846
	Inventory Inquiry/Advice
	Functional Group=IB
This Draft Standard for Trial Use contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Inventory Inquiry/Advice Transaction Set (846) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. The transaction set can be used in the following ways: (1) for a seller of goods and services to provide inventory information to a prospective purchaser, with no obligation to the purchaser to acquire these goods or services; (2) for a representative of a seller of goods and services to supply inventory information to that seller; (3) for one location to supply another location with inventory information; and (4) for an inquiry as to the availability of inventory with no obligation on the seller of goods and services to reserve that inventory.               Heading:   Pos Id Segment Name Req Max Use Repeat Notes Usage                                           010 ST Transaction Set Header M 1   Must use   020 BIA Beginning Segment for Inventory Inquiry/Advice M 1   Must use   040 CUR Currency O 1   Used   050 DTM Date/Time Reference O 10   Used   060 REF Reference Identification O 12   Used   070 PER Administrative Communications Contact O 3   Used   075 MEA Measurements O 20   Used Loop ID - N1 5           080 N1 Name O 1   Used         090 N2 Additional Name Information O 2   Used         100 N3 Address Information O 2   Used         110 N4 Geographic Location O 1   Used         120 REF Reference Identification O 12   Used         130 PER Administrative Communications Contact O 3   Used       Loop ID - LM 10           140 LM Code Source Information O 1   Used         150 LQ Industry Code M 100   Must use       Detail:   Pos Id Segment Name Req Max Use Repeat Notes Usage                                         Loop ID - LIN 10000           010 LIN Item Identification M 1 Must use         030 PID Product/Item Description O 200 Used         040 MEA Measurements O 40 Used         050 PKG Marking, Packaging, Loading O 25 Used         100 DTM Date/Time Reference O 10 Used         110 CTP Pricing Information O 25 Used         120 CUR Currency O 1 Used         130 SAC Service, Promotion, Allowance, or Charge Information O 25 Used         140 REF Reference Identification O >1 Used         150 PER Administrative Communications Contact O 3 Used         220 SDQ Destination Quantity O 500 Used         230 MAN Marks and Numbers O 1 Used         235 UIT Unit Detail O 5 Used         240 CS Contract Summary O 1 Used         250 DD Demand Detail O >1 Used         255 G53 Maintenance Type O 1 Used         256 PCT Percent Amounts O >1 Used         257 LDT Lead Time O 12 Used       Loop ID - LM 10               260 LM Code Source Information O 1   Used             270 LQ Industry Code M 100   Must use           Loop ID - SLN 1000               280 SLN Subline Item Detail O 1   Used             290 PID Product/Item Description O 200   Used             300 MEA Measurements O 40   Used             310 PKG Marking, Packaging, Loading O 25   Used           Loop ID - MAN 100                   312 MAN Marks and Numbers O 1   Used                 314 MEA Measurements O 40   Used               Loop ID - QTY 99               320 QTY Quantity O 1   Used             330 UIT Unit Detail O 12   Used             340 MEA Measurements O 25   Used             350 LDT Lead Time O 12   Used             355 DTM Date/Time Reference O 10   Used           Loop ID - SCH 25                   360 SCH Line Item Schedule O 1   Used                 370 MEA Measurements O 25   Used               Loop ID - LM >1                   375 LM Code Source Information O 1   Used                 376 LQ Industry Code M 100   Must use                 380 LS Loop Header O 1   Used           Loop ID - REF >1                   390 REF Reference Identification O 1 N2/390 Used                 400 DTM Date/Time Reference O >1   Used                 410 N1 Name O 1   Used               Loop ID - LM 10                       420 LM Code Source Information O 1   Used                     430 LQ Industry Code M 100   Must use                     440 LE Loop Trailer O 1   Used           Loop ID - N1 200               450 N1 Name O 1   Used             460 N2 Additional Name Information O 2   Used             470 N3 Address Information O 2   Used             480 N4 Geographic Location O 1   Used             490 REF Reference Identification O 12   Used             500 PER Administrative Communications Contact O 3   Used           Summary:   Pos Id Segment Name Req Max Use Repeat Notes Usage                                           010 CTT Transaction Totals O 1 N3/010 Used   020 SE Transaction Set Trailer M 1   Must use

Notes:

2/390	The REF loop conveys serial number, lot number, and inventory data.
3/010	Number of line items (CTT01) is the accumulation of number of LIN segments. If used, hash total (CTT02) is the sum of the values of the quantities (QTY02) of each QTY segment.