CSMS Message: 95-000588

THE FOLLOWING ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGES PROVIDED INFORMATION PERTAINING
TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ULTIMATE CONSIGNEE NAME AND ADDRESS
APPLICATION (IJ): 95-0440, DATED 05/08/95, 95-0187, DATED 03/02/95,
95-0104, DATED 02/02/95, AND 94-1087, DATED 11/02/94. YOU WERE INFORMED
THAT COPIES OF THE ABI RECORD LAYOUTS COULD BE OBTAINED THROUGH YOUR
CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE. THE PURPOSE OF THIS MESSAGE IS TO CORRECT
THE DESCRIPTION OF THE IA OUTPUT RECORD LAYOUT PROVIDED IN THAT PACKAGE.

EXCEPT FOR THE FILLER AT THE END OF THE IA RECORD, ALL VALUES IN THE
LENGTH/CLASS COLUMN WERE CORRECT. THE POSITIONS GIVEN FOR CONSIGNEE
NAME, DISPOSITION ACTION DATE, AND DISPOSITION ACTION TIME AND FILLER
WERE ALL MISSTATED. THE CORRECTED IA RECORD LAYOUT IS AS FOLLOWS:

DATA LENGTH/
ELEMENT CLASS POSITION STATUS DESCRIPTION
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CONTROL MUST ALWAYS EQUAL I
IDENTIFIER 1A 1 M (LETTER I.)
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RECORD TYPE 1A 2 M MUST ALWAYS EQUAL A.
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QUERY 5N 3-7 C A NUMBER FROM 00001 TO
SEQUENCE 99999 REPRESENTING THE
NUMBER SEQUENCE NUMBER WITHIN
THE BLOCK.
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CONSIGNEE 12X 8-19 M A CODE IDENTIFYING THE
NUMBER CONSIGNEE FROM THE 5106
FILE.
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CONSIGNEE 32X 20-51 M A NAME IDENTIFYING THE
NAME CONSIGNEE FROM THE 5106
FILE.
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DISPOSITION 6N 52-57 M NUMERIC DATE IN MMDDYY
ACTION DATE (MONTH, DAY, YEAR)
FORMAT.
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DISPOSITION 4N 58-61 M MILITARY TIME IN HHMM
ACTION TIME (HOUR, MINUTE) FORMAT.
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FILLER 19AN 62-80 M SPACE FILL.

ALSO, IN THE NEAR FUTURE, WHICH DETAIL RECORDS ARE INCLUDED IN
THE APPLICATION IL OUTPUT TRANSACTION WILL BE ADJUSTED SLIGHTLY.

CURRENTLY, IF THE DATA IS ACCEPTED ERROR FREE, THE ONLY RECORD
RETURNED IS THE IB RECORD. THIS CIRCUMSTANCE WILL BE ALTERED TO
INCLUDE THE I3 RECORD, REPEATED EXACTLY AS REPORTED IN THE
APPLICATION IJ INPUT TRANSACTION, IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE IB RECORD.

IF THE DATA IS REJECTED DUE TO AN ERROR, THE OUTPUT CONTAINS AN
IB RECORD PRECEDED BY THE INPUT RECORD THAT CONTAINED THE ERROR.
THIS CIRCUMSTANCE WILL BE ALTERED SO THAT THE I3 RECORD WILL BE
INCLUDED AS THE FIRST RECORD OF THE DETAIL SET EVEN IF IT WAS NOT
THE RECORD THAT CONTAINED THE ERROR.

THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE TO THE CIRCUMSTANCE THAT RETURNS THE IA RECORD.

THESE CHANGES ARE BEING MADE TO ALLOW FILERS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
THE QUERY SEQUENCE NUMBER AND THE CONSIGNEE NAME TO IDENTIFY THE
DATA ASSOCIATED WITH THE OUTPUT MESSAGE.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT YOUR CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE.

Referenced By

CSMS #95-001074