cXML Release Notes

Specify whether the supplier has delivered and unloaded the goods.

• cfr - Cost and Freight
• cif - Costs, Insurance & Freight
• cip - Carriage and Insurance Paid to
• cpt - Carriage Paid to
• daf - Delivered at Frontier
• dap - Delivered at Place
• ddp - Delivered at Duty
• ddu - Delivered Duty Unpaid
• dpu - Delivered at Place Unloaded
• deq - Delivered ex Quay (duty paid)
• des - Delivered ex Ship
• exw - Ex Works
• fas - Free Alongside Ship
• fca - Free Carrier
• fob - Free on Board

Specify the highest rating of the schedule line.

Specify the highest rating of the item.

Defines an ID reference for this authorization label. Each IdReference means a different domain. No duplicate domain values are allowed.

Valid domain values are:

• sip
• program

Multiple values within the same domain must appear as comma-separated values in the same element.

The DPAS rating, such as DO or DX. More specific ratings can be entered here.

The contract number related with this DPAS-rated order. Shouldn't be present for header-level.

The allocation quantity, for line-level or lower information. Shouldn't be present for header-level.

Indicates that the order is DPAS-rated and requires a special handling to comply with the applicable law.

Contains aerospace and defense industry item information. See ItemOutAerospaceAndDefense Element.

Life sciences order category. Possible values:

• clinicalFinishedGoodsOrder - Order for clinical finished goods.
• labelPrintingOrder - Order for label printing.
• reworkOrder - Order for rework.
• shelfLifeExtensionRelabelOrder - Order for shelf-life extension relabeling.
• additionalLabelPrintingOrder - Order for printing additional labels.

Indicates that the order is DPAS-rated and requires a special handling to comply with the applicable law. See DPAS Element.

Contains aerospace and defense industry item information. and requires a special handling to comply with the applicable law. See ScheduleLineAerospaceAndDefense Element.

• new - The ServiceEntryRequest creates a new service sheet. The default value is operation="new".
• update - Updates an existing service sheet. The "update" document must be complete, and the existing service sheet must be specified in a DocumentReference or DocumentInfo element.
• delete - The ServiceEntryRequest cancels an existing service sheet, which must be specified by referencing its payloadID in the DocumentReference element.

Indicates the role the partner plays in the procurement process. Possible values are soldTo, shipFrom, orderingAddress, or logistics.

Defines whether the indicator is a warning or error message. Possible values:

• warning
• error

Defines the action associated with the line item. Possible values:

• delete - Removes the line item.
• block - Blocks the line item.

Set to yes when the PackageControlNumber is released.

• range - A range of sequence numbers, only valid for numeric ranges.

Defines the action associated with the line item. There is only one possible value:

• delete - Removes the line item.

Defines the schedule line type when the OrderRequest is a scheduling agreement release. For information purposes only. Possible values:

• backlog - The schedule line has a delivery date in the past.
• immediate - The schedule line has the delivery date 'today.'
• forecast - The schedule line has a delivery date in the future.

The scope of the modification. Possible values:

• unitPrice - Applies to pricing conditions for the item.
• lineItem - Applies to allowances or charges for the line item.

The calculation logic applied to this modification. Possible values:

• fixedAmount
• quantity
• percentage

Defines an ID reference for this modification. The domain for an IdReference contained in ModificationDetail should be "ID".

Note: The IdReference and ParentID elements are used to define a hierarchy of pricing conditions for a line item. They are not used for header-level modifications.

Identifies the parent modification within the line item that is calculated before its child modifications.

Defines comments and attachments for this quality notification object.

An identifier for a business process. The only possible value is stockTransfer, representing the stock transport order scenario.

An identifier for a business document. When creating a ship notice for a stock transport order, you must specify one of the following values:

• stockTransfer - Identifies a ship notice message sent from buyer to supplier for stock transfer scenario.
• stockShippingAdvice - Identifies a ship notice message sent from a supplier for stock transfer scenario.

When the attribute itemCategory has the value "stockTransfer" and the attribute stoFinalDelivery is set to "yes", then further ship notice creation isn't possible. This setting is relevant for stock transport orders or stock transport releases.

The discount rate applied to the payable, expressed as a percentage.

Defines payment information that buyers can provide in ERP Copy Invoices and ERS invoices. It contains the payment net due date for an invoice as determined by the buyer. See PaymentInformation Element.

Date and time after which the invoice has to be paid without any discount.

The date/time value can include a time-zone offset from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

The payment net due date may be based on settings the buyer has configured in their invoice processing system to determine when the invoice must be paid without discount. The value of the payment net due date is not a legally binding date. Actual payment could happen before or after that date.

Date and time after which the invoice has to be paid without any discount.

The date/time value can include a time-zone offset from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

The payment net due date may be based on settings the buyer has configured in their invoice processing system to determine when the invoice must be paid without discount. The value of the payment net due date is not a legally binding date. Actual payment could happen before or after that date.

Defines the relationships that exist between suppliers' production facilities and their production facility roles. See SupplierProductionFacilityRelations Element.

Contains any additional information related to the contract item.

Defines the corresponding routing destination. See Routing Element.

Defines the relationships that exist between suppliers' production facilities and their production facility roles. See SupplierProductionFacilityRelations Element.

Contains any additional information related to the quote item.

Defines the relationships that exist between suppliers' production facilities and their production facility roles. See SupplierProductionFacilityRelations Element.

