ShowCustomerParty

OAGIS BOD combining the Show verb with the CustomerParty noun. Direct canonical equivalent of EDI EDIFACT PARTIN and X12 838 messages in OAGIS 10.x's Master data domain.

BOD purpose

The ShowCustomerParty BOD is the response to GetCustomerParty: complete customer record, addresses, terms, contacts, internal references (CustomerNumber, marketing OptIns).

Structure (ApplicationArea + DataArea)

Like every OAGIS BOD, ShowCustomerParty stacks an ApplicationArea technical envelope (Sender, BODID, CreationDateTime) and a business DataArea that contains the verb and the noun.

• CustomerPartyHeader + Location + Contact + PaymentTerms.
• Classification — commercial segment.

XML example

Minimal OAGIS 10.x payload for didactic purposes. Structural elements (header + at least one line) are required in any conformant implementation.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ShowCustomerParty
    xmlns="http://www.openapplications.org/oagis/10"
    releaseID="10.11" versionID="10.11">

  <ApplicationArea>
    <Sender>
      <LogicalID>ERP-CENTRAL-EU</LogicalID>
      <ComponentID>Master dataModule</ComponentID>
      <ConfirmationCode>OnError</ConfirmationCode>
    </Sender>
    <CreationDateTime>2026-05-15T10:15:00Z</CreationDateTime>
    <BODID>5a8f7d2e-2b15-4c1a-9e6f-showcustomerparty-2026-0014</BODID>
  </ApplicationArea>

  <DataArea>
    <Show/>
    <CustomerParty>
      <CustomerPartyHeader>
        <PartyIDs><ID>CUST-009912</ID></PartyIDs>
        <Name>ACME Manufacturing</Name>
      </CustomerPartyHeader>
      <Location>
        <Address>
          <Street>12 rue de la Paix</Street>
          <City>Paris</City>
          <PostalCode>75002</PostalCode>
          <Country>FR</Country>
        </Address>
      </Location>
    </CustomerParty>
  </DataArea>
</ShowCustomerParty>

Use case

The ERP responds to GetCustomerParty with a ShowCustomerParty: 1 customer record with 3 addresses, 5 contacts, Net 45 terms, Strategic segment. The e-commerce portal pre-fills the check-out.

EDI equivalences

On an EDI gateway, this BOD typically maps to:

• EDIFACT PARTIN — EDIFACT equivalent.
• X12 838 — X12 equivalent.

Further reading

• OAGi — OAGIS 10.x — official spec page and free download.
• OAGi (OAGIS) — hub on ediverse — BOD architecture, verbs, canonical model.
• EDIFACT on ediverse — functional equivalent EDIFACT PARTIN.
• X12 on ediverse — functional equivalent X12 838.