Time Reference · Max 2 · Optional

   To specify pertinent dates and times

   One occurence of the DTM, N9, or TRN segment must be present. The DTM segments are used to provide a start/end date or time range.

4. 040 · N9 · Reference Number · Max >1 · Optional

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

5. 050 · TRN · Trace · Max >1 · Optional

   To uniquely identify a transaction to an application.

6. 060 · AMT · Monetary Amount · Max 10 · Optional

   To indicate the total monetary amount.

   At least one AMT or QTY segment is required.

7. 070 · QTY · Quantity · Max 10 · Optional

   To specify quantity information.

8. 080 · 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).