940 Warehouse Shipping Order (004050)
This is the standard X12 004050 spec, with 12 loops and 67 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 940 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 940 files into TS940 objects. See ediFabric .NET.
ediFabric Native
Map version 004050 to the Native model with set_map, then parse 940 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 940 classes in Python, Java, Node.js, Go, Rust or C
ediFabric Native returns each 940 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 TS940. 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.
940 structure
Loops and segments of the standard 940, with their usage and maximum repeats.
| ID | Name | Usage | Max use |
|---|---|---|---|
| ST | Transaction Set Header | Optional | 1 |
| W05 | Shipping Order Identification | Mandatory | 1 |
| Loop N1 | Party Identification | Optional | 10 |
| N1 | Party Identification | Mandatory | 1 |
| N2 | Additional Name Information | Optional | 2 |
| N3 | Party Location | Optional | 2 |
| N4 | Geographic Location | Optional | 1 |
| PER | Administrative Communications Contact | Optional | 5 |
| N9 | Extended Reference Information | Optional | 10 |
| G61 | Contact | Optional | 3 |
| G62 | Date/Time | Optional | 10 |
| NTE | Note/Special Instruction | Optional | >1 |
| W09 | Equipment and Temperature | Optional | 1 |
| W66 | Warehouse Carrier Information | Optional | 1 |
| W6 | W62 | Optional | 5 |
| R2 | Route Information | Optional | 13 |
| BNX | Rail Shipment Information | Optional | 1 |
| Loop TD3 | Carrier Details (Equipment) | Optional | 1 |
| TD3 | Carrier Details (Equipment) | Mandatory | 1 |
| AT9 | Trailer or Container Dimension and Weight | Optional | 1 |
| Loop LM | Code Source Information | Optional | 10 |
| LM | Code Source Information | Mandatory | 1 |
| LQ | Industry Code Identification | Mandatory | 100 |
| Loop LX | Transaction Set Line Number | Optional | >1 |
| LX | Transaction Set Line Number | Mandatory | 1 |
| MAN | Marks and Numbers | Optional | >1 |
| SDQ | Destination Quantity | Optional | >1 |
| N1 | Party Identification | Optional | 1 |
| G62 | Date/Time | Optional | 10 |
| N9 | Extended Reference Information | Optional | >1 |
| Loop W01 | Line Item Detail - Warehouse | Optional | >1 |
| W01 | Line Item Detail - Warehouse | Mandatory | 1 |
| G69 | Line Item Detail - Description | Optional | 5 |
| N9 | Extended Reference Information | Optional | 200 |
| NTE | Note/Special Instruction | Optional | >1 |
| W20 | Line Item Detail - Packing | Optional | 3 |
| QTY | Quantity Information | Optional | 10 |
| AMT | Monetary Amount Information | Optional | >1 |
| G62 | Date/Time | Optional | 10 |
| G66 | Transportation Instructions | Optional | 1 |
| Loop N1 | Party Identification | Optional | >1 |
| N1 | Party Identification | Mandatory | 1 |
| N2 | Additional Name Information | Optional | 1 |
| N3 | Party Location | Optional | 1 |
| N4 | Geographic Location | Optional | 1 |
| PER | Administrative Communications Contact | Optional | 5 |
| LH2 | Hazardous Classification Information | Optional | 6 |
| LHR | Hazardous Material Identifying Reference Numbers | Optional | 1 |
| LH6 | Hazardous Certification | Optional | 5 |
| Loop LM | Code Source Information | Optional | 10 |
| LM | Code Source Information | Mandatory | 1 |
| LQ | Industry Code Identification | Mandatory | 100 |
| Loop LS | Loop Header | Optional | 1 |
| LS | Loop Header | Mandatory | 1 |
| Loop LX | Transaction Set Line Number | Optional | >1 |
| LX | Transaction Set Line Number | Mandatory | 1 |
| N9 | Extended Reference Information | Optional | >1 |
| G62 | Date/Time | Optional | 10 |
| N1 | Party Identification | Optional | 1 |
| SDQ | Destination Quantity | Optional | >1 |
| Loop LM | Code Source Information | Optional | 10 |
| LM | Code Source Information | Mandatory | 1 |
| LQ | Industry Code Identification | Mandatory | 100 |
| Loop LH1 | Hazardous Identification Information | Optional | >1 |
| LH1 | Hazardous Identification Information | Mandatory | 1 |
| LH2 | Hazardous Classification Information | Optional | 4 |
| LH3 | Hazardous Material Shipping Name | Optional | 10 |
| LFH | Freeform Hazardous Material Information | Optional | 20 |
| LEP | EPA Required Data | Optional | 3 |
| LH4 | Canadian Dangerous Requirements | Optional | 1 |
| LHT | Transborder Hazardous Requirements | Optional | 3 |
| LHR | Hazardous Material Identifying Reference Numbers | Optional | 5 |
| PER | Administrative Communications Contact | Optional | 5 |
| LE | Loop Trailer | Mandatory | 1 |
| Loop FA1 | Type of Financial Accounting Data | Optional | >1 |
| FA1 | Type of Financial Accounting Data | Mandatory | 1 |
| FA2 | Accounting Data | Mandatory | >1 |
| W76 | Total Shipping Order | Optional | 1 |
| SE | Transaction Set Trailer | Optional | 1 |