ORDERS — EDIFACT Purchase Order (D.10A)

The ORDERS message conveys a buyer’s intent to purchase goods or services from a seller under terms agreed upstream. It supports spot orders, call-offs against blanket contracts, and replenishment flows alike. This page summarises the segment structure as published by UN/CEFACT for directory D.10A.

Purpose

The ORDERS message conveys a buyer’s intent to purchase goods or services from a seller under terms agreed upstream. It supports spot orders, call-offs against blanket contracts, and replenishment flows alike.

This page focuses on the structure published by UN/CEFACT for directory D.10A. The segments listed, their status (M / C), position and repetition factor are extracted from the official file orders_c.htm hosted on service.unece.org.

Segment structure

The ORDERS D.10A message has 256 header entries, 0 detail entries and 0 summary entries (segments and groups combined). Groups are shown in bold and their members are indented by actual nesting depth.

Header

Detail

No segment in this section.

Summary

No segment in this section.

Changes vs D.96A

Top-level differences between D.96A and D.10A for the ORDERS message (segments directly inside header / detail / summary, ignoring nested groups). The comparison is indicative: a given tag may have evolved inside nested groups without showing up in this synthesis.

Segments added vs D.96A

• GIR in the header section (status C, repeat ×10) — not present at the top of the corresponding D.96A section.
• PYT in the header section (status M, repeat ×1) — not present at the top of the corresponding D.96A section.
• RJL in the header section (status C, repeat ×99) — not present at the top of the corresponding D.96A section.
• DGS in the header section (status M, repeat ×1) — not present at the top of the corresponding D.96A section.
• EFI in the header section (status M, repeat ×1) — not present at the top of the corresponding D.96A section.
• CED in the header section (status C, repeat ×99) — not present at the top of the corresponding D.96A section.
• LIN in the header section (status M, repeat ×1) — not present at the top of the corresponding D.96A section.
• PIA in the header section (status C, repeat ×25) — not present at the top of the corresponding D.96A section.
• GEI in the header section (status C, repeat ×99) — not present at the top of the corresponding D.96A section.
• QVR in the header section (status C, repeat ×1) — not present at the top of the corresponding D.96A section.
• MTD in the header section (status C, repeat ×99) — not present at the top of the corresponding D.96A section.
• CCI in the header section (status M, repeat ×1) — not present at the top of the corresponding D.96A section.
• CAV in the header section (status C, repeat ×10) — not present at the top of the corresponding D.96A section.
• PRI in the header section (status M, repeat ×1) — not present at the top of the corresponding D.96A section.
• STS in the header section (status C, repeat ×99) — not present at the top of the corresponding D.96A section.
• STG in the header section (status M, repeat ×1) — not present at the top of the corresponding D.96A section.
• UNS in the header section (status M, repeat ×1) — not present at the top of the corresponding D.96A section.
• CNT in the header section (status C, repeat ×10) — not present at the top of the corresponding D.96A section.
• UNT in the header section (status M, repeat ×1) — not present at the top of the corresponding D.96A section.

