850 is an original PO, 860 is a change to the 850. Most legacy
systems will automagically add an 850, most will print and forward
an 860. If you receive an 860 that says to change or cancel the order,
can your legacy system perform that action? Most can't.
> "Michael Weir (Transform Research)" wrote:
>
> I'm looking at the 850 and the 860, trying to figure out why there's
> an 860 in the first place. The 860 seems to have just about the same
> fields that the 850 has. Since there's only 999 document numbers
> available, why did they define the 860 instead of adding some
> semantics to the 850? After all, there is a Transaction Set Purpose
> Code of 04-Change, which is valid for the 850.
>
> I assume that I'm missing something. Can anyone explain?
>
> Thanks.
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