Show/Hide TOC

MT 104 Field Specifications

14. Field 21: Transaction Reference

FORMAT

16x

PRESENCE

Mandatory in mandatory sequence B

DEFINITION

This field contains the unique reference for the individual transaction.

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 related transactions the Sender's reference together with the content of this field provides the transaction identification. This reference must be unique within one single message.