10.1.1.1 Features of Free Format Message Screen
Table 10-1 Trade Finance Free Format Message Maintenance - Field Description
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Document Number | System generates the document number on save. |
| Module | Select the module from the drop-down menu, for which you are entering the details in this screen. |
| Customer | Select the code of the customer to whom the message is addressed, from the option list. If the recipient is not a customer of your bank, then specify his/her name in this field. |
| Media | You can indicate the media through which the Free Format Message should be transmitted. The media through which you can channel a Free Format Message depends on the media types that you have maintained for your branch in the ‘Media Maintenance’ screen. You can choose a media code from the option list that is available. |
| Location | You should also specify the location of the address. To recall, the location that you specify for an address is the unique identifier between the other addresses of the customer for a given media.
The address of the customer will be automatically displayed based on the customer-location-media combination that you indicate if it has already been maintained in the system. |
| Node | You can indicate the node from where this Free Format Message has to be generated. |
| Name | In the case of a walk-in customer, enter the name of the customer to whom the message is to be addressed. If the recipient of the message is a customer of your bank, the customer’s name will be automatically displayed when you indicate the customer’s CIF number in the “Customer” field. |
| Address |
If the recipient of the message is a customer of your bank, the customer’s address will be automatically displayed based on the Customer-Media-Location combination that you have specified. You will be required to enter the address in the case of a Walk-in customer. The format of the address depends on the media through which the Free Format Message is transmitted. If the address is for the media type Mail, you can enter the customer s address in the four rows under this field. Each line that you enter can contain a maximum of 35 characters. If the media of transmission is Telex, the address should be expressed numerically. If you are defining a SWIFT address, the address should be of eight or eleven alphanumeric characters. |
| Contract Reference | You can indicate the code assigned to the customer who is the recipient of the message. This is the code that you assigned to the customer in the Customer Information File (CIF). This option list displays all the contract reference number for those branches for which you have access right. |
| External Reference Number | The system displays external reference number on save. |
| Form | If the message to be sent is in the form of a template, you can choose the template from the option list. |
| Hold | Messages that are put on hold are temporarily stopped from being generated. If you have indicated that messages should be generated in the background, the Free Format Message that you have defined will be immediately sent when you save the record. If for some reason you do not want to immediately send the message, you can place it on hold. In this case, the message will appear in the Outgoing Message Browser, but will be in the hold status. You will have to release the message before you generate it from the Outgoing Browser. |
| Copies | Enter the number of copies of the Free Format Message that should be sent to the customer at the time it is generated.
If you indicate that more than one copy should be sent to a location, the first message will be the original and the others will be marked as ‘copy’. |
| Testword Required | Indicate whether a test word needs to be inserted the telex message manually before it is generated from your branch.
The following details are displayed on the screen:
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Parent topic: Loading Free Format Message Maintenance Screen