| Version: | D |
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| Release: | 99B |
| Contr. Agency: | UN |
| Revision: | 1 |
| Date: | 1999-09-11 |
| SOURCE: | European Board for EDIFACT Standardization - EEG11 |
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For general information on UN standard message types see UN Trade Data Interchange Directory, UNTDID, Part 4, Section 2.3, UN/ECE UNSM General Introduction |
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This message also occurs in the following versions of this standard: D98A, D98B, D99A, D99B, D00A, D00B, D01A, D01B, D01C, D02A, D02B, D03A, D03B, D04A, D04B |
This specification provides the definition of the Balance message (BALANC) to be used in Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) between trading partners involved in administration, commerce and transport.
A message used to exchange enterprise related balances between the enterprise and whoever may use them for the purpose of accounting, auditing, cost accounting, consolidation, financial analysis, etc.
The Balance message may be used for both national and international applications. It is based on universal practice related to administration, commerce and transport, and is not dependent on the type of business or industry.
The accounting and auditing partners of an enterprise require accounting information, most of which is of a common nature. In order, therefore, to cope with the practice, an enterprise (parent company, subsidiary, division, etc.), a service bureau, a chartered accountant or an auditor - referred to as a sender
See UNTDID, Part 4, Chapter 2.3 UN/ECE UNSM - General Introduction, Section 1.
See UNTDID, Part 4, Chapter 2.3 UN/ECE UNSM - General Introduction, Section 2.
This section should be read in conjunction with the segment table which indicates mandatory, conditional and repeating requirements.
A service segment starting and uniquely identifying a message. The message type code for the Balance message is BALANC.
Note: Balance messages conforming to this document must contain the following data in segment UNH, composite S009:
| Data element | 0065 | BALANC |
| 0052 | D | |
| 0054 | 99B | |
| 0051 | UN |
A segment identifying the balance message.
A segment containing balance opening and closing dates and its preparation date.
A segment containing the number of the balance linked to the message and its version number.
A segment providing currencies which are specific to the balance message.
A segment containing free text information, in coded or clear form, giving additional clarifications solely concerning the summary section. In computer-to-computer exchanges such text information will normally require the receiver to process this segment manually.
A segment group giving information on sender, recipient and intermediary.
A segment to identify a party.
A segment to provide references which are specific to the concerned party.
A segment group to identify contacts and related communication numbers.
A segment to provide contacts related to the party.
A segment to provide communication numbers of the contact.
A group of segments to provide accounting, fiscal, social or legal characteristics of the enterprise accounting balance.
A segment to identify a characteristic.
A segment to provide the value of the characteristic.
A segment group providing the following relevant information for a given period of the balance : account number and its identification, period, quantity, stated value and record number.
A segment indicating the trial balance line number within the message.
A segment containing detailed information about debit or credit trend of the amount, the amount itself in local and original currency and the currency code relating to these amounts.
A segment giving detailed information on the opening and closing dates of account.
A segment containing a reference number which may be a journal page number (folio) and sequence number within the folio (line) as a single reference number or a serial number assigned at bookkeeping entry level (record number) for a given period.
A segment specifying the quantity and the measure unit relative to the amount of the accounting trial balance.
A segment group containing detailed information identifying an account.
A segment containing detailed information identifying the treated main account number and its subsidiary account numbers.
A group of segments to provide accounting, fiscal, social or legal characteristics of the account.
A segment to identify a characteristic.
A segment to provide the value of the characteristic.
A segment group providing information on trial balance amounts and quantities. This group provides totals for verification purposes.
A segment specifying the number of balance lines for a given period relative to the balance message.
A segment adding up the total amounts in local and all foreign currencies in the balance message.
A segment group to provide authentication information.
A segment to provide authentication results.
A segment to provide the date of authentication.
A service segment ending a message, giving the total number of segments in the message (including the UNH & UNT) and the control reference number of the message.
| AUT | Authentication result | |
| BGM | Beginning of message | |
| CAV | Characteristic value | |
| CCI | Characteristic/class id | |
| COM | Communication contact | |
| CPT | Account identification | |
| CTA | Contact information | |
| CUX | Currencies | |
| DTM | Date/time/period | |
| EQN | Number of units | |
| FTX | Free text | |
| LIN | Line item | |
| MOA | Monetary amount | |
| NAD | Name and address | |
| QTY | Quantity | |
| RFF | Reference | |
| UNH | Message header | |
| UNT | Message trailer |
| ├─UNH Message header | ×1 | (M) |
| ├─BGM Beginning of message | ×1 | (M) |
| ├─DTM Date/time/period | ×99 | (M) |
| ├─RFF Reference | ×99 | (M) |
| ├─CUX Currencies | ×99 | (C) |
| ├─FTX Free text | ×1 | (C) |
| ├─Segment Group 1 | ×99 | (M) |
| │─├─NAD Name and address | ×1 | (M) |
| │─├─RFF Reference | ×9 | (C) |
| │─└─Segment Group 2 | ×99 | (C) |
| │───├─CTA Contact information | ×1 | (M) |
| │───└─COM Communication contact | ×9 | (C) |
| ├─Segment Group 3 | ×99 | (C) |
| │─├─CCI Characteristic/class id | ×1 | (M) |
| │─└─CAV Characteristic value | ×1 | (C) |
| ├─Segment Group 4 | ×99999 | (M) |
| │─├─LIN Line item | ×1 | (M) |
| │─├─MOA Monetary amount | ×999 | (M) |
| │─├─DTM Date/time/period | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─RFF Reference | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─QTY Quantity | ×10 | (C) |
| │─└─Segment Group 5 | ×9 | (M) |
| │───├─CPT Account identification | ×1 | (M) |
| │───└─Segment Group 6 | ×99 | (C) |
| │─────├─CCI Characteristic/class id | ×1 | (M) |
| │─────└─CAV Characteristic value | ×1 | (C) |
| ├─Segment Group 7 | ×1 | (M) |
| │─├─EQN Number of units | ×1 | (M) |
| │─└─MOA Monetary amount | ×9 | (M) |
| ├─Segment Group 8 | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─AUT Authentication result | ×1 | (M) |
| │─└─DTM Date/time/period | ×1 | (C) |
| └─UNT Message trailer | ×1 | (M) |