EANCOM PART II |  | 1997-07-01
PROINQ | - Product Inquiry Message | VERSION 002

## 6. Examples

### Example 1

The following is an example of a product inquiry message between a buyer identified by the EAN location number 5412345123453 and a supplier identified by the EAN location number 5411111123451. The message number is 214 and it was generated on the 15th of August 1997.

In the detail section the buyer requests the physical dimensions for five of the suppliers products for which he already has EAN article numbers.

The likely response from a supplier to this request would be a Product Data message (PRODAT).

UNH+ME000001+PROINQ:D:96A:EN:EAN002' | Message header
BGM+10E::9+214+9' | Product inquiry number 214
DTM+137:19970815:102' | Message date 15th of August 1997
NAD+BY+5412345123453::9' | Buyer identified by the EAN location number 5412345123453
NAD+SU+5411111123451::9' | Supplier identified by the EAN location number 5411111123451
LIN+1++5412345123453:EN' | First product identified by the EAN article number 5412345123453
IRQ+2E::9' | Requests only PRODAT information in response
MEA+PD' | Requests the products physical dimensions
LIN+2++5410738251028:EN' | Second product identified by the EAN article number 5410738251028
IRQ+2E::9' | Requests only PRODAT information in response
MEA+PD' | Requests the products physical dimensions
LIN+3++5410738377117:EN' | Third product identified by the EAN article number 5410738377117
IRQ+2E::9' | Requests only PRODAT information in response
MEA+PD' | Requests the products physical dimensions
LIN+4++5410738377131:EN' | Fourth product identified by the EAN article number 5410738377131
IRQ+2E::9' | Requests only PRODAT information in response
MEA+PD' | Requests the products physical dimensions
LIN+5++5412345111115:EN' | Fifth product identified by the EAN article number 5412345111115
IRQ+2E::9' | Requests only PRODAT information in response
MEA+PD' | Requests the products physical dimensions
UNT+21+ME000001' | Message trailer - 21 segments in the message

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