This Draft Standard for Trial Use contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Trading Partner Profile Transaction Set (838) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. This transaction set can be used to request, change, verify or transmit business profile information to or from a trading partner. This information can be used by the receiver to facilitate the processing of the sender's business transactions.
The transaction set may be used to convey government survey information, business classification, general survey information, summary supplier ratings, changes in the EDI environment information, tax information, entity relationships, and general business profile information to update automated information data bases between trading partners.
To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number
To indicate the type and purpose of the profile data
To identify the requested limitations and the corresponding response actions of an inquiry
To identify a person or office to whom administrative communications should be directed
To reference a line number in a transaction set.
To indicate action to be taken for the location specified and to qualify the location specified
To further define and describe a place or location
To specify basic item identification data.
To identify a party by type of organization, name and code
To specify additional names or those longer than 35 characters in length
To specify the location of the named party
To specify the geographic place of the named party
To transmit identifying numbers and descriptive information as specified by the reference number qualifier
To identify a person or office to whom administrative communications should be directed
To specify the currency (dollars, pounds, francs, etc.) used in a transaction
To provide data required for proper notification/determination of applicable taxes applying to the transaction or business described in the transaction
To specify transportation instructions relating to shipment
To specify terms of sale.
To specify the carrier, sequence of routing and to provide transit time information
To specify amount or percentage of foreign and/or industry business by the trading partner
To specify pertinent dates and times
To specify physical measurements or counts, including dimensions, tolerances, variances, and weights
(See Figures Appendix for example of use of C001.)
To further define and describe a place or location
To specify additional names or those longer than 35 characters in length
To specify the geographic place of the named party
To supply demographic information
To specify physical measurements or counts, including dimensions, tolerances, variances, and weights
(See Figures Appendix for example of use of C001.)
To describe attribute of a trading partner
To transmit identifying numbers and descriptive information as specified by the reference number qualifier
To describe a product or process in coded or free-form format
To specify pertinent dates and times
To indicate that the next segment begins a loop
To allow for the identification of trade union data related to a specific location or product line
To specify pertinent dates and times
To identify a party by type of organization, name and code
To specify additional names or those longer than 35 characters in length
To specify the location of the named party
To specify the geographic place of the named party
To identify a person or office to whom administrative communications should be directed
To indicate that the loop immediately preceding this segment is complete
To convey a rating value or score of a trading partner
To transmit identifying numbers and descriptive information as specified by the reference number qualifier
To specify pertinent dates and times
To indicate a quantity and/or amount for an identified period
To specify pertinent dates and times
To provide data required for proper notification/determination of applicable taxes applying to the transaction or business described in the transaction
To specify the currency (dollars, pounds, francs, etc.) used in a transaction
To indicate EDI transaction capabilities
To transmit identifying numbers and descriptive information as specified by the reference number qualifier
To specify pertinent dates and times
To transmit standard code list identification information
Code to transmit standard industry codes
To specify electronic systems environment
To identify a party by type of organization, name and code
To specify additional names or those longer than 35 characters in length
To specify the location of the named party
To specify the geographic place of the named party
To describe attribute of a trading partner
To describe a product or process in coded or free-form format
To transmit identifying numbers and descriptive information as specified by the reference number qualifier
To identify a person or office to whom administrative communications should be directed
To indicate EDI transaction capabilities
To transmit identifying numbers and descriptive information as specified by the reference number qualifier
To specify pertinent dates and times
To identify the explicit relationship between entities, i.e., parent, child, peer
To indicate the total monetary amount.
To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments).
