IMC Interconnect Mailbag Client Exchange Header

To Identify within the Interconnect Mailbag a client interchange or data exchange block.

Position: IMC-01 · Element: I66 · Name: Exchange Block Sequence · Type: Numeric (N0) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 9 · Repeat: 1

Relative position, starting with position one, of this interchange or exchange block within the Interchange Mailbag.

Position: IMC-02 · Element: I67 · Name: Exchange Block Type Identifier · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 3 · Repeat: 1

Identifies the type of interchange or exchange block content. For an interchange, this identifier is the name of the interchange control segment. For an exchange block it is the filename extension if available, else it is user defined.

Position: IMC-03 · Element: I05 · Name: Interchange ID Qualifier · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 2 · Max: 2 · Repeat: 1

Code indicating the system/method of code structure used to designate the sender or receiver ID element being qualified

Position: IMC-04 · Element: I06 · Name: Interchange Sender ID · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 15 · Max: 15 · Repeat: 1

Identification code published by the sender for other parties to use as the receiver ID to route data to them; the sender always codes this value in the sender ID element

Position: IMC-05 · Element: I05 · Name: Interchange ID Qualifier · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 2 · Max: 2 · Repeat: 1

Code indicating the system/method of code structure used to designate the sender or receiver ID element being qualified

Position: IMC-06 · Element: I07 · Name: Interchange Receiver ID · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 15 · Max: 15 · Repeat: 1

Identification code published by the receiver of the data; When sending, it is used by the sender as their sending ID, thus other parties sending to them will use this as a receiving ID to route data to them

Position: IMC-07 · Element: I08 · Name: Interchange Date · Type: Date (DT) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 6 · Max: 6 · Repeat: 1

Date of the interchange

Position: IMC-08 · Element: I09 · Name: Interchange Time · Type: Time (TM) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 4 · Max: 4 · Repeat: 1

Time of the interchange

Position: IMC-09 · Element: I12 · Name: Interchange Control Number · Type: Numeric (N0) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 9 · Max: 9 · Repeat: 1

A control number assigned by the interchange sender

Position: IMC-10 · Element: I68 · Name: Exchange Block Length · Type: Numeric (N0) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 9 · Repeat: 1

The number of bytes to be skipped when processing the interchange or exchange block content before searching for the next Interconnect Mailbag Control segment.

Position: IMC-11 · Element: 1570 · Name: Filter ID Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 3 · Max: 3 · Repeat: 1

Code specifying the type of filter used to convert data code values