The name of the routing destination. Possible values:

• peppol
• fieldglass

Contains the maximum value that the total of all unplanned services (or the value of the material) covered by this item may not exceed. This limit represents a budget for unplanned services, and it must not be exceeded. This limit can be used in service lines and the items of blanket purchase orders. At service outline level (top-level service item), this field captures limit for the total of all unplanned services (or the value of the material). At service item level, it captures the sub-limits (the budget for that item). See OverallLimit Element.

Contains a value that the unplanned services (or the material) covered by this item are not expected to exceed. ExpectedLimit captures the planned or expected value and is mainly used for analysis purposes and for determining the total value of the item. The buyer assumes that ExpectedLimit is the final amount payable. ExpectedLimit is specified only for a top-level service item.

The ExpectedLimit is generally less than the specified OverallLimit. However, ExpectedLimit can also be higher than OverallLimit if the buyer determines that the total sum payable is made available at the start of the procurement project, but initially only services worth a value of up to the OverallLimit may be performed. Further work can only be carried out if the buyer increases the OverallLimit. This enables progressive allotment of the budget to different phases of the project. See ExpectedLimit Element.

Identifies the type of the business partner. Only possible value is organization.

Indicates the role the partner plays in the procurement process. Possible values are soldTo, shipFrom, or orderingAddress.

Provides a description of the business party. Follow these instructions for each role:

• soldTo: The domain attribute of the element IdReference should be set to "buyerAccountID", the identifier to the sold to party ID. The addressIDDomain should be set to "buyerAccountID". The addressID should be set to the sold to party ID. Use the name for the description.
• shipFrom: The addressIDDomain should be set to "shipFromAddressID". The addressID should be set to the ship from party ID. Use the name for the description.
• orderingAddress: The addressIDDomain should be set to "supplierCorporate". The addressID should be set to the ordering address party ID. Use the name for the description.

ID reference is within the application context (for example, a certain pair of buyer and supplier). The (identifier, domain) pair should be unique.

Specifies how an item is procured. The following item category was added:

• limit - Indicates that there is an expected limit for unplanned services or material covered by this item.

Specifies how an item is procured. The following item category was added:

• limit - Indicates that there is an expected limit for unplanned services or material covered by this item.

The delivery options possible for stock transport order item.

• full (default) - Only full delivery allowed for the order. This is specific to stock transport order or stock transport release.
• partial - Partial delivery allowed for the order. This is specific to stock transport order or stock transport release.

When the attribute itemCategory has the value "stockTransfer" and the attribute stoOrderCombination is set to "yes", then it is possible to combine items from different stock transport orders with the flag set during ship notice creation. The corresponding flag for order combination is set in the buyer's ERP. This setting is relevant for stock transport orders or stock transport releases.

The following type was added:

• stockTransportRelease - Indicates that this order is a stock transport scheduling agreement release (SAR).

Set to yes to indicate that this OrderRequest is used to send the stock to the supplier. The goods are sent from the buyer plant to the supplier plant. This is currently relevant only for the stock transport order scenario.

Contains information about the business partner for an item. See BusinessPartner Element.

Specifies a three-letter ISO 4217 currency code.

Defines the relationships that exist between suppliers' production facilities and their production facility roles. See SupplierProductionFacilityRelations Element.

The period during which the service item can be performed.

The buyer's ERP system sends the stock transfer type based on the stock transport order. Possible values:

• intra - Refers to transfer of stock from one plant to another plant within the same company code.
• inter - Refers to transfer of stock from one plant to another plant in different company codes.

Type of order. Possible values:

• regular - Standard purchase order (default).
• release - Release against an existing master agreement, contract, or a blanket purchase order.
• blanket - Blanket purchase order.
• stockTransport - Stock transport order.

Refers to the account currency for the current PaymentPartner. See AccountCurrency Element.

Code representing the payment purpose. This may be a country-specific code for the payment purpose. The value "other" indicates that a free-text payment purpose is provided instead.

Refers to the purpose of payment. See PaymentPurpose Element.

Name of the item's manufacturer.

Name of the item's manufacturer.

Name of the production facility.

Defines an ID reference. The identifier/domain pair identifies a production facility.

Identifies the stage of a manufacturing process for which a supplier production facility is used.

Operation to be performed. Possible values:

• new (default) - Represents a new production facility association sent to the external system.
• update - Represents an update to an existing production facility association.
• delete - Represents an instruction to delete this production facility association in the external system.

Defines a relationship between a production facility and a production facility role. See ProductionFacility Element.

Purchasing organization of the buyer.

Optional Ship-To addressing information for the buyer's plant.

Name of the production facility role.

Defines an ID reference. The identifier/domain pair identifies a production facility role.

Specifies the type of stock transport order. Possible values:

• intra - Identifies the ship notice item was created for intra stock transport order.
• inter - Identifies the ship notice item was created for inter stock transport order.

Set to stockTransport to indicate that outbound delivery needs to be created for a stock transport order.

Defines a relationship between a production facility and a production facility role. See ProductionFacilityAssociation Element.

Name of the bank charge file.

Size of the bank charge file.

Defines the frequency of the bank charge file. Possible values:

• daily
• weekly
• monthly

Defines the standard format of the bank charge file, for example, MT940, CAMT.053, BAI2, or CSV.

Date of generation of this charge file statement.

Defines the period for the charge file.

Contains a URL reference to the attached charge file.

Contains the number of charges contained in the attachment.

Bank charge file related information. See ChargeFile Element.

Comments associated with these bank charge files.

