DESADV Despatch advice message (D96A)

This is the standard EANCOM D96A spec, with 20 loops and 49 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 (56 KB) Generate classes

The ediFabric .NET template, class TSDESADV. It needs the common segments, composites and codes of EANCOM D96A, one download for every transaction in the version. Download C# (1 KB) Common files (52 KB)

The intermediary model ediFabric Native loads with set_map. Native supports X12 today, and EANCOM is coming. Download Native (1 KB)

Use the DESADV 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 DESADV files into TSDESADV objects. See ediFabric .NET.

ediFabric Native

Native supports X12 today, and EANCOM is coming. When it's available, map version D96A to this Native model with set_map to parse DESADV files to JSON from Python, Java, C or C#. See ediFabric Native.

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 DESADV classes in Python, Java, Node.js, Go, Rust or C

The OpenEDI file describes each DESADV as JSON. To work with DESADV data as typed objects, generate classes from the OpenEDI file in your language; the root class is TSDESADV. The classes keep the loops, segments, lengths and code lists, but not the EDI data formats. Read more in Generate a class from OpenEDI.

Python: datamodel-code-generator. Node.js: openapi-typescript. Java, Go, Rust and C: OpenAPI Generator.

For a sample file, the same data as JSON, and code to parse, validate and generate the DESADV, see the DESADV transaction guide.

DESADV structure

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

ID	Name	Usage	Max use
UNH	Message Header	Optional	1
BGM	BGM	Mandatory	1
DTM	DTM	Optional	10
Loop RFF	RFF	Optional	10
RFF	RFF	Mandatory	1
DTM	DTM	Optional	1
Loop NAD	NAD	Optional	10
NAD	NAD	Mandatory	1
Loop RFF	RFF	Optional	10
RFF	RFF	Mandatory	1
Loop CTA	CTA	Optional	10
CTA	CTA	Mandatory	1
COM	COMMUNICATION CONTACT	Optional	5
Loop TOD	TOD	Optional	10
TOD	TOD	Mandatory	1
LOC	LOC	Optional	5
Loop TDT	TDT	Optional	10
TDT	TDT	Mandatory	1
Loop LOC	LOC	Optional	10
LOC	LOC	Mandatory	1
Loop EQD	EQD	Optional	10
EQD	EQD	Mandatory	1
MEA	MEA	Optional	5
SEL	SEL	Optional	25
Loop CPS	CONSIGNMENT PACKING SEQUENCE	Optional	9999
CPS	CONSIGNMENT PACKING SEQUENCE	Mandatory	1
Loop PAC	PAC	Optional	9999
PAC	PAC	Mandatory	1
MEA	MEA	Optional	10
QTY	QTY	Optional	10
Loop HAN	HANDLING INSTRUCTIONS	Optional	10
HAN	HANDLING INSTRUCTIONS	Mandatory	1
Loop PCI	PACKAGE IDENTIFICATION	Optional	1000
PCI	PACKAGE IDENTIFICATION	Mandatory	1
RFF	RFF	Optional	1
DTM	DTM	Optional	5
Loop GIN	GOODS IDENTITY NUMBER	Optional	99
GIN	GOODS IDENTITY NUMBER	Mandatory	1
Loop LIN	LIN	Optional	9999
LIN	LIN	Mandatory	1
PIA	PIA	Optional	10
IMD	IMD	Optional	25
MEA	MEA	Optional	10
QTY	QTY	Optional	10
DLM	DELIVERY LIMITATIONS	Optional	100
DTM	DTM	Optional	5
FTX	FTX	Optional	5
Loop RFF	RFF	Optional	10
RFF	RFF	Mandatory	1
DTM	DTM	Optional	1
Loop LOC	LOC	Optional	100
LOC	LOC	Mandatory	1
DTM	DTM	Optional	1
QTY	QTY	Optional	10
Loop PCI	PACKAGE IDENTIFICATION	Optional	9999
PCI	PACKAGE IDENTIFICATION	Mandatory	1
DTM	DTM	Optional	5
MEA	MEA	Optional	10
QTY	QTY	Optional	1
Loop GIN	GOODS IDENTITY NUMBER	Optional	10
GIN	GOODS IDENTITY NUMBER	Mandatory	1
DLM	DELIVERY LIMITATIONS	Optional	100
Loop HAN	HANDLING INSTRUCTIONS	Optional	10
HAN	HANDLING INSTRUCTIONS	Mandatory	1
Loop QVR	QVR	Optional	10
QVR	QVR	Mandatory	1
DTM	DTM	Optional	5
CNT	CNT	Optional	5
UNT	Message Trailer	Optional	1