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C

1000

-

A group of segments enabling the standard commercial factors relevant to a specific group of items to be specified. e.g. quantity related price break factors or minimum order quantity.

-

C

99

-

A group of segments that refers through an external file identification to each of the external engineering/CAD files and giving additional information about each of the files.

-

M

1

-

 

Function:

 

To specify the link of one non-EDIFACT external file to an EDIFACT message.

EDIFACT

Description

C077

FILE IDENTIFICATION

M

1508

File name

C

an..35

External Object Identification

This data element is used to provide the external object's identification.

7008

Item description

C

an..256

C099

FILE DETAILS

C

1516

File format name

M

an..17

This data element is used to describe the format of the external object. If the object is a computer file the format may be BMP, PCX. If the external object is a video, the format may be SECAM, PAL, etc... If the object is in a physical form such as paper or transparancies, this data element should be filled with "OTHER".

1056

Version identifier

C

an..9

Data format description code

C

an..3

=

Binary

=

Analogue

1502

Data format description

C

an..35

1050

Sequence position identifier

C

an..10

Sequence number on the physical medium

9450

File compression technique name

C

an..35

Segment Notes:

This segment is used to identify an external object by indicating its identification, the format, and its sequence number on the physical medium.

Example:
EFI+ECRSTRUC+BMP::3'
The object is a binary file named ECRSTRUC.