ANSI X12 is a standard for electronic data interchange (EDI) that was developed in 1979 to allow uniform exchange of business transactions between companies. It is used worldwide by over 300,000 companies. ANSI X12 documents are composed of multiple segments that contain specific elements. Each document includes a header, details, and summary sections. The header provides common information, details include the core content, and the summary provides aggregate information.
ANSI X12 is a standard for electronic data interchange (EDI) that was developed in 1979 to allow uniform exchange of business transactions between companies. It is used worldwide by over 300,000 companies. ANSI X12 documents are composed of multiple segments that contain specific elements. Each document includes a header, details, and summary sections. The header provides common information, details include the core content, and the summary provides aggregate information.
ANSI X12 is a standard for electronic data interchange (EDI) that was developed in 1979 to allow uniform exchange of business transactions between companies. It is used worldwide by over 300,000 companies. ANSI X12 documents are composed of multiple segments that contain specific elements. Each document includes a header, details, and summary sections. The header provides common information, details include the core content, and the summary provides aggregate information.
ANSI X12 is a standard for electronic data interchange (EDI) that was developed in 1979 to allow uniform exchange of business transactions between companies. It is used worldwide by over 300,000 companies. ANSI X12 documents are composed of multiple segments that contain specific elements. Each document includes a header, details, and summary sections. The header provides common information, details include the core content, and the summary provides aggregate information.
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What is ANSI X12?
ANSI X12 was developed for the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) by the Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) in 1979. The aim was to develop uniform standards for inter-industry electronic exchange of business transactions. ANSI X12 was originally conceived to support businesses across different industry sectors in North America. The ANSI X12 standard is now used worldwide by over 300,000 companies.
ANSI X12 is similar to EDIFACT in that each EDI document is made up of
multiple segments. Each segment is composed of a sequence of elements.
ISA Segment – Interchange Control Header GS Segment – Function Group Header ST Segment – Transaction Set Header SE Segment – Transaction Set Trailer GE Segment – Function Group Trailer IEA Segment – Interchange Control Trailer Segment Formats ISA*fields^ GS*fields^ ST*fields^ SE*fields^ GE*fields^ IEA*fields^ Note: * = Field Separator; ^ = Segment Separator Segment Fields ISA Segment
ISA01 Authorization Information Qualifier
ISA02 Authorization Information ISA03 Security Information Qualifier ISA04 Security Information ISA05 Interchange ID Qualifier ISA06 Interchange Sender ID ISA07 Interchange ID Qualifier ISA08 Interchange Receiver ID ISA09 Interchange Date ISA10 Interchange Time ISA11 Interchange Control Standards ID ISA12 Interchange Control Version Number ISA13 Interchange Control Number ISA14 Acknowledgement Requested ISA15 Test Indicator ISA16 Subelement Separator
GS Segment
GS01 Functional ID code
GS02 Application Sender's Code GS03 Application Receiver's Code GS04 Date GS05 Time GS06 Group Control Number GS07 Responsible Agency Code GS08 Version/Rel. Ind. ID Code
ST Segment
ST01 Transaction set ID code
ST02 Transaction set control number
SE Segment
SE01 Number of included segments
SE02 Transaction set control number (same as ST02)
GE Segment GE01 Number of Transaction Sets Included in this Function Group GE02 Group Control Number (same as GS06)
IEA Segment
IEA01 Number of Included Functional Groups
IEA02 Interchange Control Number (same as ISA13)
EDI SEGMENTS:
EDI document: Header, Details, and Summary
As mentioned above, an EDI document (transaction set) is a set of data that together represent complete information that is valuable to the business partners (parties involved in the workflow). Examples of documents – an order, an invoice, a document with information about discounts, a catalog, etc. Each document is enclosed in an “envelope” ST / SE, which indicates the type of document. The document (or transaction) is divided into three groups – Header, Details, and Summary.
The Header of the document contains common information – for example, number, contact information, dates of loading / delivery, addresses, etc.
The details of the document include the contents of the document, for example for an order – information about the ordered product, quantity and price for this type of product. The Summary data usually contains summary information – for an order it may be the number of types of goods ordered, for an Invoice – the total cost of the goods, general discounts, etc.
