UNH-DETAIL

The opening of an EDIFACT message — always paired with UNT.

Definition

UNH starts with a message reference number (0062), followed by composite S009: message type (ORDERS, INVOIC, DESADV), version (D), release (96A), controlling agency (UN), optional association assigned code (EAN008 for EANCOM 2002). Drives syntactic parsing before validation.

Origin

Defined by ISO 9735-1 §6.4.

Example in context

UNH+1+ORDERS:D:96A:UN:EAN008'

Related terms

• UNT — trailer paired with UNH.