PM13240: H99 NAK WHEN DESTINATION ADDRESS CONTAINS AN INVALID CHARACTER ON POSITION 9

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When customer creates a message on a data entry queue, in the
  destination address field they type in the first 8 characters
  only. MERVA fills the remaining characters on positions 9 to 12
  with "X". When they inadvertently type in more than 8
  characters, they complain that now, for some correspondents,
  position 9 of the destination address contains another character
  than "X", for example, "A" or "B". They observe this after the
  migration to the SWIFT SAA environment. SAA sends this message
  to the SWIFTNet, and SWIFT returns the negative acknowledgment
  (NAK) H99. Then they have to manually override the invalid
  character on position 9 by an "X" and pass the corrected message
  to SAA which again sends the message to the SWIFTNet. Now SWIFT
  returns a positive acknowledgment (ACK).
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All users of MERVA-MQI Attachment.           *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: The destination address in the          *
  *                      application header of a SWIFT input     *
  *                      message contains an invalid character   *
  *                      on position 9. SWIFT returns a H99 NAK. *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: The destination address now contains a       *
  *                 valid character on position 9.               *
  ****************************************************************
  The destination address in the application header of a SWIFT
  input message contains an invalid character on position 9.
  SWIFT returns a H99 NAK.
  

Problem conclusion

• For each message type except 074, character X is set on
  position 9 of the destination address.
  For message type 074 (broadcast), the destination address is
  SWHQBEBB*BCT. The character on position 9, indicated by an
  asterisk, depends on the application:
  o For a FIN broadcast, character X is set.
  o For a General Purpose Application (GPA) broadcast,
    character A is set.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

  PM12628

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

  UK56491

Modules/Macros

• DSLKSUBS
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  MERVA ESA 4.1.0

• Fixed component ID

  5648B2900

Applicable component levels

• R412 PSY UK56491

     UP10/04/30 I 1000

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