Defines an ID reference. For example, the identifier/domain pair could identify the buyer.

Contains any additional information related to the bank charge files.

Contains required fields to process a bank charge file. See ChargeFileRequestHeader Element.

Contains a list of bank charge files. See ChargeFileDetails Element.

Contains the bank/provider name.

Comments associated with these bank charge files.

Defines an ID reference. For example, the identifier/domain pair could identify the buyer.

Contains any additional information related to the bank charge files.

Set to yes to indicate that the line item supports unlimited quantity deliveries. Corresponding unlimited delivery tolerance is flagged on the ERP. This flag is used during ship notice creation only.

Set to yes to indicate that the item has changed.

Set to yes to indicate that the item is flagged for the Kanban process. Kanban-related orders require in time and 100% delivery quality.

Provides packaging distribution information between stores. See PackagingDistribution Element.

The code of the store assigned for this packaging. See StoreCode Element.

Number of this packaging distribution information. Expressed in the units given in the UnitOfMeasure element.

The code of the store assigned for this packaging distribution information. See StoreCode Element.

The unit of measure for the quantity. It must conform with UN/CEFACT Unit of Measure Common Codes.

Amount paid in the payment receipt. See PaymentAmount Element.

Balance amount to be paid before making this payment. See PreviousBalance Element.

Balance amount to be paid later. See PresentBalance Element.

Contains any additional information, including country-specific information, related to the PaymentDetails.

Header of a PaymentReceiptConfirmationRequest, which is sent to the buyer to confirm the payment received by the supplier or contractor. See PaymentReceiptConfirmationRequestHeader Element.

Contains detailed information of the receipt associated with the payment made. See PaymentReceiptDetails Element.

Contains a summary of the payment made. See PaymentReceiptSummary Element.

Contains any additional information related to the PaymentReceiptConfirmationRequest, including country-specific information like payment receipt submission method, classification code, and so on.

A supplier generated identifier for the payment receipt.

Date and time this payment receipt was created.

Date and time at which payment was received by the payee.

Indicates a payment transaction reference or payment identification number. For example, for check payments, the paymentReferenceNumber is the check number, and for electronic payments, it is an electronic reference or confirmation number.

The payment method used for the payment.

Payer (buyer user) and payee (supplier user), originating bank, and receiving bank contact details.

Contains comments associated with this PaymentReceiptConfirmationRequest.

Contains any additional information related to the PaymentReceiptConfirmationRequest. Should not duplicate anything in PaymentReceiptConfirmationRequest.

Contains details of the individual invoice for which the payment is made. See PaymentReceiptItem Element.

Line number of the payment in payment receipt document.

The installment number of the payment number.

Contains details of the payment. See PaymentDetails Element.

Contains details of the reference document for which the payment is made.

Contains any additional information, including country-specific information, related to the PaymentReceiptItem.

Contains the net amount paid through the payment receipt.

Contains any additional information, including country-specific information, related to the PaymentReceiptSummary.

Language or locale in which the ProviderName is written.

Name of the condition type. Examples: Price, Surcharge.

Reference to a pricing condition cost term. See CostTermValue Element.

Reference to a pricing condition scales vector. See Scales Element.

References a pricing condition type. See ConditionType Element.

Contains information for the asset referenced by the packaging.

Specifies the company type. The data type is string and can be any characters with max 255 characters. See IncorporationType Element.

References a list of validity periods. See ValidityPeriods Element.

Lower bound value for the scale.

Upper bound value for the scale.

References a pricing condition cost term. See CostTermValue Element.

Represents the scale type for the validity period. Possible values:

• From
• To
• Graduated

Represents the scale basis, a string. The default is "quantity".

Represents the volume scale. See Scale Element.

Pricing condition that represents the cost elements with validity period and optional scales. See PricingConditions Element.

Start date of the validity period.

End date of the validity period.

References a condition types list. See ConditionTypes Element.

References a pricing condition validity period. See ValidityPeriod Element.

Contains the information about the deviation approved when the acceptance status is approvedAndUpdatePO. See AcceptanceItemDetail Element.

Contains any additional information related to this AcceptanceItem.

The action generated from the approval process. Possible values:

• update - Updates an existing item with the lineNumber specified in the AcceptanceItem.
• replace - Replaces all the schedule information for an existing item with the lineNumber specified in the AcceptanceItem.

Contains detailed information for the schedule line. See AcceptanceScheduleDetail Element.

Unit price of the item. If this element is included, the unit price is updated.

Contains any additional information related to this AcceptanceItemDetail.

Quantity approved.

Delivery date approved.

The action generated from the approval process. Possible values:

• new - Generates a new schedule line.
• update - Updates the schedule line of the specified lineNumber in the AcceptanceScheduleDetail.
• delete - The schedule line referenced no longer exists and must be deleted. The lineNumber attribute must be present in this case.

The line number of the schedule line to delete or update.

Contains any additional information related to this AcceptanceScheduleDetail.

Contains any additional information related to this ApprovalRequestHeader.

Indicates whether the asset info is for a referenced asset associated with the item in the document.

Equipment ID of the unit.

Provides detailed per-unit asset information for a line item.

Provides detailed per-unit asset information for a line item.

Specifies the sector or industry to which a company belongs. It describes what the company does. The data type is a string and can be any characters with max 255 characters. See NatureOfBusiness Element.

Defines all references related to a schedule line in the confirmation. See ScheduleLineReference Element.

