857 Shipment and Billing Notice (005020)
This is the standard X12 005020 spec, with 16 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 857 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 857 files into TS857 objects. See ediFabric .NET.
ediFabric Native
Map version 005020 to the Native model with set_map, then parse 857 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 857 classes in Python, Java, Node.js, Go, Rust or C
ediFabric Native returns each 857 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 TS857. 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.
For a sample file, the same data as JSON, and code to parse, validate and generate the 857, see the 857 transaction guide.
857 structure
Loops and segments of the standard 857, with their usage and maximum repeats.
| ID | Name | Usage | Max use |
|---|---|---|---|
| ST | Transaction Set Header | Optional | 1 |
| BHT | Beginning of Hierarchical Transaction | Mandatory | 1 |
| Loop HL | Hierarchical Level | Mandatory | >1 |
| HL | Hierarchical Level | Mandatory | 1 |
| Loop G05 | Total Shipment Information | Optional | 1 |
| G05 | Total Shipment Information | Mandatory | 1 |
| TD1 | Carrier Details (Quantity and Weight) | Optional | 5 |
| TD3 | Carrier Details (Equipment) | Optional | 5 |
| TD4 | Carrier Details (Special Handling, or Hazardous Materials, or Both) | Optional | 5 |
| TD5 | Carrier Details (Routing Sequence/Transit Time) | Optional | 10 |
| FOB | F.O.B. Related Instructions | Optional | 1 |
| DTM | Date/Time Reference | Optional | 5 |
| N9 | Extended Reference Information | Optional | 20 |
| PER | Administrative Communications Contact | Optional | 5 |
| CUR | Currency | Optional | 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 |
| Loop LM | Code Source Information | Optional | >1 |
| LM | Code Source Information | Mandatory | 1 |
| LQ | Industry Code Identification | Mandatory | >1 |
| Loop TDS | Total Monetary Value Summary | Optional | 1 |
| TDS | Total Monetary Value Summary | Mandatory | 1 |
| PRF | Purchase Order Reference | Optional | 1 |
| N9 | Extended Reference Information | Optional | >1 |
| DTM | Date/Time Reference | Optional | 10 |
| ITD | Terms of Sale/Deferred Terms of Sale | Optional | 5 |
| TXI | Tax Information | Optional | 10 |
| SN1 | Item Detail (Shipment) | Optional | 1 |
| ISS | Invoice Shipment Summary | Optional | 1 |
| Loop SAC | Service, Promotion, Allowance, or Charge Information | Optional | 25 |
| SAC | Service, Promotion, Allowance, or Charge Information | Mandatory | 1 |
| TXI | Tax Information | Optional | 10 |
| 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 |
| Loop FA1 | Type of Financial Accounting Data | Optional | >1 |
| FA1 | Type of Financial Accounting Data | Mandatory | 1 |
| FA2 | Accounting Data | Mandatory | >1 |
| Loop PAL | Pallet Type and Load Characteristics | Optional | 1 |
| PAL | Pallet Type and Load Characteristics | Mandatory | 1 |
| SN1 | Item Detail (Shipment) | Optional | 1 |
| MAN | Marks and Numbers Information | Optional | 10 |
| Loop LX | Transaction Set Line Number | Optional | 1 |
| LX | Transaction Set Line Number | Mandatory | 1 |
| N9 | Extended Reference Information | Optional | 15 |
| SN1 | Item Detail (Shipment) | Optional | 1 |
| PO4 | Item Physical Details | Optional | 1 |
| MEA | Measurements | Optional | 10 |
| PKG | Marking, Packaging, Loading | Optional | 10 |
| MAN | Marks and Numbers Information | Optional | 10 |
| Loop IT1 | Baseline Item Data (Invoice) | Optional | 1 |
| IT1 | Baseline Item Data (Invoice) | Mandatory | 1 |
| IT3 | Additional Item Data | Optional | 1 |
| PO4 | Item Physical Details | Optional | 1 |
| TD4 | Carrier Details (Special Handling, or Hazardous Materials, or Both) | Optional | >1 |
| TC2 | Commodity | Optional | 5 |
| TXI | Tax Information | Optional | 10 |
| CTP | Pricing Information | Optional | 10 |
| N9 | Extended Reference Information | Optional | 10 |
| MEA | Measurements | Optional | 10 |
| DTM | Date/Time Reference | Optional | 10 |
| ITD | Terms of Sale/Deferred Terms of Sale | Optional | >1 |
| Loop PID | Product/Item Description | Optional | 25 |
| PID | Product/Item Description | Mandatory | 1 |
| MEA | Measurements | Optional | 10 |
| Loop SLN | Subline Item Detail | Optional | 1000 |
| SLN | Subline Item Detail | Mandatory | 1 |
| PID | Product/Item Description | Optional | 25 |
| Loop SAC | Service, Promotion, Allowance, or Charge Information | Optional | 25 |
| SAC | Service, Promotion, Allowance, or Charge Information | Mandatory | 1 |
| TXI | Tax Information | Optional | 10 |
| Loop LM | Code Source Information | Optional | >1 |
| LM | Code Source Information | Mandatory | 1 |
| LQ | Industry Code Identification | Mandatory | >1 |
| Loop FA1 | Type of Financial Accounting Data | Optional | >1 |
| FA1 | Type of Financial Accounting Data | Mandatory | 1 |
| FA2 | Accounting Data | Mandatory | >1 |
| SE | Transaction Set Trailer | Optional | 1 |