The data record specifies the data file structure the credit card transactions must have in order to be processed by credit card clearing.
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More than one credit card accounting run from one credit card company can be saved in the data file. For the system to distinguish between the different credit card accounting runs, they must be saved in a fixed structure. The structure of the credit card accounting run controls the import of credit card transactions.

Within this credit card accounting run structure, the data records, which are set up by lines, have to comply with a fixed data structure, this is so that the system can use them to create credit card documents once the credit card transactions have been assigned.

The structure of every credit card accounting run is made up of three data types:

Each credit card accounting run has a stand-alone data delivery file (For Example: Periodic Accounting, Daily transaction data, and so on). Every credit card accounting run has exactly one such record type, with which it begins. This record type stores the globally applicable data for all data records in the credit card accounting run.

Every credit card accounting run has at least one such record type. This record type stores the individual data for each credit card transaction. There is one line per transaction.

Every credit card accounting run has exactly one such record type. The accounting run is ended with this record type.