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

## 6. Examples

### Example 2

The following is an example of a product inquiry message between a buyer identified by the EAN location number 5071615111110 and a supplier identified by the EAN location number 5098765111111 The message number is 264 and it was generated on the 27th of August 1997 The buyer requests that the price list currency be quoted in Pounds Sterling.

The buyer requests several pieces of information in the message Firstly, the availability of the product identified by the EAN article number 5412345123453 Secondly, all commercial information, i.e prices, allowances and charges, payment terms, etc., related to three products identified by the EAN article numbers 5410738377117, 5410738377131, and 5412345111115.

The third piece of information requested concerns a request for all information for products which have the following attributes, a blue denim shirt of the rancher style in sizes medium, large and extra large The manufacturer of the product is identified by the EAN location number 5422331123459 and the buyer only wants information on products with these attributes which have a list unit price of between 5 and 8 pounds sterling per piece.

The likely response from a supplier to the first two requests would be a Price/Sales Catalogue message (PRICAT) The supplier would respond to the third request with both a Product Data message and a Price/Sales Catalogue message as stated in the IRQ segment (DE 4511).

UNH+ME000001+PROINQ:D:96A:EN:EAN002' | Message header
BGM+10E::9+264+9' | Product inquiry number 264
DTM+137:19970827:102' | Message date 27th of August 1997
CUX+2:GBP:8' | Price list currency for the response message is Pounds Sterling
NAD+BY+5071615111110::9' | Buyer identified by the EAN location number 5071615111110
NAD+SU+5098765111111::9' | Supplier identified by the EAN location number 5098765111111
LIN+1++5412345123453:EN' | First product identified by the EAN article number 5412345123453
IRQ+1E::9' | Information requested is only PRICAT data
DTM+44' | Availability date for product requested
LIN+2++5410738377117:EN' | Second product identified by the EAN article number 5410738377117
IRQ+1E::9' | Information requested is only PRICAT data
LIN+3++5410738377131:EN' | Third product identified by the EAN article number 5410738377131
IRQ+1E::9' | Information requested is only PRICAT data
LIN+4++5412345111115:EN' | Fourth product identified by the EAN article number 5412345111115
IRQ+1E::9' | Information requested is only PRICAT data
LIN+5' | Fifth product has no EAN article number
ATT+3E+1::91+CO::91:BLUE' | Described by the attribute colour, blue
ATT+3E+1::91+TX::91:DENIM' | Described by the attribute textile, denim
ATT+3E+1::91+ST::91:RANCHER' | Described by the attribute style, rancher
ATT+3E+1::91+SZ::91:MD' | Described by the attribute size, medium
ATT+3E+1::91+SZ::91:LG' | Described by the attribute size, large
ATT+3E+1::91+SZ::91:XL' | Described by the attribute size, extra large
IRQ+3E::9' | Information requested is both PRICAT and PRODAT data
NAD+MF+5422331123459::9' | All products from the manufacturer identified by the EAN location number 5422331123459
PRI+AAF:::LIU' | Requests the list unit price of the article
RNG+3+PCE:5:8' | Within the range of 5 to 8 pounds
UNT+27+ME000001' | Message trailer - 27 segments in the message

Note :
The EDI interchange will include the UNB..UNZ segments and, if applicable, the UNG..UNE segments. (See part 1 section 2.7)

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