>> have a situation where I'm processing an 850 Purchase Order. I was
>>thinking that the BEG segment could occur only once in the file, but
>>I'm encountering it multiple times in some of the files.
> The data is more than questionable.
> The maximum BEG segments allowed in the X12 standards for the 850 is 1.
As the inquiry is worded, it isn't questionable at all; this is perfectly
possible with valid data.
While there is only BEG segment permitted per '850' transaction set, you may
certainly have many, many transaction sets in a file!
MCM
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