868 Electronic Form Structure (006040)

This is the standard X12 006040 spec, with 6 loops and 23 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 (35 KB) Generate classes

The ediFabric .NET template, class TS868. It needs the common segments, composites and codes of X12 006040, one download for every transaction in the version. Download C# (1 KB) Common files (229 KB)

The intermediary model ediFabric Native loads with set_map. Download Native (28 KB)

Use the 868 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 868 files into TS868 objects. See ediFabric .NET.

ediFabric Native

Map version 006040 to the Native model with set_map, then parse 868 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 868 classes in Python, Java, Node.js, Go, Rust or C

ediFabric Native returns each 868 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 TS868. 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.

868 structure

Loops and segments of the standard 868, with their usage and maximum repeats.

ID	Name	Usage	Max use
ST	Transaction Set Header	Mandatory	1
E01	E01	Mandatory	1
DMI	DMI	Optional	100
E03	E03	Optional	100
MSG	MSG	Optional	1000
Loop E10	E10	Optional	1000
E10	E10	Mandatory	1
E13	E13	Optional	1000
Loop E20	E20	Optional	1000
E20	E20	Mandatory	1
E22	E22	Optional	100
E24	E24	Optional	100
Loop E41	E41	Optional	2000
E41	E41	Mandatory	1
E22	E22	Optional	100
E24	E24	Optional	100
Loop E30	E30	Optional	2000
E30	E30	Mandatory	1
DAI	DAI	Optional	10
QTY	QTY	Optional	1
Loop E34	E34	Optional	100000
E34	E34	Mandatory	1
DDI	DDI	Optional	20
DAI	DAI	Optional	5
Loop E40	E40	Optional	10000
E40	E40	Mandatory	1
DMI	DMI	Optional	100
DDI	DDI	Optional	1000
SE	Transaction Set Trailer	Mandatory	1