X12-850 - Purchase Order (PO)

The X12 850 document format is used for transmitting purchase order data to a vendor.

BEG Segment – Beginning segment for Purchase Order

Segment

Description

Default (if any)

BEG 01

Transaction Purpose Code

02

BEG 02

Purchase Order Type Code

NE

BEG 03

Purchase Order Number

 

BEG 05

Date

yyyymmdd

BEG 06

Contract Number (if any)

 

REF Segment – Reference sent if a program code is entered.

Segment

Description

Default (if any)

REF 01

Reference ID Qualifier

PD

REF 02

Reference ID

Program Code

N1 Segment – Name

Segment

Description

Default

N1 01

Entity ID Code

ST

N1 02

Entity ID

Dealer Name

N1 03

ID Code

92

N1 04

ID

Dealer Account

N2 Segment – Additional Name Information

Segment

Description

Default (if any)

N2 01

Name

Address Line 1

N3 Segment – Address Information

Segment

Description

Default (if any)

N3 01

Name

Address Line 2

N4 Segment – Geographic Location

Segment

Description

Default (if any)

N4 01

City Name

 

N4 02

State/Province Code

 

N4 03

Postal Code

 

PO1 Segment – Baseline Item Information

Segment

Description

Default (if any)

PO 01

Assigned ID

Sequence Number

PO 02

Quantity Ordered

 

PO 03

Unit or Basis for Measurement

Quantity Unit of Measure

PO 04

Unit Price

PO Cost

PO 05

Unit or Basis for Measurement

Cost Unit of Measure

PO 06

Product ID Qualifier

VN or UP (Depends on Setting)

PO 07

Product ID

Vendor SKU or UPC

PO 08

Product ID Qualifier

BP (if send-item set)

PO 09

Product ID

Sender's SKU (your Item Code)

PID Segment – Product/Item Description

Segment

Description

Default (if any)

PID 01

Item Description Type

F

PID 05

Description

 

CTT Segment – Transaction Totals

Segment

Description

Default (if any)

CTT 01

Number of Line Items