DOCADV Documentary credit advice message (D16A)
This is the standard EDIFACT D16A spec, with 17 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 DOCADV 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 DOCADV files into TSDOCADV objects. See ediFabric .NET.
ediFabric Native
Native supports X12 today, and EDIFACT is coming. When it's available, map version D16A to this Native model with set_map to parse DOCADV 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 DOCADV classes in Python, Java, Node.js, Go, Rust or C
The OpenEDI file describes each DOCADV as JSON. To work with DOCADV data as typed objects, generate classes from the OpenEDI file in your language; the root class is TSDOCADV. 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.
DOCADV structure
Loops and segments of the standard DOCADV, with their usage and maximum repeats.
| ID | Name | Usage | Max use |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNH | UNH | Mandatory | 1 |
| BGM | BGM | Mandatory | 1 |
| RFF | RFF | Mandatory | 1 |
| BUS | BUS | Mandatory | 1 |
| INP | INP | Mandatory | 10 |
| FCA | FCA | Mandatory | 3 |
| DTM | DTM | Mandatory | 3 |
| FTX | FTX | Optional | 20 |
| Loop FII | FII | Mandatory | 9 |
| FII | FII | Mandatory | 1 |
| RFF | RFF | Optional | 2 |
| CTA | CTA | Optional | 1 |
| COM | COM | Optional | 5 |
| Loop NAD | NAD | Mandatory | 9 |
| NAD | NAD | Mandatory | 1 |
| RFF | RFF | Optional | 1 |
| CTA | CTA | Optional | 1 |
| COM | COM | Optional | 5 |
| Loop DTM | DTM | Mandatory | 1 |
| DTM | DTM | Mandatory | 1 |
| LOC | LOC | Mandatory | 1 |
| Loop MOA | MOA | Mandatory | 5 |
| MOA | MOA | Mandatory | 1 |
| Loop ALC | ALC | Optional | 1 |
| ALC | ALC | Mandatory | 1 |
| PCD | PCD | Optional | 2 |
| Loop LOC | LOC | Mandatory | 3 |
| LOC | LOC | Mandatory | 1 |
| DTM | DTM | Optional | 1 |
| Loop PAI | PAI | Mandatory | 1 |
| PAI | PAI | Mandatory | 1 |
| FII | FII | Optional | 1 |
| LOC | LOC | Optional | 1 |
| Loop PYT | PYT | Mandatory | 5 |
| PYT | PYT | Mandatory | 1 |
| FII | FII | Optional | 1 |
| DTM | DTM | Optional | 1 |
| MOA | MOA | Optional | 1 |
| PCD | PCD | Optional | 1 |
| FTX | FTX | Optional | 1 |
| Loop TOD | TOD | Optional | 1 |
| TOD | TOD | Mandatory | 1 |
| LOC | LOC | Optional | 1 |
| Loop TSR | TSR | Optional | 1 |
| TSR | TSR | Mandatory | 1 |
| LOC | LOC | Optional | 5 |
| Loop INP | INP | Optional | 5 |
| INP | INP | Mandatory | 1 |
| FTX | FTX | Optional | 1 |
| DTM | DTM | Optional | 2 |
| Loop RFF | RFF | Mandatory | 9 |
| RFF | RFF | Mandatory | 1 |
| DTM | DTM | Optional | 1 |
| FTX | FTX | Optional | 2 |
| Loop DOC | DOC | Mandatory | 20 |
| DOC | DOC | Mandatory | 1 |
| MOA | MOA | Optional | 1 |
| PCD | PCD | Optional | 1 |
| LOC | LOC | Optional | 1 |
| FTX | FTX | Optional | 1 |
| Loop ICD | ICD | Optional | 20 |
| ICD | ICD | Mandatory | 1 |
| DTM | DTM | Optional | 1 |
| FTX | FTX | Optional | 9 |
| Loop ALI | ALI | Optional | 9 |
| ALI | ALI | Mandatory | 1 |
| Loop NAD | NAD | Optional | 3 |
| NAD | NAD | Mandatory | 1 |
| CTA | CTA | Optional | 1 |
| COM | COM | Optional | 5 |
| Loop AUT | AUT | Optional | 1 |
| AUT | AUT | Mandatory | 1 |
| DTM | DTM | Optional | 1 |
| UNT | UNT | Mandatory | 1 |