BR Beginning Segment for Material Management
BR Beginning Segment for Material Management
To indicate the beginning of a material management transaction and to transmit identifying numbers and dates
Position
Element
Name
Type
Requirement
Min
Max
Repeat
BR-01
Transaction Set Purpose Code
Identifier (ID)
Mandatory
2
2
-
Code identifying purpose of transaction set.
BR-02
Transaction Type Code
Identifier (ID)
Mandatory
2
2
-
Code specifying the type of transaction.
BR-03
Date
Date (DT)
Mandatory
6
6
-
Date (YYMMDD).
BR03 is the transaction set date of preparation in local time.
BR-04
Identification Code
String (AN)
Conditional
2
17
-
Code identifying a party or other code.
BR-05
Identification Code Qualifier
Identifier (ID)
Optional
1
2
-
Code designating the system/method of code structure used for Identification Code (67).
BR-06
Action Code
Identifier (ID)
Optional
1
2
-
Code indicating type of action.
BR-07
Reference Number Qualifier
Identifier (ID)
Conditional
2
2
-
Code qualifying the Reference Number.
BR-08
Reference Number
String (AN)
Conditional
1
30
-
Reference number or identification number as defined for a particular Transaction Set, or as specified by the Reference Number Qualifier.
BR-09
Time
Time (TM)
Optional
4
8
-
Time expressed in 24-hour clock time as follows: HHMM, or HHMMSS, or HHMMSSD, or HHMMSSDD, where H = hours (00-23), M = minutes (00-59), S = integer seconds (00-59) and DD = decimal seconds; decimal seconds are expressed as follows: D = tenths (0-9) and DD = hundredths (00-99)
BR09 is the time of the transaction set preparation
BR-10
Reference Number Qualifier
Identifier (ID)
Conditional
2
2
-
Code qualifying the Reference Number.
BR-11
Reference Number
String (AN)
Conditional
1
30
-
Reference number or identification number as defined for a particular Transaction Set, or as specified by the Reference Number Qualifier.