MT 102 STP Field Specifications

9. Field 21: Transaction Reference

FORMAT

16x

PRESENCE

Mandatory in mandatory sequence B

DEFINITION

This field specifies the unambiguous reference for the individual transaction contained in a particular occurrence of sequence B.

NETWORK VALIDATED RULES

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

USAGE RULES

In transaction related queries, cancellations etc., the content of field 20 File Reference together with the content of this field provides the transaction identification.