217 Motor Carrier Loading and Route Guide (004020)

This is the standard X12 004020 spec, with 6 loops and 27 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 (33 KB) Generate classes

The ediFabric .NET template, class TS217. It needs the common segments, composites and codes of X12 004020, one download for every transaction in the version. Download C# (1 KB) Common files (254 KB)

The intermediary model ediFabric Native loads with set_map. Download Native (25 KB)

Use the 217 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 217 files into TS217 objects. See ediFabric .NET.

ediFabric Native

Map version 004020 to the Native model with set_map, then parse 217 files to JSON from Python, Java, C or C#. See Convert between EDI and JSON.

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 217 classes in Python, Java, Node.js, Go, Rust or C

ediFabric Native returns each 217 as JSON, with the property names of the OpenEDI schema. To work with that JSON as typed objects, generate classes from the OpenEDI file in your language and deserialize the JSON into TS217. Serialize the objects back to JSON to build EDI with ediFabric Native. The classes keep the loops, segments, lengths and code lists, but not the EDI data formats, so validate files with ediFabric Native. Read more in Generate a class from OpenEDI.

Python: datamodel-code-generator. Node.js: openapi-typescript. Java, Go, Rust and C: OpenAPI Generator.

217 structure

Loops and segments of the standard 217, with their usage and maximum repeats.

ID	Name	Usage	Max use
ST	Transaction Set Header	Optional	1
BLR	Transportation Carrier Identification	Mandatory	1
Loop N1	Name	Optional	999999
N1	Name	Mandatory	1
N3	Address Information	Optional	2
N4	Geographic Location	Optional	1
N9	Reference Identification	Optional	1
G61	Contact	Optional	1
Loop LS	Loop Header	Optional	1
LS	Loop Header	Mandatory	1
Loop N1	Name	Optional	999999
N1	Name	Mandatory	1
GY	Geography	Optional	9999
N4	Geographic Location	Optional	9999
Loop LS	Loop Header	Optional	1
LS	Loop Header	Mandatory	1
Loop LX	Assigned Number	Optional	999999
LX	Assigned Number	Mandatory	1
N1	Name	Optional	3
GY	Geography	Optional	9999
N4	Geographic Location	Optional	9999
SV	Service Description	Mandatory	1
RST	Carrier Restriction	Optional	10
LE	Loop Trailer	Mandatory	1
LE	Loop Trailer	Mandatory	1
Loop LX	Assigned Number	Optional	999999
LX	Assigned Number	Mandatory	1
N1	Name	Optional	2
GY	Geography	Optional	9999
N4	Geographic Location	Optional	9999
SV	Service Description	Optional	1
RST	Carrier Restriction	Optional	10
SE	Transaction Set Trailer	Optional	1