D18A | EDIFACTORY

Message D18A/BALANC

Balance message

A message used to exchange enterprise related balances between the enterprise and whoever may use them for the purpose of accounting, auditing, cost accounting, consolidation, financial analysis, etc.

Message description

UNH

M(1) : Message header

A service segment starting and uniquely identifying a message. The message type code for the Balance message is BALANC. Note: Balance messages conforming to this document must contain the following data in segment UNH, composite S009: Data element 0065 BALANC 0052 D 0054 18A 0051 UN

BGM

M(1) : Beginning of message

A segment identifying the balance message.

DTM

M(99) : Date/time/period

A segment containing balance opening and closing dates and its preparation date.

RFF

C(99) : Reference

A segment containing the number of the balance linked to the message and its version number.

CUX

C(99) : Currencies

A segment providing currencies which are specific to the balance message.

FTX

C(1) : Free text

A segment containing free text information, in coded or clear form, giving additional clarifications solely concerning the summary section. In computer-to-computer exchanges such text information will normally require the receiver to process this segment manually.

SG1 M(99) : NAD-RFF-SG2

A segment group giving information on sender, recipient and intermediary.

NAD

M(1) : Name and address

A segment to identify a party.

RFF

C(9) : Reference

A segment to provide references which are specific to the concerned party.

SG2 C(99) : CTA-COM

A segment group to identify contacts and related communication numbers.

CTA

M(1) : Contact information

A segment to provide contacts related to the party.

COM

C(9) : Communication contact

A segment to provide communication numbers of the contact.

SG3 C(99) : CCI-CAV

A group of segments to provide accounting, fiscal, social or legal characteristics of the enterprise accounting balance.

CCI

M(1) : Characteristic/class id

A segment to identify a characteristic.

CAV

C(1) : Characteristic value

A segment to provide the value of the characteristic.

SG4 M(99999) : LIN-MOA-DTM-RFF-QTY-SG5

A segment group providing the following relevant information for a given period of the balance : account number and its identification, period, quantity, stated value and record number.

LIN

M(1) : Line item

A segment indicating the trial balance line number within the message.

MOA

M(999) : Monetary amount

A segment containing detailed information about debit or credit trend of the amount, the amount itself in local and original currency and the currency code relating to these amounts.

DTM

C(1) : Date/time/period

A segment giving detailed information on the opening and closing dates of account.

RFF

C(1) : Reference

A segment containing a reference number which may be a journal page number (folio) and sequence number within the folio (line) as a single reference number or a serial number assigned at bookkeeping entry level (record number) for a given period.

QTY

C(10) : Quantity

A segment specifying the quantity and the measure unit relative to the amount of the accounting trial balance.

SG5 M(9) : CPT-SG6

A segment group containing detailed information identifying an account.

CPT

M(1) : Account identification

A segment containing detailed information identifying the treated main account number and its subsidiary account numbers.

SG6 C(99) : CCI-CAV

A group of segments to provide accounting, fiscal, social or legal characteristics of the account.

CCI

M(1) : Characteristic/class id

A segment to identify a characteristic.

CAV

C(1) : Characteristic value

A segment to provide the value of the characteristic.

SG7 M(1) : EQN-MOA

A segment group providing information on trial balance amounts and quantities. This group provides totals for verification purposes.

EQN

M(1) : Number of units

A segment specifying the number of balance lines for a given period relative to the balance message.

MOA

M(9) : Monetary amount

A segment adding up the total amounts in local and all foreign currencies in the balance message.

SG8 C(1) : AUT-DTM

A segment group to provide authentication information.

Message structure

UNH, Message header                           M        1
BGM, Beginning of message                     M        1
DTM, Date/time/period                         M       99
RFF, Reference                                C       99
CUX, Currencies                               C       99
FTX, Free text                                C        1

--- Segment Group 1 ------------------------- M       99 -------+
NAD, Name and address                         M        1        |
RFF, Reference                                C        9        |
                                                                |
--- Segment Group 2 ------------------------- C       99 ------+|
CTA, Contact information                      M        1       ||
COM, Communication contact                    C        9       ||
---- ----------------------------------------------------------++

--- Segment Group 3 ------------------------- C       99 -------+
CCI, Characteristic/class id                  M        1        |
CAV, Characteristic value                     C        1        |
---- -----------------------------------------------------------+

--- Segment Group 4 ------------------------- M    99999 -------+
LIN, Line item                                M        1        |
MOA, Monetary amount                          M      999        |
DTM, Date/time/period                         C        1        |
RFF, Reference                                C        1        |
QTY, Quantity                                 C       10        |
                                                                |
--- Segment Group 5 ------------------------- M        9 ------+|
CPT, Account identification                   M        1       ||
                                                               ||
--- Segment Group 6 ------------------------- C       99 -----+||
CCI, Characteristic/class id                  M        1      |||
CAV, Characteristic value                     C        1      |||
---- ---------------------------------------------------------+++

--- Segment Group 7 ------------------------- M        1 -------+
EQN, Number of units                          M        1        |
MOA, Monetary amount                          M        9        |
---- -----------------------------------------------------------+

--- Segment Group 8 ------------------------- C        1 -------+
AUT, Authentication result                    M        1        |
DTM, Date/time/period                         C        1        |
---- -----------------------------------------------------------+
UNT, Message trailer                          M        1