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MT 104 Field Specifications

1. Field 20: Sender's Reference

FORMAT

16x

PRESENCE

Mandatory in mandatory sequence A

DEFINITION

This field specifies the reference assigned by the Sender to unambiguously identify the message.

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

This field must be unique for each message and is part of the file identification and transaction identification which is used in case of queries, cancellations, etc.