540 Notice of Employment Status (004040)
This is the standard X12 004040 spec, with 3 loops and 25 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 540 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 540 files into TS540 objects. See ediFabric .NET.
ediFabric Native
Map version 004040 to the Native model with set_map, then parse 540 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 540 classes in Python, Java, Node.js, Go, Rust or C
ediFabric Native returns each 540 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 TS540. 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.
540 structure
Loops and segments of the standard 540, with their usage and maximum repeats.
| ID | Name | Usage | Max use |
|---|---|---|---|
| ST | Transaction Set Header | Optional | 1 |
| BGN | Beginning Segment | Mandatory | 1 |
| Loop N1 | Name | Optional | >1 |
| N1 | Name | Mandatory | 1 |
| N2 | Additional Name Information | Optional | 2 |
| N3 | Address Information | Optional | 2 |
| N4 | Geographic Location | Optional | 1 |
| PER | Administrative Communications Contact | Optional | >1 |
| REF | Reference Identification | Optional | >1 |
| Loop NM1 | Individual or Organizational Name | Mandatory | >1 |
| NM1 | Individual or Organizational Name | Mandatory | 1 |
| N2 | Additional Name Information | Optional | 2 |
| N3 | Address Information | Optional | 2 |
| N4 | Geographic Location | Optional | 1 |
| PER | Administrative Communications Contact | Optional | >1 |
| REF | Reference Identification | Optional | >1 |
| Loop ENT | Entity | Mandatory | >1 |
| ENT | Entity | Mandatory | 1 |
| IN2 | Individual Name Structure Components | Optional | >1 |
| N3 | Address Information | Optional | 2 |
| N4 | Geographic Location | Optional | >1 |
| REF | Reference Identification | Optional | >1 |
| YNQ | Yes/No Question | Optional | 10 |
| DTM | Date/Time Reference | Optional | >1 |
| HD | Health Coverage | Optional | 1 |
| EMS | Employment Position | Optional | 1 |
| PAM | Period Amount | Optional | >1 |
| SE | Transaction Set Trailer | Optional | 1 |