UNH Message header

To head, identify and specify a message.

Position: 010 · Element: 0062 · Name: Message reference number · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 14 · Repeat: 1

Unique message reference assigned by the sender.

020 S009 Message identifier Composite (composite) Mandatory 1

Position: 010 · Element: 0065 · Name: Message type · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 6 · Repeat: -

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

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

Position: 020 · Element: 0052 · Name: Message version number · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 3 · Repeat: -

Version number of a message type.

Position: 030 · Element: 0054 · Name: Message release number · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 3 · Repeat: -

Release number within the current message version number.

Position: 040 · Element: 0051 · Name: Controlling agency, coded · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 3 · Repeat: -

Code identifying a controlling agency.

Position: 050 · Element: 0057 · Name: Association assigned code · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 6 · Repeat: -

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

Position: 060 · Element: 0110 · Name: Code list directory version number · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 6 · Repeat: -

Version number of the code list directory.

Position: 070 · Element: 0113 · Name: Message type sub-function identification · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 6 · Repeat: -

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.

Position: 030 · Element: 0068 · Name: Common access reference · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 35 · Repeat: 1

Reference serving as a key to relate all subsequent transfers of data to the same business case or file.

040 S010 Status of the transfer Composite (composite) Conditional 1

Position: 010 · Element: 0070 · Name: Sequence of transfers · Type: Numeric (N) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 2 · Repeat: -

Number assigned by the sender indicating the transfer sequence of a message related to the same topic. The message could be an addition or a change to an earlier transfer related to the same topic.

The first message in the sequence shall be assigned as number 1.

Position: 020 · Element: 0073 · Name: First and last transfer · Type: A · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 1 · Repeat: -

Indication used for the first and last message in a sequence of messages related to the same topic.

050 S016 Message subset identification Composite (composite) Conditional 1

Position: 010 · Element: 0115 · Name: Message subset identification · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 14 · Repeat: -

Coded identification of a message subset, assigned by its controlling agency.

Position: 020 · Element: 0116 · Name: Message subset version number · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 3 · Repeat: -

Version number of the message subset.

Position: 030 · Element: 0118 · Name: Message subset release number · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 3 · Repeat: -

Release number within the message subset version number.

Position: 040 · Element: 0051 · Name: Controlling agency, coded · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 3 · Repeat: -

Code identifying a controlling agency.

060 S017 Message implementation guideline identification Composite (composite) Conditional 1

Position: 010 · Element: 0121 · Name: Message implementation guideline identification · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 14 · Repeat: -

Coded identification of the message implementation guideline, assigned by its controlling agency.

Position: 020 · Element: 0122 · Name: Message implementation guideline version number · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 3 · Repeat: -

Version number of the message implementation guideline.

Position: 030 · Element: 0124 · Name: Message implementation guideline release number · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 3 · Repeat: -

Release number within the message implementation guideline version number.

Position: 040 · Element: 0051 · Name: Controlling agency, coded · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 3 · Repeat: -

Code identifying a controlling agency.

070 S018 Scenario identification Composite (composite) Conditional 1

Position: 010 · Element: 0127 · Name: Scenario identification · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 14 · Repeat: -

Code identifying scenario.

Position: 020 · Element: 0128 · Name: Scenario version number · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 3 · Repeat: -

Version number of a scenario.

Position: 030 · Element: 0130 · Name: Scenario release number · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 3 · Repeat: -

Release number within the scenario version number.

Position: 040 · Element: 0051 · Name: Controlling agency, coded · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 3 · Repeat: -

Code identifying a controlling agency.