Contains information on how to follow up on a QuoteMessage or ContractRequest. See FollowUpDocument Element.

Indicates the document type. Possible values are Contract, Scheduling Agreement, or any custom document type.

Indicates the document category.

For an Outline Agreement: Enter value or quantity.

For a Scheduling Agreement: Enter LP or LPA.

For a custom document category: Enter any configured value.

Provides unique identification of an item.

Specifies how a component or material is procured. Possible values:

• materialUnknown - Refers to procuring a material without specifying the material number.
• text - Refers to procuring a free-form text item.
• stockTransfer - Refers to transfer of stock from one plant to another.
• materialGroup - Refers to procuring a material without specifying the value or quantity.
• subcontract - Procuring a material by providing component information to a contract manufacturer that makes the finished product.
• consignment - Managing a material through a special process where the payment to supplier is withheld until the material or service is consumed by the buyer.
• thirdParty - Procuring a material from a third-party vendor.

Specifies whether the current line item is material or service. Possible values:

• material
• service

Specifies how a component or material is procured. Possible values:

• materialUnknown - Refers to procuring a material without specifying the material number.
• text - Refers to procuring a free-form text item.
• stockTransfer - Refers to transfer of stock from one plant to another.
• materialGroup - Refers to procuring a material without specifying the value or quantity.
• subcontract - Procuring a material by providing component information to a contract manufacturer that makes the finished product.
• consignment - Managing a material through a special process where the payment to supplier is withheld until the material or service is consumed by the buyer.
• thirdParty - Procuring a material from a third-party vendor.

Provides unique identification of an item.

A string value to identify the type time series. Possible values:

• grossdemand - Quantity that is considered as demand without taking inventory and receipts into consideration.
• netdemand - Quantity determined based on available inventory and receipts derived based on planning output.
• supplyPlan - Quantity derived to meet the demand based on supply planning.
• longtermforecast - Forecast quantity derived based on historical trends.
• constrainedforecast - Unconstrained forecast when limited by supply constraints results in constrained forecast.
• capacitydemand - Quantity of production output that is requested from a specific resource.
• custom - Buyer specific business values could be represented by the customType string.

Identifies the business process supported by the message. Possible values:

• SMI - Supplier-managed inventory (Inventory, ConsignmentInventory, PlanningTimeSeries, InventoryTimeSeries).
• OEM - OEM-owned inventory scenarios (Inventory, ConsignmentInventory, TimeSeries, PlanningTimeSeries, InventoryTimeSeries).
• VMI - Vendor-managed inventory (Inventory, ConsignmentInventory, PlanningTimeSeries, InventoryTimeSeries).
• 3PL - Third-party logistics inventory scenarios (Inventory, ConsignmentInventory, PlanningTimeSeries, InventoryTimeSeries).
• ManufacturingVisibility - Contract manufacturers sharing inventory visibility (Inventory, ConsignmentInventory, PlanningTimeSeries, InventoryTimeSeries).
• Forecast - Forecast collaboration (TimeSeries, PlanningTimeSeries).
• Consignment - Consignment material movements (ConsignmentInventory, ConsagnmentMovement).
• Sales - Sales report visibility (SalesReport)
• POC - Purchase order collaboration scenarios (Inventory, ConsignmentInventory, TimeSeries, PlanningTimeSeries).
• Capacity - Capacity planning scenarios (PlanningTimeSeries).
• Other - Other collaboration scenarios.

• ItemID: A unique identification of a component item in the supplier backend system or buyer backend system.
• ResourceID: A unique identification of a production facility leveraged during production, such as a piece of equipment or a production line.

Uniquely identifies a plant, piece equipment or other production facilities leveraged by the supplier during production.

Identifies the resource category the ResourceID belongs to.

Uniquely identifies materials consumed by a resource during production process.

Uniquely identifies materials produced by a resource during production process.

Defines an ID reference. The identifier/domain pair should be unique within each trading partner relationship (a buying organization and a supplier).

Quantity from the ScheduleLine element of the OrderRequest document that the current document is referring to.

Requested delivery date from the ScheduleLine element of the OrderRequest document that the current document is referring to.

Line number identifier from the ScheduleLine element of the OrderRequest document that the current document is referring to.

Contains any additional information related to this ScheduleLineReference.

The adjustment amount for the total tax for the document or in other words the adjustment amount corresponding to tax represented by this Tax element and is optional (this is supposedly the sum of the amounts in TaxAdjustmentAmount elements under the TaxDetail children of this Tax element). Currently, this element is ONLY supported for the PaymentProposalRequest document. It is used instead of the TaxAdjustment element (now deprecated).

Describes the adjustment for the tax (either for Tax or TaxDetail) given on the payable.

The adjustment amount for the tax for the specific tax line (tax for a specific category and location) or in other words the adjustment amount corresponding to tax represented by this TaxDetail element. Currently, this element is ONLY supported for the PaymentProposalRequest document. It is used instead of the TaxAdjustmentDetail element (now deprecated).

Specifies item dimensions.

Provides asset tag numbers or serial numbers for individual items in a shipment of goods.

Set to yes to indicate that real time consumption is required for this item.

Set to yes to indicate that a handling unit is required for this item. A handling unit is a physical unit consisting of packaging materials (load carriers/packing material) and the goods contained on or in it.

