EANCOM® PART II   31.08.2000
ORDERS - Purchase order message  
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UNH - M 1 - MESSAGE HEADER
Function:
A service segment starting and uniquely identifying a message. The message type code for the Purchase order message is ORDERS.

Note: Purchase order messages conforming to this document must contain the following data in segment UNH, composite S009:

Data element  0065 ORDERS
              0052 D
              0054 96A
              0051 UN
  EDIFACT EAN *
Description  
0062 Message reference number
M   an..14
M  
Sender's unique message reference. Sequence number of the messages in the interchange. DE 0062 in the UNT will be exactly the same. Sender generated.  
S009 MESSAGE IDENTIFIER
M  
M    
  0065
  Message type identifier
M   an..6
M * ORDERS = Purchase order message
  0052
  Message type version number
M   an..3
M *
D = Draft directory
  0054
  Message type release number
M   an..3
M * 96A = Version 96A
  0051
  Controlling agency
M   an..2
M *
UN = UN/ECE/TRADE/WP.4, United Nations Standard Messages (UNSM)
  0057
  Association assigned code
C   an..6
R * EAN008 = EAN Version control number.
0068 Common access reference
C   an..35
N    
S010 STATUS OF THE TRANSFER
C  
N    
  0070
  Sequence message transfer number
M   n..2
     
  0073
  First/last sequence message transfer indication
C   a1
     
Segment Notes:
This segment is used to head, identify and specify a message.

DE's 0065, 0052, 0054, and 0051: Indicate that the message is an UNSM Purchase Order based on the D.96A directory under the control of the United Nations.

DE 0057: Indicates that the message is the EANCOM version 008 of the UNSM Purchase Order.

Example :

UNH+ME000001+ORDERS:D:96A:UN:EAN008'
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