1. Payments Core User Guide
  2. Payment Maintenance
  3. Common Payments Maintenances
  4. Special Characters

Special Characters

The Special Characters screen allows users to maintain a list of special characters, which are disallowed by the payment network, and its corresponding replacement characters. This maintenance is maintained for every combination of Host and Network code.
  1. On Homepage, specify PMDSPCHR in the text box, and click next arrow.
    Special Character Detailed screen is displayed.

    Figure 2-124 Special Character Detailed

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    Description of "Figure 2-124 Special Character Detailed"
  2. Click New button on the Application toolbar.
  3. On Special Character Detailed screen, specify the fields.
    For more information on fields, refer to the field description below:

    Table 2-68 Special Character Detailed - Field Description

    Field Description
    Host Code System defaults the host code of transaction branch on clicking ‘New’.
    Host Code Description System defaults the description of the Host code displayed.
    Network Code Specify the network code from the list of values.
    Network Description System defaults the description on the Network code selected.
    Network Type Description System defaults the Network Type Description on the Network code selected.
    Allowed Character Standard Select the Name of Allowed Character Name from the list of values. The Allowed Character Standard would identify the complete list of allowed characters for a given network, which is captured in a different maintenance called ‘Allowed Character Set Maintenance’ described later.
    Resultant Action Select Resultant Action from the following:
    • Replace
    • Reject
    Default Replacement Character Specify the Default Replacement character (e.g. ““(space) or “-“(hyphen)) for any special character which is not allowed by the network. This character would be used to replace a special character in a transaction in case no specific replacement characters is defined for the special character in the below grid.
    Disallowed Characters List --
    Special Characters Specify the Special Character from the list of values for which the replacement is required.
    Replacement Character Specify the replacement character for the selected character.

    Note:

    • It is optional to maintain special characters and their replacement characters, but selection of Allowed Character set and the Default Replacement Character is mandatory.
    • Special characters Replacement and Network character validation steps performed as part of processing of any type of payment or non-payment transaction is based on this maintenance.
    • Replacement of special characters is done instead of Network Character validation step for Outbound ACH, Direct Debit, Fedwire and NACHA ACH transactions.

Parent topic: Common Payments Maintenances