This X12 Transaction Set contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Retail Account Characteristics Transaction Set (885) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. This transaction set is used to enable a retailer, wholesaler or broker to provide detailed attributes of a retail store such as store number, size of store, class of trade, product category information, customer demographic information, or marketing, etc. to a trading partner.
To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number
To identify a party by type of organization, name, and code
To specify pertinent dates and times
To identify a person or office to whom administrative communications should be directed
To designate the entities which are parties to a transaction and specify a reference meaningful to those entities
To identify the specific type of item maintenance
To specify pertinent dates and times
To specify additional names
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 identify a party by type of organization, name, and code
To transmit identifying information as specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier
To indicate the type and size characteristics of a retail store
To identify the shelf size of a department or product category within a retail store
To specify product display information for a retail store
To identify the type and number of marketing equipment or programs in a retail account
To convey a rating value or score of a trading partner
To report demographic information regarding a retail account
To transmit standard code list identification information
To identify standard industry codes
To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments)