Domain in which this value has meaning. Recognized domains include:

• type - Quality notification type, does not have a code group.
• subject - Quality notification subject (category).
• reason - Reason of defect.
• task - Quality notification task.
• activity - Quality notification activity.
• defect - Quality notification defect.
• defectLocation - Area where a quality notification defect occurs (used in QualityNotificationRequestItem only).
• cause - Quality notification cause.
• revision - Quality notification revision.

QualityNoficationRequestItem now supports multiple QNCode elements, which contain quality notification codes and their descriptions in different domains. A code with domain "defect" represents the defect's category/subcategory. A code with domain "defectLocation" represents the area where the defect occurs. Only one defect location code is allowed per item.

The ship to address for an item.

Number of the line item.

Acceptance status of the line item. Possible values:

• approved
• awaitingApproval
• rejected
• approvedAndUpdatePO

Deviation reason why it is not approved.

Contains comments associated with this acceptance item.

Set to yes to indicate that this item requires a batch number to be provided by the supplier in the Batch element in the ShipNoticeItem/ConfirmationStatus element of the corresponding ShipNoticeRequest/ConfirmationRequest documents.

Defines a maximum amount for contract items, as specified by the buyer. See MaxContractAmount Element.

Defines a maximum amount for unplanned items, as specified by the buyer. See MaxAdhocAmount Element.

Indicates whether the certificate is required.

Use this element to send Quality Material Control Code and Inspection Certificate type information.

For Quality Material Control Code, the domain is "controlCode".

For Inspection Certificate type, the domain is "certificateType".

Type of deviation. Possible values:

• dateDeviation
• quantityDeviation
• priceDeviation

Contains comments associated with this deviation reason.

Controls whether the batch information is required or not for an item when a supplier creates an order response. See BatchInfo Element.

Monetary amount.

Monetary amount.

Identifies legal entity in the external system.

Identifies purchase unit or purchase group in the external system.

Represents of the quality information for the entire OrderRequest.

Represents the required serial number information for a line item. For Component Inventory, the SerialNumberInfo@type must be "list" or "range".

Represents certificate information. Each QualityInfo element supports one certificate. See CertificateInfo Element.

Contains a list of asset information of the complaint items.

Contains list of asset information of the valuated items.

Contains the list of asset information of the complaint items.

Contains the list of asset information of the complaint items.

Current state of execution of this task. Possible values:

• new (default)
• in-process
• complete
• close

The close status is new. It is the final step when a task is considered closed.

Defines the way suppliers are selected for responding to RFQ.

Contains additional document reference information.

Schedule line number of a schedule item in the referenced lineNumber. If this attribute has a value, the lineNumber attribute is mandatory.

An identifier for this particular sale order assigned by the supplier. This attribute provides an unambiguous and direct connection between all versions of the sale order. A user-visible and secondary (to the payloadID attribute of the cXML element) identifier for this document. This value should remain same for all SalesOrderRequests corresponding to the same order.

The salesOrderID may be used in the procurement application for processing this request. Links between these documents must be deduced using the DocumentReference element contained in the updated SalesOrderHeader and the payloadID attribute of the original or previous update.

The operational mode of the sales order document. Possible values:

• new
(default) - Creates a new sales order.
• update - Updates an existing sale order to correct an error or add additional information. In either case, an "update" sales order must be complete. All data from the original sale order or a previous update should be discarded by the recipient.
• cancel - Cancels a sale order sent earlier.

A SalesOrderRequest with an "update" operation must also include a DocumentReference element in the SalesOrderHeader. This effectively sequences multiple versions of a confirmation and may provide a link between those versions.

Highest operation allowed on the shopping basket in the procurement application. Possible values:

• create - Allows only later OrderRequest operations on these items.
• "inspect" - Adds a PunchOutSetupRequest with operation="inspect".
• edit - Allows operation="edit" in the later punchout setup request.

The date and time this sale order was created.

The supplier system order version number for this request. Relevant when the SalesOrderRequest represents a change order request. The version number for the original document should be 1 and should be incremented by 1 for each subsequent version.

Indicates the action expected by the supplier who initiates the sales document. Possible values:

• buy - The buyer will create a Sales Order.
• sell - The buyer will create a Purchase Order.
• visibility - The supplier is sending the sales document for visibility on another purchase order from a third party.

Required when the operation is "update". It contains a reference to the most recent SalesOrderRequest document for this particular sales order (usually also indicated by a common salesOrderID). For example, when a sale order is created, updated, and then updated again, the final document must contain a DocumentReference referring to the previous sales order request with operation="update". That document must, in turn, refer to the original (operation="new") SalesOrderRequest document.

The total of the sales order request.

Indicates taxes that are applicable to this sales order request.

Uniquely identifies the requester in the procurement application. There must a contact with the role of "requester" along with the details of the requester.

Contains comments associated with this sales order request.

Contains any additional information related to this sales order request.

Contains common information about a sales order request. See SalesOrderHeader Element.

Contains an item from a shopping basket to add to a requisition in the procurement application.

Set to "yes" to indicate that this item is closed, and no more deliveries are expected for it.

Contains additional document reference information.

Identifies legal entity in the external system.

Identifies Purchase Unit or Purchase group in the external system.

Contains additional document reference information.

Contains additional document reference information.

Specifies whether a buyer or supplier is allowed to update the unit price while creating an invoice. Possible values:

• yes - Buyer or supplier is allowed to edit unit price. The new price must be within price tolerance.
• no - The unit price is not editable regardless of transaction rules defined in the network hub.

If the unitPriceEditable attribute is not present, the system honors the default transaction rules present in the network hub.

