Shelf 02 of 20: Reading an eight digit code
Reading an eight digit code
How two digit pairs build a segment, a family, a class and a commodity, what trailing zeros mean, and what the optional fifth pair adds.
11 guides on this shelf.
- Why must digits and titles travel together?
Why must digits and titles travel together? a code whose digits can be checked only when the title beside them matches the current codeset, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- When does a UNSPSC code have ten digits?
When does a UNSPSC code have ten digits? when a fifth pair for business function is added to the eight digit commodity code, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- How do four levels fit in one string of digits?
How do four levels fit in one string of digits? four pairs of digits, each pair adding one level of narrowing to the string, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- How do you read a code that stops at family level?
How do you read a code that stops at family level? a deliberate broad statement that covers everything inside that family and nothing outside it, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- How do you read a UNSPSC code from left to right?
How do you read a UNSPSC code from left to right? a left to right narrowing, where each new pair of digits refines the shelf position set by the pairs before it, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- How do you read a code that goes to commodity level?
How do you read a code that goes to commodity level? the most specific primary claim UNSPSC makes, naming one group of substitutable items, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- What do trailing zeros mean in a UNSPSC code?
What do trailing zeros mean in a UNSPSC code? the written form of a broader level, where zeros stand in for pairs that have not been narrowed, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- What is a class in UNSPSC?
What is a class in UNSPSC? a group of commodities that share a common use or function inside one family, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- What is a commodity in UNSPSC?
What is a commodity in UNSPSC? a group of substitutable products or services at the finest primary level, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- What is a family in UNSPSC?
What is a family in UNSPSC? a commonly recognised group of related commodity categories inside one segment, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- What is a segment in UNSPSC?
What is a segment in UNSPSC? the broadest level, a logical aggregation of families kept together for analysis, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
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