UN/EDIFACT Segment: BGM Release: D.01A

United Nations Directories
for Electronic Data Interchange for
Administration, Commerce and Transport

UN/EDIFACT

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BGM BEGINNING OF MESSAGE

Function: To indicate the type and function of a message and to transmit the identifying number. 010 C002 DOCUMENT/MESSAGE NAME C 1 1001 Document name code C an..3 1131 Code list identification code C an..17 3055 Code list responsible agency code C an..3 1000 Document name C an..35 020 C106 DOCUMENT/MESSAGE IDENTIFICATION C 1 1004 Document identifier C an..35 1056 Version identifier C an..9 1060 Revision identifier C an..6 030 1225 MESSAGE FUNCTION CODE C 1 an..3 040 4343 RESPONSE TYPE CODE C 1 an..3

Segment BGM is used in the following Messages:

APERAK AUTHOR BALANC BANSTA BAPLIE BAPLTE BERMAN

BMISRM BOPBNK BOPCUS BOPDIR BOPINF BUSCRD CALINF

CASINT CASRES CHACCO CLASET CNTCND COACSU COARRI

CODECO CODENO COEDOR COHAOR COLREQ COMDIS CONAPW

CONDPV CONDRA CONDRO CONEST CONITT CONPVA CONQVA

CONRPW CONTEN CONWQD COPARN COPAYM COPINO COPRAR

COREOR COSTCO COSTOR CREADV CREEXT CREMUL CUSCAR

CUSDEC CUSEXP CUSPED CUSREP CUSRES DEBADV DEBMUL

DEBREC DELFOR DELJIT DESADV DESTIM DGRECA DIRDEB

DIRDEF DMRDEF DMSTAT DOCADV DOCAMA DOCAMI DOCAMR

DOCAPP DOCARE DOCINF ENTREC FINCAN FINPAY FINSTA