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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
*
315
  
Contract
 
C106
DOCUMENT/MESSAGE IDENTIFICATION
 
R
    
 
1004
Document identifier
an..35
R
  
Number of the contract assigned by the sender.
 
1225
Message function code
an..3
R
*
5
  
Replace
7
  
Duplicate
9
  
Original
 
4343
Response type code
an..3
D
*
AC
  
Acknowledge - with detail and change
AI
  
Acknowledge only changes
NA
  
No acknowledgement needed
This segment is used to indicate the type and function of a message and to transmit the identifying number.
Example:
           
Example:
BGM+315+X+9+AC'
Example:
BGM+315+100001+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