Batch User Guide produced by CRIF - Janata Bank

an Individual would start with “P” for personal, while the row containing data on Company-
Shareholder Links would start with “L”.
Please note that the order in which the different rows appear does not matter, as long as they all
correctly begin with the appropriate Record Type, and as long as the first row is the header and
the last row is the footer.
5.1.1 SUBJECT DATA FILE RULES
The following table details the correct procedure to validate the Subject Data File. Some cells
refer to Tables that are provided in the following sections
The Column “FROM” provides the position in the row where the first character of the specific field
that is being passed begins on.
The Column “TO” provides the position in the row where the last character of the specific field
that is being passed ends on.
The Column “Description” indicates what specific field is being passed.
The Column “COMMENTS” provides comments on the field being passed. Most times these
comments will better define what the field is, or give examples of values it could take. In the
case of “Dependent” fields (please see below), it indicates the dependency.
The Column “TYPE” indicates whether the field is Numeric (N) or Alphanumeric (X). Please refer
to section 4.3.4 and 4.3.5 for more information.
The Column “MANDATORY/NON MANDATORY/DEPENDENT” indicates whether the field must be
provided every time or not necessarily. Any fields marked as Mandatory (M) for a specific row
must be provided or that row will result in an error and will not be loaded to the System. Any
fields marked as Non-Mandatory (NM) for a specific row can be provided or not, at the discretion
of the contributing FI. While not providing NM fields will not result in an error, WE STRONGLY
SUGGEST that if the information is available it should be provided. The more information
provided to the System, the more effective the System becomes, and the highest the value of
the System becomes for Banks. Any fields marked as Dependent (D) could be either mandatory
or not depending on the value of other fields. A specific indication is provided for each of these
fields to indicate when the fields are mandatory and when not.
The Column “LENGTH” provides the total number of characters that make up the field. It is
directly related to the “FROM” and “TO” columns.
The Column “RULES” provides specific information on any rules that exist to fill the specific field,
such as formatting rules (for example if a field must be entered DDMMYYYY), or indication of
specific values (for example "H" for the header).
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