The Transmission header indicates the begginning of the CWR data on the file, and contains information about it’s creation and sender.
It contains the following fields:
Field | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Record Type | Alphanumeric | Yes | It is always ‘HDR’ |
Sender Type | Alphanumeric | Yes | Indicates the role of the sender. Only ‘AA’, ‘PB’, ‘SO’ or ‘WR’ are accepted. |
Sender ID | Numeric | Yes | Code identifying the sender |
Sender Name | Alphanumeric | Yes | Name of the sender |
EDI Standard Version Number | Alphanumeric | Yes | Version of the header and trailer. ‘01.10’ for CWR 2.1 |
Creation Date | Date | Yes | The date that this file was created |
Creation Time | Time | Yes | The time of day that this file was created |
Transmission Date | Time | Yes | The date that this file was transmitted to all receiving entities |
Character Set | Time | No | To be used if this file contains data in a character set other than ASCII |