About SWIFT tables

SWIFT tables in Axway Financial Exchange

During message handling, in order to parse, validate and edit messages, Axway Integrator and SWIFTNet Portal require tables that list BICs, currencies and country names.

• Axway Integrator uses these tables as part of the SWIFT Business-Document Check Constraints processes.
• SWIFTNet Portal uses these tables for message editing and validation.

FEX installation package add-ons

The FEX installation package includes the following add-ons that you can use to import data files (provided by SWIFT) to update SWIFT tables:

• Custom-Functions
  • EXE_FunctionSwift: Generates the BIC table
  • GetBICForIBAN: Generates a BIC from an IBAN
• Integration-Processes:
  • ip_generate_country.xml
  • ip_generate_currency.xml
  • ip_swiftnet_update_bic.xml
  • ip_swiftnet_update_country.xml
  • ip_swiftnet_update_currency.xml
  • ip_update_bic_table_updated_updated.xml
  • ip_insert_bic_iban.xml

The topics in this book, explain how to import and use these add-ons.

Acquiring SWIFT data files for updates

In order to populate the SWIFT tables of Axway products with data, you require data files that you can acquire from SWIFT by subscribing to SWIFT services. The following SWIFT table data files are required for the procedures described in this documentation:

• CU.dat: Provides data for the Currency table
• CT.dat: Provides data for the Country table
• FI.dat: Provides data for the BIC table
• BI.dat: Provides data for the BICplusIBAN table

The topics in this book explain how to import and use these data files.

Related topics

Managing SWIFT tables in Integrator