873 Commodity Movement Services (004050)
This is the standard X12 004050 spec, with 5 loops and 28 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 873 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 873 files into TS873 objects. See ediFabric .NET.
ediFabric Native
Map version 004050 to the Native model with set_map, then parse 873 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 873 classes in Python, Java, Node.js, Go, Rust or C
ediFabric Native returns each 873 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 TS873. 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.
873 structure
Loops and segments of the standard 873, with their usage and maximum repeats.
| ID | Name | Usage | Max use |
|---|---|---|---|
| ST | Transaction Set Header | Optional | 1 |
| BGN | Beginning Segment | Mandatory | 1 |
| REF | Reference Information | Optional | 1 |
| DTM | Date/Time Reference | Optional | 3 |
| Loop N1 | Party Identification | Mandatory | >1 |
| N1 | Party Identification | Mandatory | 1 |
| N3 | Party Location | Optional | 2 |
| N4 | Geographic Location | Optional | 1 |
| REF | Reference Information | Optional | >1 |
| PER | Administrative Communications Contact | Optional | 3 |
| Loop DTM | Date/Time Reference | Mandatory | >1 |
| DTM | Date/Time Reference | Mandatory | 1 |
| N9 | Extended Reference Information | Optional | >1 |
| LQ | Industry Code Identification | Optional | >1 |
| LCD | Place/Location Description | Optional | 1 |
| MEA | Measurements | Optional | 1 |
| QTY | Quantity Information | Optional | 1 |
| AMT | Monetary Amount Information | Optional | 1 |
| Loop CS | Contract Summary | Optional | 1 |
| CS | Contract Summary | Mandatory | 1 |
| N1 | Party Identification | Optional | >1 |
| Loop SLN | Subline Item Detail | Mandatory | >1 |
| SLN | Subline Item Detail | Mandatory | 1 |
| LQ | Industry Code Identification | Optional | >1 |
| N9 | Extended Reference Information | Optional | >1 |
| QTY | Quantity Information | Optional | >1 |
| Loop N1 | Party Identification | Optional | >1 |
| N1 | Party Identification | Mandatory | 1 |
| LCD | Place/Location Description | Optional | 1 |
| N9 | Extended Reference Information | Optional | >1 |
| LQ | Industry Code Identification | Optional | >1 |
| QTY | Quantity Information | Optional | >1 |
| SE | Transaction Set Trailer | Optional | 1 |