Specifies whether a buyer or supplier is allowed to update the unit price while creating a service sheet. Possible values:

• yes - Buyer or supplier is allowed to edit unit price. The new price must be within price tolerance.
• no - The unit price is not editable regardless of transaction rules defined in the network hub.

If the unitPriceEditable attribute is not present, the system honors the default transaction rules present in the network hub.

The alternative type of a service line item. Possible values:

• noAlternative - Describes a service that cannot be performed in alternative ways.
• basicLine - Describes a service that can be performed in alternative ways. There are one or more alternative lines for each basic line. The value of a basic line is included in the total value of the service specifications.
• alternativeLine - Describes a different way of performing a service or doing work than that set out in the associated basic line. The value of an alternative line is not included in the total value of the service specifications. Example: If flooring is to be renewed, you may want to enter one service line for parquetry flooring and an alternative line for ceramic tiles.

When an alternative type is set as alternativeLine, the line number of the service line whose alternative type is set as basicLine is set here. This enables this service line item to identify for which service line item this is alternative to.

Quantity for a batch of material or goods.

Provides asset tag numbers or serial numbers for individual items in a shipment of goods.

Contains details of a referenced document in the consignment procurement process such as a purchase order, scheduling agreement, ship notice, and receipt.

Contains any additional information for this consignment movement.

Specifies whether the line item is a grouped item having child items or an independent line item. Possible values are "composite" to identify an item group or "item" to identify an independent line item.

This attribute is applicable only for a line item with an item group.

Represents the type of the service line. Possible values:

• standard
• blanket
• contingency
• openquantity
• information

An alternative option to service specification lines. See Alternative Element.

Represents the serial number information of a line item.

The unit of measure for an inventory/forecast/consignment quantity at the item level. This applies to the entire item and is used as the default unit of measure for time series quantities.

The unit of measure for an inventory/forecast/consignment quantity at the item level. This applies to the entire item and is used as the default unit of measure for time series quantities.

Indicates whether the characteristic does not exist in the reference document and is an additional valuation.

The quantity of inventory that is under quality inspection. This element has a quantity attribute and a UnitOfMeasure element.

Inspection lot quantity could be filled by supplier based on the inspected quantity on QualityInspectionResult. Generally, it is sent by the buyer, but if not the contract manufacturer can provide this quantity based on the inspection lot.

Indicates whether the characteristic does not exist in the reference document and is an additional valuation.

Reference to the quality inspection request.

The reference can contain the payloadId or DocumentNumber and DocumentDate of the quality inspection request. This is used in the case when quality inspection results are not met successfully and a quality notification is created with reference to the quality inspection request.

An alternative option to service specification lines. See Alternative Element.

An alternative option to service specification lines. See Alternative Element.

Indicates whether this item requires a serial number to be provided by the supplier in AssetInfo tags in ShipNoticeItem element of the corresponding ship notice.

Specifies the type of serial number number. Possible values:

• list - A list of acceptable serial numbers.
• range - A range of acceptable serial numbers, only valid for numeric ranges.
• profile - A format of acceptable serial numbers.

List of serial numbers. Required when SerialNumberInfo@type is "list".

When SerialNumberInfo@type is "range", minimum and maximum acceptable limits should be provided in the PropertyValue element. In this case, PropertyValue@name should be "range" and PropertyValue@Characteristic should provide the minimum and maximum values in the Characteristic@value attribute with "minimum" and "maximum" as domains in the Characteristic@domain attribute.

When SerialNumberInfo@type is "profile", a serial number format should be provided in the PropertyValue element. In this case, PropertyValue@name should be "profile" and PropertyValue@Characteristic should provide the format. Characteristic@domain supports "type", "minLength", and "maxLength" as domains to provide these values in Characteristic@value attribute.

When Characteristic@domain is "type", Characteristic@value supports "numeric", "text", and "numericAndText" to provide the serial number format.

When Characteristic@domain is "minLength", Characteristic@value provides the minimum acceptable length of the serial number.

When Characteristic@domain is "maxLength", Characteristic@value provides the maximum acceptable length of the serial number.

You can specify multiple optional Batch or SupplierBatchID elements to identify the batch of goods.

Contains the ship notice item-specific comments. Could be used to attach quality certificates that were required in OrderRequest. In this case, a comment is provided by attachment, and the certificate type is provided by the Comments@type attribute.

Monetary amount for the timeseries.

See TimeSeriesAmount Element.

Duration that a product is expected to remain within its approved product specification after production date. This attribute is used for information purposes only.

The lexical representation for duration is the ISO 8601 extended format PnYn MnDTnH nMnS, where nY represents the number of years, nM the number of months, nD the number of days, T the date/time separator, nH the number of hours, nM the number of minutes and nS the number of seconds. For example, to indicate a duration of 60 days, one would write: P0Y0M60D.

Specifies how a component or material is procured. Possible values:

• subcontract - Procuring a material by providing component information to a contract manufacturer that makes the finished product.
• consignment - Managing a material through a special process where the payment to supplier is withheld until the material or service is consumed by the buyer.
• thirdParty - Procuring a material from a third-party vendor.

Price per unit of the item.

Price per unit of the item.

Classification for the receipt, for instance, Receipt Item Movement Type or Stock Type. Can occur more than once to support multiple classifications.

Priority for the given time series.

See TimeSeriesValue Element.

String value associated with the timeseries.

Description of the value.

