EDI 885 Retail Account Characteristics

This Draft Standard for Trial Use contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Retail Account Characteristics Transaction Set (885) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. This transaction set is used to enable a retailer, wholesaler or broker to provide detailed attributes of a retail store such as store number, size of store, class of trade, product category information, customer demographic information, or marketing, etc. to a trading partner.

Segments

Position

Segment

Name

Max use

Transaction Set Header

Mandatory

AtMax 1

To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number

Name

Mandatory

AtMax 3

To identify a party by type of organization, name, and code

DTM

Date/Time Reference

Mandatory

AtMax 1

To specify pertinent dates and times

PER

Administrative Communications Contact

Opt

AtMax 3

To identify a person or office to whom administrative communications should be directed

0100

LOOP

Mandatory

GT 1

ENT

Entity

Mandatory

AtMax 1

To designate the entities which are parties to a transaction and specify a reference meaningful to those entities

G53

Maintenance Type

Mandatory

AtMax 1

To identify the specific type of item maintenance

DTM

Date/Time Reference

Mandatory

AtMax 1

To specify pertinent dates and times

Additional Name Information

Opt

AtMax 1

To specify additional names or those longer than 35 characters in length

Address Information

Opt

AtMax 2

To specify the location of the named party

Geographic Location

Opt

AtMax 1

To specify the geographic place of the named party

PER

Administrative Communications Contact

Opt

AtMax 3

To identify a person or office to whom administrative communications should be directed

Name

Opt

AtMax 100

To identify a party by type of organization, name, and code

Reference Identification

Opt

AtMax 1

To transmit identifying information as specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier

100

G13

Store Size Attributes

Opt

AtMax 1

To indicate the type and size characteristics of a retail store

110

G18

Store Category Size

Opt

AtMax 30

To identify the shelf size of a department or product category within a retail store

120

G29

Store Display Information

Opt

AtMax 10

To specify product display information for a retail store

130

G30

Retail Account Marketing Types

Opt

AtMax 10

To identify the type and number of marketing equipment or programs in a retail account

132

SPR

Supplier Rating

Opt

AtMax 1

To convey a rating value or score of a trading partner

134

RDI

Retail Account Demographic Information

Opt

GT 1

To report demographic information regarding a retail account

0110

LOOP

Opt

GT 1

138

Code Source Information

Opt

AtMax 1

To transmit standard code list identification information

139

Industry Code

Mandatory

AtMax 10

Code to transmit standard industry codes

140

Transaction Set Trailer

Mandatory

AtMax 1

To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments)

Elements

Position	Element	Name	Requirement	Type	Min/Max	Repeat

1	143	Transaction Set Identifier Code	Mandatory	ID	3/3	1

2	329	Transaction Set Control Number	Mandatory	Alphanumeric	4/9	1

EDI Dictionary

EDI 885 Retail Account Characteristics

Segments

Elements