JINFDE Job information demand message (D18A)

This is the standard EDIFACT D18A spec, with 9 loops and 30 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 (56 KB) Generate classes

The ediFabric .NET template, class TSJINFDE. 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 JINFDE 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 JINFDE files into TSJINFDE 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 JINFDE 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 JINFDE classes in Python, Java, Node.js, Go, Rust or C

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

JINFDE structure

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

ID	Name	Usage	Max use
UNH	UNH	Mandatory	1
BGM	BGM	Mandatory	1
DTM	DTM	Mandatory	2
Loop PNA	PNA	Mandatory	9
PNA	PNA	Mandatory	1
ADR	ADR	Optional	1
LOC	LOC	Optional	5
DTM	DTM	Optional	5
Loop CTA	CTA	Optional	5
CTA	CTA	Mandatory	1
COM	COM	Optional	5
Loop RFF	RFF	Optional	5
RFF	RFF	Mandatory	1
DTM	DTM	Optional	5
Loop GEI	GEI	Optional	5
GEI	GEI	Mandatory	1
FTX	FTX	Optional	1
UNS	UNS	Mandatory	1
Loop RFF	RFF	Mandatory	999
RFF	RFF	Mandatory	1
Loop PNA	PNA	Mandatory	999
PNA	PNA	Mandatory	1
ADR	ADR	Optional	1
LOC	LOC	Optional	2
DTM	DTM	Optional	5
NAT	NAT	Optional	9
PDI	PDI	Optional	1
DOC	DOC	Optional	9
Loop CTA	CTA	Optional	5
CTA	CTA	Mandatory	1
COM	COM	Optional	5
Loop RFF	RFF	Optional	5
RFF	RFF	Mandatory	1
DTM	DTM	Optional	5
FTX	FTX	Mandatory	30
Loop GEI	GEI	Optional	30
GEI	GEI	Mandatory	1
FTX	FTX	Optional	1
UNT	UNT	Mandatory	1