Sample Input and Output: 810 Invoice

Big Daddy's big customers who are sending orders by X12 EDI also want the invoices to be sent to them by X12 EDI. Big Daddy doesn't want to pay the $25 to $100 penalty for each invoice those customers have to process manually. So, Big Daddy needs to create X12 810 Invoices from his system. Table 9.2 shows a summary of a typical 810 implementation. Note: The Segment Group column is empty if the segment is not part of a segment group.

Table 9.2. Sample X12 810 Invoice Implementation Guide
Segment GroupSegmentTagData Element PositionData Element or Composite Data Structure Number and NameX12 Data TypeMinimum LengthMaximum LengthDescription and Comments
 Beginning Segment for InvoiceBIG01373 DateDT88The invoice ...

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