Create a File Layout from an MT or Market Practice

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About this task

When you create a new map, you typically use the map wizard that creates a layout for you based on an MT or Market Practice from the standards database. The wizard saves you the time and effort to create the SWIFT side of the map yourself, and minimizes the risk of having an invalid standard format for a message.

When you create a map, for both the input and output sides, you choose whether you want to use a preloaded standard, an existing file format, or wants to create a new file format for that side of the map (including selecting from standards that you have previously downloaded to the standards database.

Note: You can create a map for all SWIFT messages through the Sterling B2B Integrator Map Editor, and all messages are validated by the Sterling B2B Integrator for syntax (that is, field types, field lengths, and so forth).

To create a file layout from an MT, MX, or Market Practice:

Procedure

  1. From the Sterling B2B Integrator Map Editor File menu, select New.
  2. In the New Map Wizard, complete the questions in the first window and click Next.
    Note: Be sure that Sterling B2B Integrator is selected in the What type of map are you creating list.
  3. If you are translating from SWIFT, in the Input Format window, Create a new data format using this standards, select SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications) and click Messages.
    Note: The Create a new data format using this selection allows you to use a preloaded standard (that is, you do not have to download the standard to the Sterling B2B Integrator database) or use the standards that were downloaded through the standards database.
  4. Click Next.
  5. Select the type of message to auto-generate:
    • Standard SWIFT Message Type
    • Market Practice
    • Custom Market Practice
      Note: If you select custom Market Practice, you must have already created a custom Market Practice to have it listed as an available option.
  6. If you are translating an MT, select the SI SWIFT Standard ODBC data source (which contains the Sterling Standards Database for SWIFT) and click Next.
  7. If you are translating a Market Practice, select the SI SWIFTMP Customer ODBC data source (which contains the SWIFT preloaded market practices) and click Next.
  8. If you are translating from an MT, select the MT that you want to use and select the version, and click Next.
  9. If you are translating from a preloaded Market Practice, select the MT you want to modify and click Next.
  10. If you are translating from SWIFT, click Finish to load the MT you selected.
  11. Click Next.
  12. If you are translating to SWIFT, in the Output Format window, select SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications) and click Customize. If you are translating from another format, select that format and continue to the next screen.
  13. Click Next.
  14. If you are translating to SWIFT, select the SWIFT Standard ODBC data source (which contains the Sterling Standards Database for SWIFT) and click Next.
  15. If you are translating to SWIFT, select the MT that you want to use and select the version, and click Next.
  16. If you are translating to SWIFT, click Finish to load the MT you selected.
  17. Click Next.
  18. If you are translating to SWIFT, click Finish. The Sterling B2B Integrator Map Editor displays the new map in the Sterling B2B Integrator Map Editor window.
  19. Use Autolink to link your fields prior to using the Link function or creating standard or extended rules.
  20. Use the Rule Library Manager to add a reusable extended rule library that can then be added to any map so you do not have to redefine extended rules for each map you create.
    Note: The SWIFT extended rules libraries that are installed with the Sterling B2B Integrator, contain all the extended rules necessary to carry out the business logic for SWIFT messages. Extended Rule Libraries from 2008 and forward are delivered in the SWIFT Standards Install.