X12 180 Return Merchandise Authorization and Notification
This Draft Standard for Trial Use contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Return Merchandise Authorization and Notification Transaction Set (180) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. This transaction set can provide for customary and established business and industry practice relative to the returning of merchandise to the vendor. This transaction set may satisfy request for returns, authorization or disposition of the return, notification of return, or notification of consumer return.
- ~ 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
- AN
- Return Merchandise Authorization and Notification (180)
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).
- 180
- Return Merchandise Authorization and Notification
Identifying control number that must be unique within the transaction set functional group assigned by the originator for a transaction set
Beginning Segment
To indicate the beginning of a transaction set
Reference information as defined for a particular Transaction Set or as specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier
- BGN02 is the transaction set reference number.
Return Number
Date expressed as CCYYMMDD
- BGN03 is the transaction set date.
Date of return
Purchase Order Reference
To provide reference to a specific purchase order
Identifying number for Purchase Order assigned by the orderer/purchaser
Detail
Baseline Item Data
To specify basic item data: item identification, quantity, and price
- Quantity is specified either in the BLI segment (BLI03) or in the QTY segment.
Code identifying the type/source of the descriptive number used in Product/Service ID (234)
- BLI01, BLI02, and BLI08 through BLI13 provide for four different product/service IDs for each item. For example: Case, Color, Drawing No., U.P.C. No., ISBN No., Model, SKU.
- VN
- Vendor's (Seller's) Item Number
Identifying number for a product or service
Code specifying the units in which a value is being expressed, or manner in which a measurement has been taken
- BLI04, the unit of measure code applies to both quantity, (BLI03) and unit price (BLI06), unless BLI07 is present, in which case BLI04 applies only to BLI03, and BLI07 applies only to BLI06.
- EA
- Each
Code identifying the type/source of the descriptive number used in Product/Service ID (234)
- IN
- Buyer's Item Number
Identifying number for a product or service
Code identifying the type/source of the descriptive number used in Product/Service ID (234)
- UP
- U.P.C. Consumer Package Code (1-5-5-1)
Identifying number for a product or service
Return Disposition Reason
To indicate the disposition of the item, the reason for return by the returnee, the response to the reason for return, and whether the item was used
Code indicating the reason for the return from the party returning, or requesting to return, the items
- CO
- Customer ordering error
- CV
- Not satisfied with color
- DA
- Damaged Shipment
- DI
- Wrong Merchandise Ordered
- DM
- Defective product
- DP
- Duplicate Shipment
- DT
- Not satisfied with sizing
- LP
- Lower Price Found
- NA
- Product not as described
- OP
- Other
- PE
- Price Error
- PS
- Too large
- PW
- Product Quality Issue
- SD
- Do not want
- SP
- Arrived Late
- SR
- Wrong Quantity Ordered
- ST
- Too small
- WG
- Wrong Item Shipped
A free-form description to clarify the related data elements and their content
You can use the full description in RDR02 to enter here instead of the reason code.
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 180
GS*AN*12345678*87654321*20160328*0905*8809*X*004010~
ST*180*8809001~
BGN*13*RET5566*20160325~
PRF*1599999999~
BLI*VN*V-123123*1*EA****IN*1234567*UP*0123456789012~
RDR**ST**Too small~
SE*6*8809001~
GE*1*8809~
IEA*1*001068957~
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