MT 538 Field Specifications

38. Field 20C: Reference

FORMAT

Option C

:4!c//16x

(Qualifier) (Reference)

PRESENCE

Mandatory in an optional sequence

QUALIFIER

(Error code(s): T89)

Order	M/O	Qualifier	R/N	CR	Options	Qualifier Description
1	M	PREV	N		C	Previous Message Reference
	or	RELA	N		C	Related Reference
	or	POOL	N		C	Pool Reference

DEFINITION

This qualified generic field specifies:

PREV	Previous Message Reference	Message reference Reference of the linked message which was previously sent.
RELA	Related Reference	Reference of the linked message which was previously received.
POOL	Pool Reference	Collective reference identifying a set of messages.

NETWORK VALIDATED RULES

Reference must not start or end with a slash '/' and not contain two consecutive slashes '//' (Error code(s): T26).