Date type. Possible values:

• expectedShipmentDate - expected ship date for the material is used to determine when the supplier is expected to ship the material from their location.
• productionStartDate - Production start date.
• productionFinishDate - Production finish date.
• requestedPickUpDate - Pick up date as requested by the party arranging the transport.
• expectedPickUpDate - Date when the logistic provider expects to pick up the materials.
• actualPickUpDate - Actual pick up date, as it has occurred.
• requestedDeliveryDate - Delivery date as requested by the party arranging the transport.
• expectedDeliveryDate - Expected delivery date for the material to be received at the partner location.
• actualDeliveryDate - Actual delivery date of the goods.
• confirmedShipDate - Shipment date confirmed by the supplier.
• confirmedDeliveryDate - Delivery date confirmed by the supplier.

Information derived from Materials Requirements Planning (MRP) to suggest possible changes to the delivery date. Possible values:

• in - MRP proposal to reschedule the delivery date earlier than the current delivery date.
• out - MRP proposal to reschedule the delivery date later than the current delivery date.
• cancel - MRP proposal to cancel the PO line item.

MRP proposed rescheduled delivery date.

Priority indicator, used to drive the priority of the orders for the suppliers. Indicates the current build priority associated with the PO line item. This value does not update the priority in the PO.

Set to yes to indicate that this item requires a quality process.

Inspection operation. The combination of this attribute with characteristicID should be unique.

Reference to the quality inspection request. The reference can contain the payloadId or DocumentNumber and DocumentDate of the quality inspection request.

Reference to the ship notice request. The reference can contain the payloadId or DocumentNumber and DocumentDate of the ship notice request.

Reference to the receipt request. The reference can contain the payloadId or DocumentNumber and DocumentDate of the receipt request.

The representation of the quality information of a line item.

Inspection operation number. The combination of this attribute with characteristicID should be unique.

Work center number.

Provides a reference to the line item in a prior ShipNoticeRequest document.

Priority for the given time series.

Type of values. Possible values:

• numeric
• decision
• choice

Contains values for valuating a property.

Specify one of the following comparator type values:

• greater
• less
• greaterOrEqual
• lessOrEqual

Reference value to make the comparison.

Operation to be performed. Possible values:

• new - Represents a new contract line item sent to the external system.
• update - Represents an update to an existing contract line item.
• delete - Represents an instruction to delete this contract line item in the external system.

Set to yes if a line-item credit memo or debit memo has a price adjustment.

Purpose of the invoice. Possible values:

• standard - (default) A standard billing statement from the supplier to the buying organization.
• creditMemo - A credit memo for issuing credit to the buying organization. isHeaderInvoice must be yes. Also, the element InvoiceDetailSummary/DueAmount must be a negative amount.
• debitMemo - A debit memo for billing a balance owed by the buying organization. isHeaderInvoice must be yes. Also, the element InvoiceDetailSummary/DueAmount must be a positive amount.
• lineLevelCreditMemo - A line-item credit memo for issuing credit to the buying organization. isHeaderInvoice must be false (not specified). Also, the element InvoiceDetailSummary/DueAmount must be a negative amount.
• lineLevelDebitMemo - A line-item debit memo billing a balance owed by the buyer to the supplier. isHeaderInvoice must be false (not specified). Also, the element InvoiceDetailSummary/DueAmount must be a positive amount.

See OverallLimit Element.

See ExpectedLimit Element.

The buyer's ERP system determines the subcontracting type based on the material provision indicator determined to support the regular subcontracting refurbishments or replacements scenarios. Possible values:

• regular - Standard subcontracting scenario.
• refurbWithoutChange - Refurbishment without changed material.
• refurbWithChange - Refurbishment with changed material.
• replacement - Replacement of the materials.

You use inspection characteristics to describe the inspection criteria for materials, parts, and products. This allows you to plan inspections systematically, uniformly, and economically. An inspection request can contain different type of characteristics some required, optional, or conditional.

Specify one of the following values:

• required - The inspection of this characteristic is required to create an inspection decision.
• optional - The inspection of this characteristic is not required to create an inspection decision.
• afterAccept - This conditional inspection characteristic must be inspected if the previous required characteristic was accepted.
• afterRejection - This conditional inspection characteristic must be inspected if the previous required characteristic was rejected.

Indicates how the valuation will be sent for this characteristic:

• singleResult - Single values for each inspection characteristic.
• summarizedRecording - Summarized values for each inspection characteristic.
• noCharacteristicRecording - No characteristic record.
• classedRecording - Classed values for each inspection characteristic.

Describes the code and description of the buyer characteristic, supplier characteristic, inspection method and additional information. Possible domain values are:

• buyerInspectionCode - Customer characteristic
• supplierInspectionCode - Supplier characteristic
• inspectionMethod - Inspection method
• additionalInfo - Additional information

Operation to be performed. Possible values:

• new (default) - Creates a new quality inspection request.
• update - Updates an existing quality inspection request.
• delete - Cancels an existing quality inspection request.

For update and delete operations, the DocumentReference element should indicate the original quality inspection request.

Reference to an earlier quality inspection request.

If the QualityInspectionRequestHeader@operation is "update", the DocumentReference is required and it must reference the original QualityInspectionRequest document (with value "new" for its QualityInspectionRequest@operation) during the same quality inspection process.

If the attribute QualityInspectionRequestHeader@operation is "delete", the DocumentReference is required and it must reference the original QualityInspectionRequest document (with value "new" or "update" for its QualityInspectionRequest@operation) during the same quality inspection process.

