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