X12 846 Inventory Inquiry/Advice
This Draft Standard for Trial Use contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Inventory Inquiry/Advice Transaction Set (846) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. The transaction set can be used in the following ways: (1) for a seller of goods and services to provide inventory information to a prospective purchaser, with no obligation to the purchaser to acquire these goods or services; (2) for a representative of a seller of goods and services to supply inventory information to that seller; (3) for one location to supply another location with inventory information; and (4) for an inquiry as to the availability of inventory with no obligation on the seller of goods and services to reserve that inventory.
- ~ Segment
- * Element
- > Component
Interchange Control Header
To start and identify an interchange of zero or more functional groups and interchange-related control segments
Code to identify the type of information in the Authorization Information
- 00
- No Authorization Information Present (No Meaningful Information in I02)
Information used for additional identification or authorization of the interchange sender or the data in the interchange; the type of information is set by the Authorization Information Qualifier (I01)
Code to identify the type of information in the Security Information
- 00
- No Security Information Present (No Meaningful Information in I04)
This is used for identifying the security information about the interchange sender or the data in the interchange; the type of information is set by the Security Information Qualifier (I03)
Qualifier to designate the system/method of code structure used to designate the sender or receiver ID element being qualified
Identification code published by the sender for other parties to use as the receiver ID to route data to them; the sender always codes this value in the sender ID element
Qualifier to designate the system/method of code structure used to designate the sender or receiver ID element being qualified
Identification code published by the receiver of the data; When sending, it is used by the sender as their sending ID, thus other parties sending to them will use this as a receiving ID to route data to them
Code to identify the agency responsible for the control standard used by the message that is enclosed by the interchange header and trailer
- U
- U.S. EDI Community of ASC X12, TDCC, and UCS
This version number covers the interchange control segments
- 00401
- Draft Standards for Trial Use Approved for Publication by ASC X12 Procedures Review Board through October 1997
A control number assigned by the interchange sender
Code sent by the sender to request an interchange acknowledgment (TA1)
- 0
- No Acknowledgment Requested
- 1
- Interchange Acknowledgment Requested
Code to indicate whether data enclosed by this interchange envelope is test, production or information
- I
- Information
- P
- Production Data
- T
- Test Data
Type is not applicable; the component element separator is a delimiter and not a data element; this field provides the delimiter used to separate component data elements within a composite data structure; this value must be different than the data element separator and the segment terminator
- >
- Component Element Separator
Functional Group Header
To indicate the beginning of a functional group and to provide control information
Code identifying a group of application related transaction sets
- IB
- Inventory Inquiry/Advice (846)
Code identifying party sending transmission; codes agreed to by trading partners
Code identifying party receiving transmission. Codes agreed to by trading partners
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)
Assigned number originated and maintained by the sender
Code used in conjunction with Data Element 480 to identify the issuer of the standard
- T
- Transportation Data Coordinating Committee (TDCC)
- X
- Accredited Standards Committee X12
Code indicating the version, release, subrelease, and industry identifier of the EDI standard being used, including the GS and GE segments; if code in DE455 in GS segment is X, then in DE 480 positions 1-3 are the version number; positions 4-6 are the release and subrelease, level of the version; and positions 7-12 are the industry or trade association identifiers (optionally assigned by user); if code in DE455 in GS segment is T, then other formats are allowed
- 004010
- Draft Standards Approved for Publication by ASC X12 Procedures Review Board through October 1997
Heading
Transaction Set Header
To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number
Code uniquely identifying a Transaction Set
- The transaction set identifier (ST01) used by the translation routines of the interchange partners to select the appropriate transaction set definition (e.g., 810 selects the Invoice Transaction Set).
- 846
- Inventory Inquiry/Advice
Identifying control number that must be unique within the transaction set functional group assigned by the originator for a transaction set
Beginning Segment for Inventory Inquiry/Advice
To indicate the beginning of an Inventory Inquiry/Advice Transaction Set
BIA00SI00000000120130701
Code identifying purpose of transaction set
- 00
- Original
Code indicating the title or contents of a document, report or supporting item
- SI
- Seller Inventory Report
Reference information as defined for a particular Transaction Set or as specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier
- BIA03 identifies the number of the inquiry/advice that is transferred.
Date expressed as CCYYMMDD
- BIA04 identifies the date of the inquiry/advice that is transferred.
Reference Identification
To specify identifying information
REFIOTHEHOMEDEPOT
Code qualifying the Reference Identification
REFIOZ001
- IO
- Inbound-to or Outbound-from Party
This qualifier indicates that the REF02 contains the CommerceHub assigned ID for the merchant that this file is being sent to.
Reference information as defined for a particular Transaction Set or as specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier
This element must contain a value of 'THEHOMEDEPOT'.
