Endpoint Outsorting

Endpoints can be assigned to transactions based on the routing transit and other MICR field combinations. Endpoint outsorting is a new outbound service type. Add the new outbound service code and then assign outsort prefixes for each primary endpoint to be outsorted.

The ipdFwdWorkflow sample has been updated to demonstrate an outsort node, ValFwdOutsortNode. The endpoint assignment tables were modified to include the outsort prefix. When a successful endpoint look up occurs, the ValFwdOutsortNode node is called to adjust the endpoint to an outsort endpoint.

The ValFwdOutsortNode performs a series of table look ups. When a successful table look up occurs, the look ups stop. All tables have key fields in common (outsort prefix and routing transit) and a payload (outsort endpoint). Each table has one or more additional key fields. The tables are:
  1. Account Number
  2. Account Number Range
  3. Account Number, Serial Number Range (Aux)
  4. Account Number, TC Number Range (PC)
  5. Serial Number Range
  6. TC Number Range
The main tasks to set up a transaction for outsourcing are:
  1. Define the outsort service codes. For more information about this step, see Distribution User's Guide.
  2. Assign outsort prefixes for each service code to endpoints. For more information about this step, see Distribution User's Guide.
  3. Associate the outsort prefix with the endpoint look up tables.
  4. Determine the MICR fields to use and set up the tables to facilitate reassignment.
Note: Distribution is required for this function.