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