888 Item Maintenance (005020)
This is the standard X12 005020 spec, with 7 loops and 65 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 888 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 888 files into TS888 objects. See ediFabric .NET.
ediFabric Native
Map version 005020 to the Native model with set_map, then parse 888 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 888 classes in Python, Java, Node.js, Go, Rust or C
ediFabric Native returns each 888 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 TS888. 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.
888 structure
Loops and segments of the standard 888, with their usage and maximum repeats.
| ID | Name | Usage | Max use |
|---|---|---|---|
| ST | Transaction Set Header | Optional | 1 |
| BGN | Beginning Segment | Optional | 1 |
| Loop N1 | Party Identification | Mandatory | >1 |
| N1 | Party Identification | Mandatory | 1 |
| N2 | Additional Name Information | Optional | 1 |
| N3 | Party Location | Optional | 2 |
| N4 | Geographic Location | Optional | 1 |
| N9 | Extended Reference Information | Optional | 10 |
| G61 | Contact | Optional | >1 |
| NTE | Note/Special Instruction | Optional | 20 |
| G93 | Price Bracket Identification | Optional | 50 |
| G62 | Date/Time | Mandatory | 1 |
| LDT | Lead Time | Optional | >1 |
| Loop LM | Code Source Information | Optional | >1 |
| LM | Code Source Information | Mandatory | 1 |
| LQ | Industry Code Identification | Mandatory | 100 |
| Loop G53 | Maintenance Type | Mandatory | >1 |
| G53 | Maintenance Type | Mandatory | 1 |
| G62 | Date/Time | Optional | 3 |
| NTE | Note/Special Instruction | Optional | 20 |
| Loop LX | Transaction Set Line Number | Mandatory | >1 |
| LX | Transaction Set Line Number | Mandatory | 1 |
| G39 | Item Characteristics - Vendor's Selling Unit | Optional | 1 |
| G69 | Line Item Detail - Description | Optional | 5 |
| QTY | Quantity Information | Optional | >1 |
| LIN | Item Identification | Optional | 1 |
| PID | Product/Item Description | Optional | 200 |
| PKG | Marking, Packaging, Loading | Optional | 25 |
| G23 | Terms of Sale | Optional | 10 |
| G62 | Date/Time | Optional | 2 |
| G36 | Price List Reference | Optional | 1 |
| G26 | Pricing Conditions | Optional | 2 |
| G43 | Promotion/Price List Area | Optional | 9999 |
| G24 | Promotion Reference | Optional | 999 |
| G40 | Bracket Price | Optional | 99 |
| G93 | Price Bracket Identification | Optional | 50 |
| G22 | Pre-Pricing Information | Optional | 5 |
| G46 | Promotion Allowance/Charge | Optional | 99 |
| H1 | Hazardous Material | Optional | 5 |
| G54 | Module Description | Optional | 99 |
| N9 | Extended Reference Information | Optional | 10 |
| UIT | Unit Detail | Optional | 10 |
| MEA | Measurements | Optional | 10 |
| TD1 | Carrier Details (Quantity and Weight) | Optional | 1 |
| TD4 | Carrier Details (Special Handling, or Hazardous Materials, or Both) | Optional | >1 |
| LDT | Lead Time | Optional | 1 |
| Loop N1 | Party Identification | Optional | >1 |
| N1 | Party Identification | Mandatory | 1 |
| N2 | Additional Name Information | Optional | 2 |
| N3 | Party Location | Optional | 2 |
| N4 | Geographic Location | Optional | 1 |
| PAL | Pallet Type and Load Characteristics | Optional | >1 |
| G93 | Price Bracket Identification | Optional | 1 |
| QTY | Quantity Information | Optional | 1 |
| Loop G55 | Item Characteristics - Consumer Unit | Optional | >1 |
| G55 | Item Characteristics - Consumer Unit | Mandatory | 1 |
| G69 | Line Item Detail - Description | Optional | 5 |
| QTY | Quantity Information | Optional | 1 |
| LIN | Item Identification | Optional | 1 |
| PID | Product/Item Description | Optional | 200 |
| H1 | Hazardous Material | Optional | 5 |
| REF | Reference Information | Optional | 10 |
| PKG | Marking, Packaging, Loading | Optional | 25 |
| MEA | Measurements | Optional | 10 |
| TD1 | Carrier Details (Quantity and Weight) | Optional | 1 |
| TD4 | Carrier Details (Special Handling, or Hazardous Materials, or Both) | Optional | >1 |
| SLN | Subline Item Detail | Optional | 100 |
| LDT | Lead Time | Optional | 1 |
| Loop LM | Code Source Information | Optional | >1 |
| LM | Code Source Information | Mandatory | 1 |
| LQ | Industry Code Identification | Mandatory | 100 |
| SE | Transaction Set Trailer | Optional | 1 |