BR Beginning Segment for Material Management

To indicate the beginning of a material management transaction and transmit identifying numbers and dates

Sequence

Element

Name

Type

Requirement

Min

Max

Repeat

01

353

Transaction Set Purpose Code

Identifier (ID)

Mandatory

2

2

1

Code identifying purpose of transaction set

Codes (76)

02

640

Transaction Type Code

Identifier (ID)

Mandatory

2

2

1

Code specifying the type of transaction

Codes (551)

03

373

Date

Date (DT)

Mandatory

8

8

1

Date expressed as CCYYMMDD where CC represents the first two digits of the calendar year

BR03 is the date of the transaction set preparation.

04

67

Identification Code

String (AN)

Conditional

2

80

1

Code identifying a party or other code

05

66

Identification Code Qualifier

Identifier (ID)

Optional

1

2

1

Code specifying the system/method of code structure used for Identification Code (67)

C0504: If BR-05 is present, then BR-04 is required

Codes (259)

06

306

Action Code

Identifier (ID)

Optional

1

2

1

Code indicating type of action

Codes (325)

07

128

Reference Identification Qualifier

Identifier (ID)

Conditional

2

3

1

Code identifying the Reference Identification

P0708: If either BR-07 or BR-08 is present, then the other is required

Codes (1904)

08

127

Reference Identification

String (AN)

Conditional

1

80

1

Reference information as defined for a particular Transaction Set or as specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier

09

337

Time

Time (TM)

Optional

4

8

1

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)

BR09 is the time of the transaction set preparation

10

128

Reference Identification Qualifier

Identifier (ID)

Conditional

2

3

1

Code identifying the Reference Identification

P1011: If either BR-10 or BR-11 is present, then the other is required

Codes (1904)

11

127

Reference Identification

String (AN)

Conditional

1

80

1

Reference information as defined for a particular Transaction Set or as specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier