BGP Beginning Segment for Problem Log Inquiry or Advice

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

Position: BGP-01 · Element: 353 · Name: Transaction Set Purpose Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 2 · Max: 2 · Repeat: 1

Code identifying purpose of transaction set

Position: BGP-02 · Element: 1484 · Name: Problem Log Reason Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 2 · Max: 2 · Repeat: 1

Code indicating the reason a problem log was created

Position: BGP-03 · Element: 128 · Name: Reference Identification Qualifier · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 2 · Max: 3 · Repeat: 1

Code qualifying the Reference Identification

P0304: If either BGP-03 or BGP-04 is present, then the other is required

Position: BGP-04 · Element: 127 · Name: Reference Identification · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 50 · Repeat: 1

Reference information as defined for a particular Transaction Set or as specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier

Position: BGP-05 · Element: 206 · Name: Equipment Initial · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 4 · Repeat: 1

Prefix or alphabetic part of an equipment unit's identifying number

P0506: If either BGP-05 or BGP-06 is present, then the other is required

Position: BGP-06 · Element: 207 · Name: Equipment Number · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 15 · Repeat: 1

Sequencing or serial part of an equipment unit's identifying number (pure numeric form for equipment number is preferred)

Position: BGP-07 · Element: 1251 · Name: Date Time Period · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 35 · Repeat: 1

Expression of a date, a time, or range of dates, times or dates and times

BGP07 is the date associated with a trip cycle in (CCYYMMDD) format. This data will be used to identify a trip cycle. If a problem log exists for the equipment during the trip cycle, problem log information will be returned.

Position: BGP-08 · Element: 154 · Name: Standard Point Location Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 6 · Max: 9 · Repeat: 1

Code (Standard Point Location) defined by National Motor Freight Tariff Association (NMFTA) or the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) point development group as the official code assigned to a city or point (for ratemaking purposes) within a city

BGP08 is the Standard Point Location Code of the problem.

Position: BGP-09 · Element: 41 · Name: Interchange Train Identification · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 10 · Repeat: 1

Train identification (free-form)

BGP09 is the Train ID associated with the problem.