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No
Seg
St
Max. Occ.
                                               
4
BGM
M
1
Beginning of message
 
To indicate the type and function of a message and to transmit the identifying number.
Business Term
DE
EDIFACT
Format
St
*
Description
 
C002
DOCUMENT/MESSAGE NAME
 
R
    
 
1001
Document name code
an..3
R
*
719
  
General message
 
1131
Code list identification code
an..17
N
    
 
3055
Code list responsible agency code
an..3
R
*
9
  
GS1
 
1000
Document name
an..35
O
    
 
C106
DOCUMENT/MESSAGE IDENTIFICATION
 
R
    
 
1004
Document identifier
an..35
R
  
General Message Number assigned by the sender
 
1225
Message function code
an..3
R
*
9
  
Original
 
4343
Response type code
an..3
D
  
AC
  
Acknowledge - with detail and change
AI
  
Acknowledge only changes
NA
  
No acknowledgement needed
This DE is used if the general message issuer wishes to explicitly indicate whether an acknowledgement is required or not.
This segment is used to indicate the type and function of a message and to transmit the identifying number.
All references other than the document number DE 1004 are in the RFF segment.
Example:
           
Example:
BGM+719::9:A+1+9+AA'
Example:
BGM+719::9+GE282+9'
                                                   
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Max. Occ. = Maximum Occurrence, St = Status, * = Restricted Codes
Status: M=Mandatory, R=Required, O=Optional, C=Conditional, D=Dependent, A=Advised, N=Not used