UIH Interactive message header

To head, identify and specify a message.

Position

Element

Name

Type

Requirement

Min

Max

Repeat

010 S306 Interactive message identifier Composite (composite) Mandatory 1

010 · 0065 · Message type · String (AN) · Mandatory · 1 · 6 · -

Code identifying a type of message and assigned by its controlling agency.

In UNSMs (United Nations Standard Messages), the representation is a6.

020 · 0052 · Message version number · String (AN) · Mandatory · 1 · 3 · -

Version number of a message type.

030 · 0054 · Message release number · String (AN) · Mandatory · 1 · 3 · -

Release number within the current message version number.

040 · 0113 · Message type sub-function identification · String (AN) · Conditional · 1 · 6 · -

Code identifying a sub-function of a message type.

The code qualifies the message type data element (0065) to allow the recipient to identify a specific sub-function of a message.

050 · 0051 · Controlling agency, coded · String (AN) · Conditional · 1 · 3 · -

Code identifying a controlling agency.

060 · 0057 · Association assigned code · String (AN) · Conditional · 1 · 6 · -

Code, assigned by the association responsible for the design and maintenance of the message type concerned, which further identifies the message.

020 · 0340 · Interactive message reference number · String (AN) · Conditional · 1 · 35 · 1

Unique interactive message reference assigned by the sender.

030 S302 Dialogue reference Composite (composite) Conditional 1

010 · 0300 · Initiator control reference · String (AN) · Mandatory · 1 · 35 · -

A reference assigned by the dialogue initiator.

020 · 0303 · Initiator reference identification · String (AN) · Conditional · 1 · 35 · -

Organisation code or name assigned by the party that initiated the transaction or dialogue.

030 · 0051 · Controlling agency, coded · String (AN) · Conditional · 1 · 3 · -

Code identifying a controlling agency.

040 · 0304 · Responder control reference · String (AN) · Conditional · 1 · 35 · -

A reference assigned by the dialogue responder.

040 S301 Status of transfer - interactive Composite (composite) Conditional 1

010 · 0320 · Sender sequence number · Numeric (N) · Conditional · 1 · 6 · -

Identification of the sequence number of the message or package within the sender interchange.

020 · 0323 · Transfer position, coded · A · Conditional · 1 · 1 · -

Indication of the position of a transfer.

030 · 0325 · Duplicate Indicator · A · Conditional · 1 · 1 · -

Indication that the structure is a duplicate of a previously sent structure.

050 S300 Date and/or time of initiation Composite (composite) Conditional 1

010 · 0338 · Event date · Numeric (N) · Conditional · 1 · 8 · -

Date of event.

Format is YYMMDD or CCYYMMDD.

020 · 0314 · Event time · String (AN) · Conditional · 1 · 15 · -

Time of event.

Format is HHMMSS ... with up to 9 more digits of precision. A 'Z' as the last character indicates UTC time. (ISO 8601)

030 · 0336 · Time offset · Numeric (N) · Conditional · 4 · 4 · -

UTC (Universal Co-ordinated Time) offset from event time.

Format is HHMM. Shall be prefixed with '-' for negative offsets. (ISO 8601)

060 · 0035 · Test indicator · Numeric (N) · Conditional · 1 · 1 · 1

Indication that the structural level containing the test indicator is a test.