| Version: | D |
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| Release: | 99B |
| Contr. Agency: | UN |
| Revision: | 2 |
| Date: | 1999-09-11 |
| SOURCE: | Western European EDIFACT Board - MD1 |
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For general information on UN standard message types see UN Trade Data Interchange Directory, UNTDID, Part 4, Section 2.3, UN/ECE UNSM General Introduction |
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This message also occurs in the following versions of this standard: D97A, D97B, D98A, D98B, D99A, D99B, D00A, D00B, D01A, D01B, D01C, D02A, D02B, D03A, D03B, D04A, D04B |
This specification provides the definition of the Product inquiry message (PROINQ) to be used in Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) between trading partners involved in administration, commerce and transport.
A message enabling the sender to inquire on a product or a group of products from a master product catalog or file according to criteria defined in the message.
The Product inquiry message may be used for both national and international applications. It is based on universal practice related to administration, commerce and transport, and is not dependent on the type of business or industry.
The message usually relates to a manufacturer and/or a supplier of goods and a buyer, or their respective agents.
The buyer may specify in the message the attributes of a product or group of products for which additional information is required. This will allow a manufacturer and/or supplier to send the requester only information for those products the requester is specifically interested in rather than the entire product catalogue.
The Product inquiry message may request information in order to:
The response to a product inquiry message will be either a Price/sales catalogue (PRICAT) or Product data message (PRODAT).
PROINQ shall not be used to request a code.
See UNTDID, Part 4, Chapter 2.3 UN/ECE UNSM - General Introduction, Section 1.
See UNTDID, Part 4, Chapter 2.3 UN/ECE UNSM - General Introduction, Section 2.
This section should be read in conjunction with the segment table which indicates mandatory, conditional and repeating requirements.
The following guidelines and principles apply to the whole message and are intended to facilitate the understanding and implementation of the message:
Information to be provided in the Header section:
A service segment starting and uniquely identifying a message. The message type code for the Product inquiry message is PROINQ.
Note: Product inquiry messages conforming to this document must contain the following data in segment UNH, composite S009:
| Data element | 0065 | PROINQ |
| 0052 | D | |
| 0054 | 99B | |
| 0051 | UN |
A segment by which the sender must uniquely identify the Product inquiry message by means of its number.
A segment specifying general dates and, when relevant, times related to the whole message. The Product Inquiry message preparation date must be specified using this segment.
A segment identifying the currency in which all product prices are expressed in the Product inquiry message.
A group of segments identifying the parties with associated information relevant to the whole Product inquiry message.
A segment identifying names and addresses of the parties, in coded or clear form, and their functions relevant to the Product inquiry message. Identification of the requesting party and the party asked for information is mandatory for the Product inquiry message. It is recommended that where possible only the coded form of the party ID should be specified e.g. the sender and receiver of the report are known to each other, thus only the coded ID is required, but when a new address might have to be clearly specified, this should be done preferably in structured format.
A group of segments giving contact details of the specific person or department within the party identified in NAD segment.
A segment to identify a person or department, and their function, to whom communications should be directed.
A segment to identify a communications type and number for the contact specified in the CTA segment.
A group of segments for giving references and where necessary, their dates, relating to the whole message e.g. contract number.
A segment identifying the reference by its number and where appropriate a line number within the document.
A segment specifying the date and/or time related to the reference.
Information to be provided in the Detail section:
0130 Segment group 4: LIN-SG5-SG6 A group of segments identifying the product or attributes of the product for which information is required.
A segment specifying the inquiry request line and if available, the identification of the product or service for which the inquiry is being made.
A group of segments providing product characteristics and values or measurements associated with the characteristics. Repeating CCI segments provide additional characteristics e.g. colour, size, pattern (AND linkage). Repeating CCI segments provide a choice of characteristic values (OR linkage).
A segment to identify a product characteristic and/or the characteristic name and characteristic relevance for the business process.
A segment to specify product characteristic by value in either coded form or in free format.
A segment indicating characteristic values being physical measurements (including measurable quantities and percentages) related to specific product characteristic (e.g. voltage, percentage of material contained) and where relevant measurement ranges. The MEA segment is repeatable to allow the indication of a number of applicable measurable values, for example one electric appliance may be suitable for different voltages: 110V, 220V, 240V and 380V.
A group of segments specifying the type of requested information and optionally product identification(s), measurements, parties related to the product, dates and price ranges.
A segment specifying the type of information requested by the Product inquiry message, e.g. a price/sales catalogue, allowances and charges information, delivery lead times, etc.
A segment providing either additional identification to the product specified in the LIN segment or providing a substitute product identification.
A segment for describing the product or service inquired. This segment should be used for products that cannot be fully identified by an article number.
A segment specifying the physical measurements for a product.
A segment identifying the name and address of a party related to the product for which an inquiry is being made, e.g. supplier, ultimate customer, etc.
A segment specifying product or price group information requested for the current product.
A segment identifying relevant dates or periods for a product, e.g. availability date, lead time, delivery date, etc.
A group of segments providing pricing information and price ranges for the product identified in the detail section.
A segment to specify the price type and amount, e.g. proposed purchase price, suggested retail price, etc.
A segment providing range information related to prices, e.g. price range between 1000 - 1500 BEF.
A service segment ending a message, giving the total number of segments in the message (including the UNH & UNT) and the control reference number of the message.
| BGM | Beginning of message | |
| CAV | Characteristic value | |
| CCI | Characteristic/class id | |
| COM | Communication contact | |
| CTA | Contact information | |
| CUX | Currencies | |
| DTM | Date/time/period | |
| IMD | Item description | |
| IRQ | Information required | |
| LIN | Line item | |
| MEA | Measurements | |
| NAD | Name and address | |
| PGI | Product group information | |
| PIA | Additional product id | |
| PRI | Price details | |
| RFF | Reference | |
| RNG | Range details | |
| UNH | Message header | |
| UNT | Message trailer |
| ├─UNH Message header | ×1 | (M) |
| ├─BGM Beginning of message | ×1 | (M) |
| ├─DTM Date/time/period | ×9 | (M) |
| ├─CUX Currencies | ×1 | (C) |
| ├─Segment Group 1 | ×99 | (M) |
| │─├─NAD Name and address | ×1 | (M) |
| │─└─Segment Group 2 | ×9 | (C) |
| │───├─CTA Contact information | ×1 | (M) |
| │───└─COM Communication contact | ×9 | (C) |
| ├─Segment Group 3 | ×9 | (C) |
| │─├─RFF Reference | ×1 | (M) |
| │─└─DTM Date/time/period | ×9 | (C) |
| ├─Segment Group 4 | ×9999 | (M) |
| │─├─LIN Line item | ×1 | (M) |
| │─├─Segment Group 5 | ×999 | (C) |
| │─│─├─CCI Characteristic/class id | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─├─CAV Characteristic value | ×10 | (C) |
| │─│─└─MEA Measurements | ×10 | (C) |
| │─└─Segment Group 6 | ×9999 | (C) |
| │───├─IRQ Information required | ×1 | (M) |
| │───├─PIA Additional product id | ×10 | (C) |
| │───├─IMD Item description | ×10 | (C) |
| │───├─MEA Measurements | ×10 | (C) |
| │───├─NAD Name and address | ×10 | (C) |
| │───├─PGI Product group information | ×9 | (C) |
| │───├─DTM Date/time/period | ×5 | (C) |
| │───└─Segment Group 7 | ×10 | (C) |
| │─────├─PRI Price details | ×1 | (M) |
| │─────└─RNG Range details | ×1 | (C) |
| └─UNT Message trailer | ×1 | (M) |