PRODAT Product data
Western European EDIFACT Board - MD1
A message to submit master data - a set of data that is rarely changed - to identify and describe products a supplier offers to his (potential) customer or buyer. This information of long validity includes technical and functional product description but not commercial terms and conditions. This message can be used as well to update the information on a previously sent PRODAT message.
Position
Segment
Name
Max Use
0010
Mandatory
Max 1
To head, identify and specify a message.
0020
Mandatory
Max 1
To indicate the type and function of a message and to transmit the identifying number.
0030
Mandatory
Max 10
To specify date, and/or time, or period.
0040
Conditional
Max 5
To indicate that special conditions due to the origin, customs preference, fiscal or commercial factors are applicable.
0050
Conditional
Max 10
To describe an item in either an industry or free format.
0060
Conditional
Max 5
To provide free form or coded text information.
0070
Conditional
Max 10
To indicate the group in which a product belongs.
Segment group 1
Mandatory
Repeat 10
0090
Mandatory
Max 1
A segment specifying technical rules.
0100
Conditional
Max 1
To specify date, and/or time, or period.
Segment group 2
Mandatory
Repeat 10
0120
Mandatory
Max 1
To specify sector/subject requirements and conditions.
0130
Conditional
Max 5
To specify additional or substitutional item identification codes.
Segment group 3
Mandatory
Repeat 99
0150
Mandatory
Max 1
To specify a reference.
0160
Conditional
Max 5
To specify date, and/or time, or period.
Segment group 4
Mandatory
Repeat 99
0180
Mandatory
Max 1
To specify the name/address and their related function, either by C082 only and/or unstructured by C058 or structured by C080 thru 3207.
Segment group 5
Mandatory
Repeat 5
0200
Mandatory
Max 1
To identify a person or a department to whom communication should be directed.
0210
Conditional
Max 10
To identify a communication number of a department or a person to whom communication should be directed.
Segment group 6
Mandatory
Repeat 5
0230
Mandatory
Max 1
To specify a reference.
0240
Conditional
Max 5
To specify date, and/or time, or period.
Segment group 7
Mandatory
Repeat 999
0260
Mandatory
Max 1
To identify and describe a specific characteristic and its relevance for subsequent business processes.
0270
Conditional
Max 10
To provide the value of a characteristic.
0280
Conditional
Max 10
To specify physical measurements, including dimension tolerances, weights and counts.