MCRE File Format

The MCRE task creates files that have a format consistent with the MCRE files created by CPCS. The task can be configured to write the character fields using either ASCII or EBCDIC encoding. Use the manage transmission definitions page to specify the character encoding. For more information, see Transmission Definitions Management.

The file contains the extracted payment detail records in batch (ICL) and segment order. The first record in the file is a file header record. Each payment detail record belonging to a new batch (ICL) is preceded by a presentment header record. The last detail record for each segment is a kill segment control record. The following example shows the record structure for an MCRE file:

MCRE File Header Record
Presentment Header Record (for the first batch (ICL))
Detail Record: Payment
....
Detail Record: Payment
Detail Record: Kill Segment (for the end of the segment)
Detail Record: Payment
....
Detail Record: Payment
Detail Record: Kill Segment (for the end of the segment)

Presentment Header Record (for the second batch (ICL))
Detail Record: Payment
....
Detail Record: Payment
Detail Record: Kill Segment (for the end of the segment)

The payment detail record fields containing codeline data have customizable lengths, justification and fill characters. The MCRE task uses the legacy profile definitions to resolve the format of these and any other record fields having a variable length. For more information about specifying field formats using the legacy profile import utility, see Legacy Profile Import Utility.