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GENRAL: General Communications Text
The GENRAL message is part of the TRADACOMS General Text file: free-format text messages between trading partners.
The General Text file contains: GENHDR → GENRAL → GENTLR.
Message structure
| Segment | Name | Usage |
|---|---|---|
MHD | Message Header | One message for each destination within recipient company |
MED | Message Details | |
TXT | Text | Repeat for every 50 characters of text |
MTR | Message Trailer |
Segments and data elements
| Element | Name | M/C | F/V | Format | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MSRF | Message Reference | M | V | 9(12) | Consecutive count of messages within the transmission |
TYPE | Type of Message composite | M | 'GENERAL' '3' for this version | ||
| Type | M | F | X(6) | ||
| Version Number | M | F | 9(1) |
| Element | Name | M/C | F/V | Format | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
METO | Message to composite | M | EAN Location number for point for which message is intended Formal title of person for whom message is intended Plain language description | ||
| EAN Location Number of Department of Person | C | F | 9(13) | ||
| Title of Person | C | V | X(40) | ||
| Name of Department of Person | C | V | X(40) | ||
MEDT | Message Date and Time composite | M | Date of message (rather than transmission). Format: YYMMDD Time of message (rather than transmission). Format: HHMMSS | ||
| Date of Message | M | F | 9(6) | ||
| Time of Message | C | F | 9(6) |
| Element | Name | M/C | F/V | Format | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SEQA | First Level Sequence Number | M | V | 9(10) | Sequence number starting at 1 within each message and incremented by 1 for each TXT segment in the message |
TEXT | Text | M | V | X(50) | Any text not containing data for computer processing |
| Element | Name | M/C | F/V | Format | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NOSG | Number of Segments in Message | M | V | 9(10) | Control count of the number of segments comprising message. The count includes the MHD and MTR segments surrounding the message |
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