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UNG
GROUP HEADER  
To head, identify and specify a group of messages and/or packages, which may be used for internal routing and which may contain one or more message types and/or packages.

Dependency Notes:
1. D2(010, 060, 070) All or none

Notes:
2. This data element is only used if the following conditions apply:
i) the group contains messages only, and
ii) the messages are of a single message type.
3. S004, if S004 is not present in UNG, the date and time of preparation is the same as indicated for the interchange in S004 in UNB.
4. This data element will be deleted from the UNG segment in the next version of the standard. Therefore its use in UNG is not recommended.
5. The combination of the values carried in data elements S006, S007 and 0048 shall be used to identify uniquely the group within its interchange, for the purpose of acknowledgement.
 
 
Pos    Tag Name  S R Repr   Notes
010
 
0038  
MESSAGE GROUP IDENTIFICATION
Identification of the single message type in the group.
C 1 an..6   1,2,4
020
 
S006  
APPLICATION SENDER IDENTIFICATION
Sender identification of for example a division, branch or application computer system/process.
C 1     5
 
 
  0040
Application sender identification
Name or coded identification of the application sender (for example, a division, branch or computer system/process).
M 1 an..35  
 
 
  0007
Identification code qualifier
Qualifier referring to the identification code.
C 1 an..4  
030
 
S007  
APPLICATION RECIPIENT IDENTIFICATION
Recipient identification of for example a division, branch or application computer system/process.
C 1     5
 
 
  0044
Application recipient identification
Name or coded identification of the application recipient (for example, a division, branch or computer system/process).
M 1 an..35  
 
 
  0007
Identification code qualifier
Qualifier referring to the identification code.
C 1 an..4  
040
 
S004  
DATE AND TIME OF PREPARATION
Date and time of preparation of the interchange.
C 1     3
 
 
  0017
Date
Local date when an interchange or a group was prepared.
M 1 n8  
 
 
  0019
Time
Local time of day when an interchange or a group was prepared.
M 1 n4  
050
 
0048  
GROUP REFERENCE NUMBER
Unique reference number for the group within an interchange.
M 1 an..14   5
060
 
0051  
CONTROLLING AGENCY, CODED
Code identifying a controlling agency.
C 1 an..3   1,2,4
070
 
S008  
MESSAGE VERSION
Specification of the version and release numbers of all of the messages of a single type in the group.
C 1     1,2,4
 
 
  0052
Message version number
Version number of a message type.
M 1 an..3  
 
 
  0054
Message release number
Release number within the current message version number.
M 1 an..3  
 
 
  0057
Association assigned code
Code, assigned by the association responsible for the design and maintenance of the message type concerned, which further identifies the message.
C 1 an..6  
080
 
0058  
APPLICATION PASSWORD
Password to the recipient's division, department or sectional application system/process.
C 1 an..14  
 
  Date  2002-05-23