When this value is not included correctly, CommerceHub will not
process the contents of your file and The Home Depot will not receive
your update.
Detail
Item Identification
To specify basic item identification data
LIN*VN123456SK100456789
Code identifying the type/source of the descriptive number used in Product/Service ID (234)
- LIN02 through LIN31 provide for fifteen different product/service IDs for each item. For example: Case, Color, Drawing No., U.P.C. No., ISBN No., Model No., or SKU.
- VN
- Vendor's (Seller's) Item Number
This qualifier indicates that the LIN03 contains the suppliers item number from HomeDepotLink.
Identifying number for a product or service
This element contains the suppliers item number from Item Data Master
Code identifying the type/source of the descriptive number used in Product/Service ID (234)
- SK
- Stock Keeping Unit (SKU)
This qualifier indicates that the LIN05 contains the OMS ID.
Identifying number for a product or service
Merchant sku is the Home Depot OMS ID from the Item Data Master (IDM) setups.
Merchant sku must be a length of 9 and numeric.
Merchant sku starts with 100 or 20.
Merchant sku is sent in the order file in the "PI" qualified PO1 segment.
Product/Item Description
To describe a product or process in coded or free-form format
PIDF08***BLOUSE
Code indicating the format of a description
- If PID01 equals "F", then PID05 is used. If PID01 equals "S", then PID04 is used. If PID01 equals "X", then both PID04 and PID05 are used.
- F
- Free-form
Code identifying the general class of a product or process characteristic
- 08
- Product
This qualifier indicates that the PID05 contains a free form description of the product being reported.
A free-form description to clarify the related data elements and their content
This element contains a free form description of the product being
reported.
Date/Time Reference
To specify pertinent dates and times
DTM03619990705
Code specifying type of date or time, or both date and time
- 036
- Expiration
This qualifier indicates that the DTM02 contains the discontinue date for the product being reported
Date expressed as CCYYMMDD
This element contains the date as-of-which replenishment for the product will cease. The Home Depot requests that this date be reported to them as soon as possible. You are still allowed to continue to report an available quantity that The Home Depot can continue to sell.
Once this date has been reported for a given product, this element must be included in all subsequent updates for the remaining life of the product. Once an available quantity of zero is reached, the product can be removed from the file. If this date is omitted from the file prior to the available quantity reaching zero, this items discontinued status is removed.
Quantity
To specify quantity information
QTY3325
QTY2015
Code specifying the type of quantity
- 20
- Unusable Quantity
This qualifier indicates that the quantity passed in the QTY02 is currently unavailable to The Home Depot.
- 33
- Quantity Available for Sale (stock quantity)
This qualifier indicates that the quantity passed in the QTY02 is available to The Home Depot.
Numeric value of quantity
Depending on the qualifier used in the QTY01, this element contains the
corresponding value.
Line Item Schedule
To specify the data for scheduling a specific line-item
SCH11EA**01819990704
This segment can be provided whenever a supplier wishes to report a future available quantity and date. Stock with a future availability date should not be included in the QTY segment.
Numeric value of quantity
This element contains the quantity that the supplier expects will become available at the date included in the SCH06.
Code specifying the units in which a value is being expressed, or manner in which a measurement has been taken
This code must be a valid X12 code but it has no significance. Unit is assumed to match QTY-03
- EA
- Each
Code specifying type of date or time, or both date and time
- SCH05 specifies the interpretation to be used for SCH06 and SCH07.
- 018
- Available
This qualifier is used to indicate that the SCH06 contains the date that the quantity reported in the SCH01 will become available to The Home Depot.
Date expressed as CCYYMMDD
This element contains the date on which the quantity reported in the SCH01 will become available to The Home Depot.
Summary
Transaction Set Trailer
To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments)
Total number of segments included in a transaction set including ST and SE segments
Identifying control number that must be unique within the transaction set functional group assigned by the originator for a transaction set
Functional Group Trailer
To indicate the end of a functional group and to provide control information
Total number of transaction sets included in the functional group or interchange (transmission) group terminated by the trailer containing this data element
Assigned number originated and maintained by the sender
Interchange Control Trailer
To define the end of an interchange of zero or more functional groups and interchange-related control segments
Sample
GS*IB*SENDERGS*RECEIVERGS*20231101*014900*000000001*X*004010
ST*846*0001
BIA*00*SI*000000001*20130701
REF*IO*THEHOMEDEPOT
LIN**VN*123456*SK*100456789
PID*F*08***BLOUSE
DTM*036*19990705
QTY*33*25
QTY*20*15
SCH*11*EA***018*19990704
SE*10*0001
GE*1*000000001
IEA*1*000000001
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