Segments removed vs D.96A

• PAT in the header section — present in D.96A but missing in D.10A at the same level.
• LIN in the detail section — present in D.96A but missing in D.10A at the same level.
• PIA in the detail section — present in D.96A but missing in D.10A at the same level.
• IMD in the detail section — present in D.96A but missing in D.10A at the same level.
• MEA in the detail section — present in D.96A but missing in D.10A at the same level.
• QTY in the detail section — present in D.96A but missing in D.10A at the same level.
• PCD in the detail section — present in D.96A but missing in D.10A at the same level.
• ALI in the detail section — present in D.96A but missing in D.10A at the same level.
• DTM in the detail section — present in D.96A but missing in D.10A at the same level.
• MOA in the detail section — present in D.96A but missing in D.10A at the same level.
• GIN in the detail section — present in D.96A but missing in D.10A at the same level.
• GIR in the detail section — present in D.96A but missing in D.10A at the same level.
• QVR in the detail section — present in D.96A but missing in D.10A at the same level.
• DOC in the detail section — present in D.96A but missing in D.10A at the same level.
• PAI in the detail section — present in D.96A but missing in D.10A at the same level.
• FTX in the detail section — present in D.96A but missing in D.10A at the same level.
• CCI in the detail section — present in D.96A but missing in D.10A at the same level.
• CAV in the detail section — present in D.96A but missing in D.10A at the same level.
• PAT in the detail section — present in D.96A but missing in D.10A at the same level.
• PRI in the detail section — present in D.96A but missing in D.10A at the same level.
• CUX in the detail section — present in D.96A but missing in D.10A at the same level.
• APR in the detail section — present in D.96A but missing in D.10A at the same level.
• RNG in the detail section — present in D.96A but missing in D.10A at the same level.
• RFF in the detail section — present in D.96A but missing in D.10A at the same level.
• PAC in the detail section — present in D.96A but missing in D.10A at the same level.
• PCI in the detail section — present in D.96A but missing in D.10A at the same level.
• LOC in the detail section — present in D.96A but missing in D.10A at the same level.
• TAX in the detail section — present in D.96A but missing in D.10A at the same level.
• NAD in the detail section — present in D.96A but missing in D.10A at the same level.
• CTA in the detail section — present in D.96A but missing in D.10A at the same level.
• COM in the detail section — present in D.96A but missing in D.10A at the same level.
• ALC in the detail section — present in D.96A but missing in D.10A at the same level.
• RTE in the detail section — present in D.96A but missing in D.10A at the same level.
• TDT in the detail section — present in D.96A but missing in D.10A at the same level.
• TOD in the detail section — present in D.96A but missing in D.10A at the same level.
• EQD in the detail section — present in D.96A but missing in D.10A at the same level.
• HAN in the detail section — present in D.96A but missing in D.10A at the same level.
• SCC in the detail section — present in D.96A but missing in D.10A at the same level.
• RCS in the detail section — present in D.96A but missing in D.10A at the same level.
• STG in the detail section — present in D.96A but missing in D.10A at the same level.
• UNS in the summary section — present in D.96A but missing in D.10A at the same level.
• MOA in the summary section — present in D.96A but missing in D.10A at the same level.
• CNT in the summary section — present in D.96A but missing in D.10A at the same level.
• ALC in the summary section — present in D.96A but missing in D.10A at the same level.
• ALI in the summary section — present in D.96A but missing in D.10A at the same level.
• UNT in the summary section — present in D.96A but missing in D.10A at the same level.

Max-repeat changes

• IMD (header): repeat ×1 in D.96A → ×999 in D.10A.
• LOC (header): repeat ×25 in D.96A → ×99 in D.10A.

Structural example

Minimal example of an ORDERS D.10A message with mandatory segments only. The goal is to show the exact version declared in UNH (ORDERS:D:10A:UN) — not to replicate a full business case (see the ORDERS D.96A page for an annotated example).

UNB+UNOC:3+5410000000123:14+5410000000456:14+260514:1430+CTRL010001'
UNH+1+ORDERS:D:10A:UN'
BGM+220+ORDER789+9'
DTM+137:20260514:102'
DTM+2:20260520:102'
NAD+BY+5410000000123::9'
NAD+SU+5410000000456::9'
LIN+1++3520000001234:EN'
QTY+21:10'
PRI+AAA:42.00'
UNS+S'
CNT+2:1'
UNT+11+1'
UNZ+1+CTRL010001'

Common errors

• Misaligned UNH tokens — The UNH+...+ORDERS:D:10A:UN token must reflect exactly the directory in use — a mismatch between the UNH release and the release agreed with the partner is rejected by every strict validator.
• Wrong UNT segment count — The value after UNT+ must include UNH and UNT themselves. By far the most common sender-side error, regardless of the directory in use.
• Stale code lists — Between D.96A and D.10A, several code lists received new qualifiers (DTM status, RFF qualifier, NAD codes…). Reusing an older directory’s code tables triggers warnings or even rejections depending on the partner’s strict-conformance mode.

Related messages

Other versions of this message available on ediverse.io: ORDERS D.96A, ORDERS D.01B, ORDERS D.16B, ORDERS D.21B, ORDERS D.24A, ORDERS D.97A, ORDERS D.99B, ORDERS D.00B, ORDERS D.02B, ORDERS D.05A, ORDERS D.08A, ORDERS D.13B, ORDERS D.18B, ORDERS D.20B.

X12 functional equivalent: X12 850.

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