RETINS Instruction for returns message (D11B)
This is the standard EDIFACT D11B spec, with 21 loops and 65 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 RETINS 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 RETINS files into TSRETINS objects. See ediFabric .NET.
ediFabric Native
Native supports X12 today, and EDIFACT is coming. When it's available, map version D11B to this Native model with set_map to parse RETINS 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 RETINS classes in Python, Java, Node.js, Go, Rust or C
The OpenEDI file describes each RETINS as JSON. To work with RETINS data as typed objects, generate classes from the OpenEDI file in your language; the root class is TSRETINS. 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.
RETINS structure
Loops and segments of the standard RETINS, with their usage and maximum repeats.
| ID | Name | Usage | Max use |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNH | UNH | Mandatory | 1 |
| BGM | BGM | Mandatory | 1 |
| DTM | DTM | Optional | 9 |
| FTX | FTX | Optional | 9 |
| CUX | CUX | Optional | 9 |
| Loop DOC | DOC | Optional | 9 |
| DOC | DOC | Mandatory | 1 |
| DTM | DTM | Optional | 9 |
| Loop RFF | RFF | Optional | 9 |
| RFF | RFF | Mandatory | 1 |
| DTM | DTM | Optional | 9 |
| Loop NAD | NAD | Optional | 9 |
| NAD | NAD | Mandatory | 1 |
| LOC | LOC | Optional | 9 |
| Loop RFF | RFF | Optional | 9 |
| RFF | RFF | Mandatory | 1 |
| DTM | DTM | Optional | 9 |
| Loop CTA | CTA | Optional | 9 |
| CTA | CTA | Mandatory | 1 |
| COM | COM | Optional | 9 |
| Loop CDI | CDI | Optional | 99 |
| CDI | CDI | Mandatory | 1 |
| INP | INP | Optional | 9 |
| DTM | DTM | Optional | 9 |
| FTX | FTX | Optional | 9 |
| Loop RFF | RFF | Optional | 9 |
| RFF | RFF | Mandatory | 1 |
| DTM | DTM | Optional | 9 |
| Loop TOD | TOD | Optional | 9 |
| TOD | TOD | Mandatory | 1 |
| LOC | LOC | Optional | 9 |
| Loop TDT | TDT | Optional | 9 |
| TDT | TDT | Mandatory | 1 |
| LOC | LOC | Optional | 9 |
| DTM | DTM | Optional | 9 |
| Loop EQD | EQD | Optional | 9 |
| EQD | EQD | Mandatory | 1 |
| MEA | MEA | Optional | 9 |
| FTX | FTX | Optional | 9 |
| Loop LIN | LIN | Mandatory | 9999 |
| LIN | LIN | Mandatory | 1 |
| PIA | PIA | Optional | 9 |
| IMD | IMD | Optional | 9 |
| MEA | MEA | Optional | 9 |
| DTM | DTM | Optional | 9 |
| QTY | QTY | Optional | 9 |
| FTX | FTX | Optional | 9 |
| LOC | LOC | Optional | 9 |
| MOA | MOA | Optional | 9 |
| Loop DOC | DOC | Optional | 9 |
| DOC | DOC | Mandatory | 1 |
| DTM | DTM | Optional | 9 |
| Loop RFF | RFF | Optional | 9 |
| RFF | RFF | Mandatory | 1 |
| DTM | DTM | Optional | 9 |
| Loop DGS | DGS | Optional | 9 |
| DGS | DGS | Mandatory | 1 |
| QTY | QTY | Optional | 9 |
| FTX | FTX | Optional | 9 |
| Loop HAN | HAN | Optional | 9 |
| HAN | HAN | Mandatory | 1 |
| FTX | FTX | Optional | 9 |
| Loop PAC | PAC | Optional | 9 |
| PAC | PAC | Mandatory | 1 |
| Loop PCI | PCI | Optional | 9 |
| PCI | PCI | Mandatory | 1 |
| DTM | DTM | Optional | 9 |
| GIN | GIN | Optional | 9 |
| Loop CDI | CDI | Optional | 99 |
| CDI | CDI | Mandatory | 1 |
| INP | INP | Optional | 9 |
| DTM | DTM | Optional | 9 |
| FTX | FTX | Optional | 9 |
| Loop RFF | RFF | Optional | 9 |
| RFF | RFF | Mandatory | 1 |
| DTM | DTM | Optional | 9 |
| Loop TDT | TDT | Optional | 9 |
| TDT | TDT | Mandatory | 1 |
| LOC | LOC | Optional | 9 |
| DTM | DTM | Optional | 9 |
| Loop EQD | EQD | Optional | 9 |
| EQD | EQD | Mandatory | 1 |
| MEA | MEA | Optional | 9 |
| FTX | FTX | Optional | 9 |
| CNT | CNT | Optional | 9 |
| UNT | UNT | Mandatory | 1 |