CONTRL Syntax and service report

Syntax Development Group (SDG)

CONTRL is a message syntactically acknowledging or rejecting, with error indication, a received interchange, functional group or message.

A CONTRL message can be used to:

a) acknowledge or reject a received interchange, functional group or message and list any errors contained therein, or

b) indicate only the receipt of an interchange.

Header

1. 0010 · UNH · Message header · Max 1 · Mandatory

   To head, identify and specify a message.

2. 0020 · UCI · Interchange response · Max 1 · Mandatory

   To identify the subject interchange, to indicate interchange receipt, to indicate acknowledgement or rejection (action taken) of the UNA, UNB and UNZ segments, and to identify any error related to these segments. Depending on the action code, it may also indicate the action taken on the functional groups and messages within that interchange.

3. Segment group 1 Repeat 999999

   1. 0040 · UCM · Message response · Max 1 · Mandatory

      To identify a message in the subject interchange, and to indicate that message's acknowledgement or rejection (action taken), and to identify any error related to the UNH and UNT segments.

   2. Segment group 2 Repeat 999

      1. 0060 · UCS · Segment error indication · Max 1 · Mandatory

         To identify either a segment containing an error or a missing segment, and to identify any error related to the complete segment.

      2. 0070 · UCD · Data element error indication · Max 99 · Conditional

         To identify an erroneous simple, composite or component data element, and to identify the nature of the error.

4. Segment group 3 Repeat 999999

   1. 0090 · UCF · Functional group response · Max 1 · Mandatory

      To identify a functional group in the subject interchange and to indicate acknowledgement or rejection (action taken) of the UNG and UNE segments, and to identify any error related to these segments. Depending on the action code, it may also indicate the action taken on the messages within that functional group.

   2. Segment group 4 Repeat 999999

      1. 0110 · UCM · Message response · Max 1 · Mandatory

         To identify a message in the subject interchange, and to indicate that message's acknowledgement or rejection (action taken), and to identify any error related to the UNH and UNT segments.

      2. Segment group 5 Repeat 999

         1. 0130 · UCS · Segment error indication · Max 1 · Mandatory

            To identify either a segment containing an error or a missing segment, and to identify any error related to the complete segment.

         2. 0140 · UCD · Data element error indication · Max 99 · Conditional

            To identify an erroneous simple, composite or component data element, and to identify the nature of the error.

5. 0150 · UNT · Message trailer · Max 1 · Mandatory

   To end and check the completeness of a message.