DESADV Despatch advice message (D01B)
This is the standard EANCOM D01B syntax 3 spec, with 20 loops and 57 segment positions, as OpenEDI JSON, an ediFabric C# template and an ediFabric Native model. To change it for a trading partner, customize it in the EDI Spec Builder.
Use the DESADV spec in your code
ediFabric .NET
Add the C# template and its common files to your project, or reference the template NuGet package, and read DESADV files into TSDESADV objects. See ediFabric .NET.
ediFabric Native
Native supports X12 today, and EANCOM is coming. When it's available, map version D01B to this Native model with set_map to parse DESADV files to JSON from Python, Java, C or C#. See ediFabric Native.
OpenEDI
Select Customize in Spec Builder to copy the spec under your own name, change it for your partner, and parse files against it in EdiNation, ediFabric Native or ediFabric Cloud. Read about OpenEDI.
Generate DESADV classes in Python, Java, Node.js, Go, Rust or C
The OpenEDI file describes each DESADV as JSON. To work with DESADV data as typed objects, generate classes from the OpenEDI file in your language; the root class is TSDESADV. The classes keep the loops, segments, lengths and code lists, but not the EDI data formats. Read more in Generate a class from OpenEDI.
Python: datamodel-code-generator. Node.js: openapi-typescript. Java, Go, Rust and C: OpenAPI Generator.
For a sample file, the same data as JSON, and code to parse, validate and generate the DESADV, see the DESADV transaction guide.
DESADV structure
Loops and segments of the standard DESADV, with their usage and maximum repeats.
| ID | Name | Usage | Max use |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNH | Message Header | Optional | 1 |
| BGM | BGM | Mandatory | 1 |
| DTM | DTM | Optional | 10 |
| ALI | Additional information | Optional | 5 |
| MEA | Measurements | Optional | 5 |
| MOA | MOA | Optional | 5 |
| Loop RFF | RFF | Optional | 10 |
| RFF | RFF | Mandatory | 1 |
| DTM | DTM | Optional | 1 |
| Loop NAD | NAD | Optional | 99 |
| NAD | NAD | Mandatory | 1 |
| LOC | LOC | Optional | 10 |
| Loop RFF | RFF | Optional | 10 |
| RFF | RFF | Mandatory | 1 |
| Loop CTA | CTA | Optional | 10 |
| CTA | CTA | Mandatory | 1 |
| COM | Communication contact | Optional | 5 |
| Loop TOD | TOD | Optional | 10 |
| TOD | TOD | Mandatory | 1 |
| LOC | LOC | Optional | 5 |
| Loop TDT | TDT | Optional | 10 |
| TDT | TDT | Mandatory | 1 |
| Loop LOC | LOC | Optional | 10 |
| LOC | LOC | Mandatory | 1 |
| DTM | DTM | Optional | 10 |
| Loop EQD | EQD | Optional | 10 |
| EQD | EQD | Mandatory | 1 |
| MEA | Measurements | Optional | 5 |
| SEL | SEL | Optional | 25 |
| Loop CPS | Consignment packing sequence | Optional | 9999 |
| CPS | Consignment packing sequence | Mandatory | 1 |
| Loop PAC | PAC | Optional | 9999 |
| PAC | PAC | Mandatory | 1 |
| MEA | Measurements | Optional | 10 |
| QTY | QTY | Optional | 10 |
| Loop HAN | Handling instructions | Optional | 10 |
| HAN | Handling instructions | Mandatory | 1 |
| Loop PCI | Package identification | Optional | 1000 |
| PCI | Package identification | Mandatory | 1 |
| RFF | RFF | Optional | 1 |
| DTM | DTM | Optional | 5 |
| Loop GIN | Goods identity number | Optional | 99 |
| GIN | Goods identity number | Mandatory | 1 |
| Loop LIN | Line item | Optional | 9999 |
| LIN | Line item | Mandatory | 1 |
| PIA | PIA | Optional | 10 |
| IMD | IMD | Optional | 25 |
| MEA | Measurements | Optional | 10 |
| QTY | QTY | Optional | 10 |
| ALI | Additional information | Optional | 10 |
| DLM | Delivery limitations | Optional | 100 |
| DTM | DTM | Optional | 5 |
| FTX | FTX | Optional | 99 |
| MOA | MOA | Optional | 5 |
| Loop RFF | RFF | Optional | 99 |
| RFF | RFF | Mandatory | 1 |
| DTM | DTM | Optional | 1 |
| Loop LOC | LOC | Optional | 100 |
| LOC | LOC | Mandatory | 1 |
| NAD | NAD | Optional | 1 |
| DTM | DTM | Optional | 1 |
| QTY | QTY | Optional | 10 |
| Loop PCI | Package identification | Optional | 9999 |
| PCI | Package identification | Mandatory | 1 |
| DTM | DTM | Optional | 5 |
| MEA | Measurements | Optional | 10 |
| QTY | QTY | Optional | 1 |
| Loop GIN | Goods identity number | Optional | 10 |
| GIN | Goods identity number | Mandatory | 1 |
| DLM | Delivery limitations | Optional | 100 |
| Loop HAN | Handling instructions | Optional | 10 |
| HAN | Handling instructions | Mandatory | 1 |
| Loop QVR | QVR | Optional | 10 |
| QVR | QVR | Mandatory | 1 |
| DTM | DTM | Optional | 5 |
| CNT | CNT | Optional | 5 |
| UNT | Message Trailer | Optional | 1 |