7. Defining Free Format Messages

In the course of your daily banking operations you may want to generate messages that are not automatically generated by the system or you may have to communicate a message that is very specific to a customer. You can enter the details of such messages in the form of a free format message.

The details of a Free Format Message can be entered in the Free Format Message Maintenance screen. In this screen some of the details you can indicate are:

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7.1 FFT Template Maintenance

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7.1.1 Maintaining FFT Template

System has the facility to create SWIFT templates for free format messages with the help of resolver for predefined variable fields (for example; amount, applicant/beneficiary name, tenor, maturity, and so on). This helps avoiding predation of message which are repetitive in nature for example bill acceptance message, availment confirmation or payment tracers etc. A dictionary of field resolvers is available in Oracle Lending. You can create template as and when required with the combination of hard coated text and the field resolvers.

You can define templates for Free Format Messages which contains Template id, Language code and Free Format Text (Only for MT499 and MT799) using the ‘ Message Format Template Maintenance’ screen. You can invoke this screen by typing ‘OLDFFTMP’ in the field at the top right corner of the Application tool bar and clicking the adjoining arrow button.

Specify the following details:

Template ID

Specify the template id.

Language Code

Specify a valid language code. The adjoining option list displays all the valid language code maintained in the system. You can choose the appropriate one.

Free Format Text

Specify the Substitution Variables. You can identify these variables by prefixing them with ‘@’ or by some other special character.

Swift Message Type

Select the Swift Message type from the drop-down list. You have the following options: