BPA Beginning Segment for Price Authorization Acknowledgment/Status
BPA Beginning Segment for Price Authorization Acknowledgment/Status
To identify the beginning of a Price Authorization Acknowledgment/Status Transaction Set
Position
Element
Name
Type
Requirement
Min
Max
Repeat
BPA-01
Transaction Set Purpose Code
Identifier (ID)
Mandatory
2
2
-
Code identifying purpose of transaction set
BPA-02
Date
Date (DT)
Mandatory
8
8
-
Date expressed as CCYYMMDD where CC represents the first two digits of the calendar year
BPA02 is the price authorization status date.
BPA-03
Reference Identification Qualifier
Identifier (ID)
Conditional
2
3
-
Code qualifying the Reference Identification
BPA-04
Reference Identification
String (AN)
Conditional
1
80
-
Reference information as defined for a particular Transaction Set or as specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier
BPA-05
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)
BPA05 is the price authorization status time.