Monday, June 29, 2009

Adding a special instruction/ Note to an EDI document

EDI document provides a place holder to provide special instruction or a Note as part of EDI document. This enables the trading partners to add special instructions as part of the actual document. This particular element has been reformed from V3010 to V4010.

In the case of V 3010, it is available as part of NTE element

NTE01     363     Note Reference Code
NTE02     3     Free Form Message


In the case of V 4010, it has been moved as part of Advertising Demographic Information.

MTX01     363     Note Reference Code
MTX02     1551     Message Text



Sample list of qualifiers are :
PUR Purchasing
ADD Additional Information
CAI General Business Description
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