Specifies whether the line item is a grouped item having child items or an independent line item. Possible values are "composite" to identify an item group or "item" to identify an independent line item.

This attribute is applicable only for a line item with an item group.

Represents the type of the service line. Possible values:

• standard - Standard service.
• blanket - Blanket service for which you don't specify a quantity. It is settled as a lump sum.
• contingency - A service that is not absolutely necessary to perform the order.
• openquantity - A service for which the sold-to party requires that the bidder offer the quantity for a specific partial service.
• information - The line type does not describe a service and is for information purposes only.

See QuoteItemIn@serviceLineType.

See QuoteItemIn@parentLineNumber.

See QuoteItemIn@itemType.

Sample type. Possible values:

• samplingProcedure - A sampling procedure must be assigned when the master inspection characteristic is used in the task list or in the material specification (optional for an inspection with a material specification).
• additiveSample - When samples are calculated, the size of the partial sample is increased by the quantity that is required for the inspection of this characteristic.
• destructiveSample - The sample should be destroyed after inspection. This means that it is no longer available. This quantity is used in the usage decision as the proposed quantity for the posting to sample.
• spcCharacteristic - A statistical process control chart should be run.

The material provision indicator used to identify the subcontracting type of a part for the components. Possible values:

• reworkTo - Rework material to subcontractor.
• reworkFrom - Rework material from subcontractor.
• regular - Vendor provides stock.

Represents the supplier part number and customer part number.

To provide a plant location description, the domain attribute of the element IdReference should be set to "buyerLocationID", "supplierLocationID" or "storageLocation" and the identifier to the plantID.

A string value to identify the type time series. Possible values:

• grossdemand - Quantity that is considered as demand without taking inventory and receipts into consideration.
• netdemand - Quantity determined based on available inventory and receipts derived based on planning output.
• supplyPlan - Quantity derived to meet the demand based on supply planning.
• longtermforecast - Forecast quantity derived based on historical trends.
• constrainedforecast - Unconstrained forecast when limited by supply constraints results in constrained forecast.
• custom - Buyer specific business values could be represented by the customType string.

Groups items into similar categories. Typically lists the UNSPSC (United Nations Standard Products and Services Code) commodity code for each selected item. These codes are used by back-end systems within buyer and supplier organizations for accounting and report generation. For the list of UNSPSC codes, see www.unspsc.org.

Classification@domain can also be used to specify product hierarchy and commodity information used by a back-end system. For instance, the following domain values are supported by SAP ERP:

• MaterialGroup
• LineOfBusiness
• ProductFamily
• ProductSubFamily
• InternalProgramCode
• ExternalProgramCode
• PartCategory
• PartType

Classification has an optional code attribute, which identifies the commodity by its designated code.

Number of days the buyer schedules for the inspection of goods after receiving them.

ID that the item's manufacturer uses to identify the item.

Contains details of a referenced document.

Contains detailed information about an item that can be used across different industries. Can also be used to send material characteristics to support configurable material process.

Contains planning information from buyers ERP system to provide visibility of critical business information to suppliers and other partners. See PlanningTimeSeries Element.

Identifies the business process supported by the message. Possible values:

• SMI - Supplier-managed inventory
• OEM - OEM-owned inventory scenarios
• VMI - Vendor-managed inventory
• 3PL - Third-party logistics inventory scenarios
• ManufacturingVisibility - Contract manufacturers sharing inventory visibility
• Forecast - Forecast collaboration
• Consignment - Consignment material movements
• Sales - Sales report visibility
• POC - Purchase order collaboration scenarios
• Other - Other collaboration scenarios

See ProductActivityHeader@processType.

Number of days the buyer schedules for the inspection of goods after receiving them.

ID that the item's manufacturer uses to identify the item.

Contains details of a referenced document.

The base tax rate in number of percentage. For some Tax categories (for example, ICMS for Brazil) TaxAmount is calculated considering the basePercentageRate along with percentageRate.

TaxAmount = TaxableAmount * percentageRate * basePercentageRate

Used only in Quote messages.

Set to "yes" (true) if the TaxAmount is included in the price. The default is "no" (false). Used only in Quote messages.

Approval status of the line item. Possible values:

• approved
• awaitingApproval
• reject
• approvedAndUpdatePO

Reason why the line item is out of tolerance. Possible values:

• quantityDeviation
• dateDeviation
• quantityAndDateDeviation

Approval status of the request. Possible values:

• approved
• awaitingApproval
• reject
• approvedAndUpdatePO

Specifies whether the supplier uses a component listed in the order. Used only when confirming an order. Possible values are yes (or not specified) or no. In other contexts, usage is not used. For example, when reporting component consumption use type instead.

Specifies the planning strategy. Possible values:

• MTO - Make to Order
• MTS - Make to Stock
• ATO - Assemble to Order
• CTO - Configure to Order

Domain in which this value has meaning. Recognized domains include:

• type - Quality notification type, does not have a code group.
• subject - Quality notification subject (category).
• reason - Reason of defect.
• task - Quality notification task.
• activity - Quality notification activity.
• defect - Quality notification defect.
• cause - Quality notification cause.
• revision - Quality notification revision.

Operation to be performed. Possible values:

• new - Creates a new quality notification.
• update - Updates an existing quality notification. The DocumentReference element references the original quality notification.

Defines the quality notification in one of the following domains:

• "type" of quality notification without code group.
• "subject" (category) group and code.
• "reason" of this quality notification.
• "revision" of this quality notification (if operation="update")