517 Material Obligation Validation (005050)

This is the standard X12 005050 spec, with 6 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.

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The spec as an OpenAPI 3 schema with x-openedi-* extensions, for ediFabric Native, ediFabric Cloud and the EDI Spec Builder. Download OpenEDI (69 KB) Generate classes

The ediFabric .NET template, class TS517. It needs the common segments, composites and codes of X12 005050, one download for every transaction in the version. Download C# (1 KB) Common files (271 KB)

The intermediary model ediFabric Native loads with set_map. Download Native (50 KB)

Use the 517 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 517 files into TS517 objects. See ediFabric .NET.

ediFabric Native

Map version 005050 to the Native model with set_map, then parse 517 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 517 classes in Python, Java, Node.js, Go, Rust or C

ediFabric Native returns each 517 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 TS517. 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.

517 structure

Loops and segments of the standard 517, with their usage and maximum repeats.

ID	Name	Usage	Max use
ST	Transaction Set Header	Optional	1
BR	Beginning Segment for Material Management	Mandatory	1
G62	Date/Time	Optional	10
Loop LM	Code Source Information	Optional	10
LM	Code Source Information	Mandatory	1
LQ	Industry Code Identification	Mandatory	100
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
G61	Contact	Optional	5
Loop QTY	Quantity Information	Optional	>1
QTY	Quantity Information	Mandatory	1
N9	Extended Reference Information	Optional	30
G62	Date/Time	Optional	30
DD	Demand Detail	Optional	100
GF	Furnished Goods and Services	Optional	1
Loop LM	Code Source Information	Optional	10
LM	Code Source Information	Mandatory	1
LQ	Industry Code Identification	Mandatory	100
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
G61	Contact	Optional	5
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