HANMOV Cargo/goods handling and movement message (D18A)

This is the standard EDIFACT D18A spec, with 23 loops and 86 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.

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The spec as an OpenAPI 3 schema with x-openedi-* extensions, for ediFabric Native, ediFabric Cloud and the EDI Spec Builder. Download OpenEDI (111 KB) Generate classes
The ediFabric .NET template, class TSHANMOV. It needs the common segments, composites and codes of EDIFACT D18A, one download for every transaction in the version. Download C# (1 KB) Common files (69 KB)
The intermediary model ediFabric Native loads with set_map. Native supports X12 today, and EDIFACT is coming. Download Native (1 KB)

Use the HANMOV 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 HANMOV files into TSHANMOV objects. See ediFabric .NET.

ediFabric Native

Native supports X12 today, and EDIFACT is coming. When it's available, map version D18A to this Native model with set_map to parse HANMOV 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 HANMOV classes in Python, Java, Node.js, Go, Rust or C

The OpenEDI file describes each HANMOV as JSON. To work with HANMOV data as typed objects, generate classes from the OpenEDI file in your language; the root class is TSHANMOV. 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.

HANMOV structure

Loops and segments of the standard HANMOV, with their usage and maximum repeats.

IDNameUsageMax use
UNHUNHMandatory1
BGMBGMMandatory1
DTMDTMOptional9
HANHANOptional9
FTXFTXOptional9
CNTCNTOptional9
CUXCUXOptional9
Loop TCCTCCOptional9
TCCTCCMandatory1
LOCLOCOptional9
FTXFTXOptional9
CUXCUXOptional9
Loop RFFRFFOptional9
RFFRFFMandatory1
DTMDTMOptional9
Loop STSSTSOptional1
STSSTSMandatory1
DTMDTMOptional9
FTXFTXOptional9
HANHANOptional9
MOAMOAOptional9
Loop NADNADOptional9
NADNADMandatory1
LOCLOCOptional9
DOCDOCOptional9
Loop RFFRFFOptional9
RFFRFFMandatory1
DTMDTMOptional9
Loop CTACTAOptional1
CTACTAMandatory1
COMCOMOptional9
Loop TDTTDTOptional9
TDTTDTMandatory1
Loop STSSTSOptional1
STSSTSMandatory1
LOCLOCOptional9
DTMDTMOptional9
Loop RFFRFFOptional1
RFFRFFMandatory1
DTMDTMOptional9
Loop DOCDOCOptional1
DOCDOCMandatory1
DTMDTMOptional9
Loop TODTODOptional9
TODTODMandatory1
LOCLOCOptional9
Loop LINLINOptional99
LINLINMandatory1
Loop STSSTSOptional1
STSSTSMandatory1
PIAPIAOptional9
IMDIMDOptional99
HANHANOptional9
TCCTCCOptional9
Loop NADNADOptional9
NADNADMandatory1
Loop CTACTAOptional9
CTACTAMandatory1
COMCOMOptional9
MEAMEAOptional9
QTYQTYOptional9
GINGINOptional99
GIRGIROptional99
Loop DTMDTMOptional1
DTMDTMMandatory1
QTYQTYOptional9
FTXFTXOptional9
Loop RFFRFFOptional1
RFFRFFMandatory1
DTMDTMOptional9
LOCLOCOptional9
Loop PACPACOptional1
PACPACMandatory1
MEAMEAOptional9
QTYQTYOptional9
Loop PCIPCIOptional9
PCIPCIMandatory1
GINGINOptional9
Loop GIDGIDOptional9
GIDGIDMandatory1
HANHANOptional9
CSTCSTOptional9
TMPTMPOptional9
RNGRNGOptional9
LOCLOCOptional9
MOAMOAOptional9
PIAPIAOptional9
FTXFTXOptional9
NADNADOptional9
MEAMEAOptional9
DIMDIMOptional9
RFFRFFOptional9
PCIPCIOptional9
Loop DOCDOCOptional9
DOCDOCMandatory1
DTMDTMOptional9
SGPSGPOptional9
TCCTCCOptional9
Loop DGSDGSOptional9
DGSDGSMandatory1
FTXFTXOptional9
MEAMEAOptional9
Loop EQDEQDOptional9
EQDEQDMandatory1
EQNEQNOptional9
SELSELOptional9
EQAEQAOptional99
RFFRFFOptional9
UNTUNTMandatory1