885 Retail Account Characteristics
Functional Group UA
X12M Supply Chain Subcommittee
This Draft Standard for Trial Use 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.
Heading
Sequence
Segment
Name
Max use
010
Transaction Set HeaderMandatory
Max 1
To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number
020
NameMandatory
Max 3
To identify a party by type of organization, name, and code
The N1 segment in the header area is used to identify the sending and receiving parties.
030
Date/Time ReferenceMandatory
Max 1
To specify pertinent dates and times
The DTM segment in the header area is used to specify the transaction generation date and time.
040
Administrative Communications Contact
Max 3
To identify a person or office to whom administrative communications should be
directed
The PER segment in the header area is used to identify contacts for the sending party.
Detail
Sequence
Segment
Name
Max use
0100 Loop
Repeat >1
010
EntityMandatory
Max 1
To designate the entities which are parties to a transaction and specify a
reference meaningful to those entities
020
Maintenance TypeMandatory
Max 1
To identify the specific type of item maintenance
030
Date/Time ReferenceMandatory
Max 1
To specify pertinent dates and times
The DTM segment in the detail area is used to provide the effective date of the retail account characteristics.
040
Additional Name Information
Max 1
To specify additional names or those longer than 35 characters in length
050
Address Information
Max 2
To specify the location of the named party
060
Geographic Location
Max 1
To specify the geographic place of the named party
070
Administrative Communications Contact
Max 3
To identify a person or office to whom administrative communications should be
directed
080
Name
Max 100
To identify a party by type of organization, name, and code
090
Reference Identification
Max 1
To transmit identifying information as specified by the Reference
Identification Qualifier
100
Store Size Attributes
Max 1
To indicate the type and size characteristics of a retail store
110
Store Category Size
Max 30
To identify the shelf size of a department or product category within a retail
store
120
Store Display Information
Max 10
To specify product display information for a retail store
130
Retail Account Marketing Types
Max 10
To identify the type and number of marketing equipment or programs in a retail
account
132
Supplier Rating
Max 1
To convey a rating value or score of a trading partner
134
Retail Account Demographic Information
Max >1
To report demographic information regarding a retail account
0110 Loop
Repeat >1
138
Code Source InformationMandatory
Max 1
To transmit standard code list identification information
139
Industry CodeMandatory
Max 10
Code to transmit standard industry codes
140
Transaction Set TrailerMandatory
Max 1
To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the
transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments)