X12 861 Receiving Advice

The EDI 861 transaction set is an electronic version of a Receiving Advice/Acceptance Certificate. This transaction can be used to report the receipt of shipments or as a formal acceptance of returned defective items. In the case of third-party receiving, such as a drop-shipment, the sender may transmit an 861 to report to the purchaser that the shipment was received. Beyond a simple receipt acknowledgment, the 861 transaction set can provide notification of the disposition of the shipment as it was received, including:

• All or a portion of a shipment was received
• There is a discrepancy in the content receive vs. ordered
• Item received is damaged
• All or a portion of the shipment was not received

X12 861 Specification

X12 861 specification is available at:

• EDI Webpad

X12 861 Code Example

X12 861 code example is available at:

• EDI Tools for .NET X12 861 parse & generate C# example

X12 861 Sample File

ISA*00*          *00*          *16*SENDER1        *14*RECEIVER1      *071216*1406*U*00204*000000263*1*T*>~
GS*IN*SENDER1*RECEIVER1*20071216*1406*000000001*X*004010~
ST*861*0002~
BRA*C000548241*20090224*00*3~
DTM*050*20090102*0855*ET~
N1*SU**92*43677~
RCD******1*EA*09~
LIN**BP*U0070062~
REF*ACC*A~
DTM*945*20090102*0855*ET~
SE*9*0002~
GE*2*000000001~
IEA*1*000000263~