Convert Your Map to Another SWIFT Standards Version

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About this task

The Update SWIFT Version features enable you to convert the SWIFT MT format side of your map to the most recent standards version from the standards database, and to save it to a new map.

Note: In some previous versions of the Sterling B2B Integrator Map Editor, SWIFT numeric fields were generated with a maximum of nine decimal places (R9 format). However, SWIFT special functions allow for greater precision. For example, AMOUNT<15> can have a maximum of 13 decimal positions, and Sterling B2B Integrator Map Editor supports numeric formats greater than R9. Therefore, the numeric fields have been upgraded for SWIFT and any previously generated map that is updated through the SWIFT Update feature will have the numeric fields updated to support the greater precision. These changes will be reported as “standard fixes” in the report.

The Update Version feature:

  • Migrates the old map to the new SWIFT standard version.
  • Identifies the differences between the required (mandatory) map components in the old version as compared with the new version and reports the following changes:
    • STANDARD Change: A change from the old map that was made by the new SWIFT standard.
    • STANDARD Fix: A change from the old map that was made by a fix to the Sterling B2B Integrator Map Editor.
    • CUSTOM Change: A change from the old map that was made by you (the customer).
    • CONFLICT Change: A change from the old map that was made by you (the customer), but the change conflicts with a change made by the new SWIFT Standard.
  • Inserts the new required map components into the newly created version of the map.
  • Ignores any “temporary” map components you have created to use as work areas for calculations and so forth. You can use temporary records and fields when you cannot use a simple link or if you must extract only specific occurrences of a record from your data file. A simple link enables you to join data from the Input and Output sides of the map in either a one-to-one relationship (map components that both do not repeat) or a many-to-many relationship (map components that repeat the same number of times).
  • Provides you with a report that denotes the differences between the two standard versions and lists the segments and elements that are added as part of new standard version and were not in the old map. It will also list custom changes carried forward to the new version of the map.
    Note: If a field and record is no longer used in the new standard, it is deleted from the map and a note of the deletion is included in the report. If a link is broken as a result of a deletion, that is also noted in the report.

To upgrade to a newer SWIFT standards version:

Procedure

  1. In Sterling B2B Integrator Map Editor, open the map.
  2. Select a map component on the side of the map you want to upgrade.
  3. Select Functions > Update > SWIFT Version.
  4. Select the ODBC data source that contains the SWIFT standards database or the ODBC data source that contains the customer Market Practices. Click Next.
  5. Type the name of the new map or accept the default, and click Next.
  6. Click Finish to start the standard version upgrade process and create the new map.

    The upgrade process reads in the new version of the SWIFT standard and the old version of the standard specified by the map. The upgrade procedure consists of a three-way comparison between the new SWIFT standard, the customer map, and the old SWIFT standard (that is, the version defined by your map).