4.39 Trans_Link Field
The Trans_Link field is a string between 0-19 digits, the length and value of which depends on the type of transaction as described in the table below.
| 
                                                         Transaction Description  | 
                                                    
                                                         Type  | 
                                                    
                                                         Other Criteria  | 
                                                    
                                                         Trans_Link Content  | 
                                                    
                                                         Trans_link Examples  | 
                                                
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 
                                                         Dummy authorisation (Created from unmatched First Presentment)  | 
                                                    
                                                         A  | 
                                                    
                                                         Description begins ‘OFFLINE’, MTID 1240 (Mastercard) or 5, 6 or 7 (Visa)  | 
                                                    
                                                         19 digits: ‘1’ + date + digit locator + Acquirer BIN Where: • ‘1’ — is the offline transaction indicator • date (yymmdd ) — is the 6 digit acquirer process date from the Acquirer Reference Number (ARN) • Digit locator— is the last 6 digits of ARN • Acquirer BIN— is the 6 digit acquiring BIN/ID from ARN Note: Ensure it does not match other normal values.  | 
                                                    
                                                         1230310339532446366 1230310321639446366 1230311008318483857  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         Most normal authorisation requests and advices  | 
                                                    
                                                         A, J  | 
                                                    
                                                         MTID 0100, 0101, 0120  | 
                                                    
                                                         18 digits: date (yymmdd ) + 6 digit STAN + 6 digit Acquirer ID Note: the 0120 advice and 0100 request should have the same   | 
                                                    
                                                         230311604412007460  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         Most normal authorisation reversals  | 
                                                    
                                                         D  | 
                                                    
                                                         MTID 0400, 0420  | 
                                                    
                                                         18 digits: date (YYMMDD) + 6 digit OrigSTAN + 6 digit Acquirer ID Where: OrigSTAN comes from DE90.2 and contains the same STAN (DE11) as the original being reversed. Note: 0400 and 0420 reversals should have same   | 
                                                    
                                                         
  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         Some declined authorisations  | 
                                                    
                                                         A  | 
                                                    
                                                         Some declined MTID 01xx with Acquirer ID present  | 
                                                    
                                                         16 digits: date (YYMM) + 6 digit STAN + 6 digit Acquirer ID  | 
                                                    
                                                         2302994754416361 2302134370016901  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         Visa 0620 TCN or TEN  | 
                                                    
                                                         J  | 
                                                    
                                                         MTID 0620 with no Acquirer ID present (These are always   | 
                                                    
                                                         12 digits: date (YYMMDD) + 6 digit STAN  | 
                                                    
                                                         230225030928 230225005491  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         Recurring Fees, Activation Fees  | 
                                                    
                                                         P  | 
                                                    
                                                         Meets both of these criteria: 
 ProcessingCode indicates Recurring or Activation Fees  | 
                                                    
                                                         Fixed value of '0'  | 
                                                    
                                                         0 0 0  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         Fees related to Balance Transfers or Loads  | 
                                                    
                                                         P  | 
                                                    
                                                         Meets both of these criteria: 
 
  | 
                                                    
                                                         Transaction ID of the related Balance Transfer or Load  | 
                                                    
                                                         12659871933 12659347510  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         First Presentments that matches a prior authorisation  | 
                                                    
                                                         P  | 
                                                    
                                                         Meets both of these criteria: 
 Matched to an authorisation 
  | 
                                                    
                                                         Set to the   | 
                                                    
                                                         230310784631401134 230309725008494605 230308638653443973  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         First presentment with no matching auth (and not a refund)  | 
                                                    
                                                         P  | 
                                                    
                                                         Meets both of these criteria: 
 No matching authorisation  | 
                                                    
                                                         19 digits: ‘1’ + date + digit locator + Acquirer BIN Where: • ‘1’ — is the offline transaction indicator • date (yymmdd ) — is the 6 digit acquirer process date from the Acquirer Reference Number (ARN) • Digit locator — is the last 6 digits of ARN • Acquirer BIN — is the 6 digit acquiring BIN/ID from ARN Note: ARN is the unique Acquirer Reference Number received in the clearing message.  | 
                                                    
                                                         1230310339532446366 1230310321639446366  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         First Presentment of a refund, with no matching auth, but a matching non-refund first presentment  | 
                                                    
                                                         P  | 
                                                    
                                                         Meets both of these criteria: 
 No matching authorisation, but a matching non-refund first presentment  | 
                                                    
                                                         Set to the   | 
                                                    
                                                         
  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         First Presentment of a refund, with no matching authorisation, and no matching non-refund first presentment  | 
                                                    
                                                         P  | 
                                                    
                                                         Meets both of these criteria: 
 No matching authorisation, and no matching non-refund first presentment  | 
                                                    
                                                         18 digits: transaction date ("YYMMDDmssxxx") + last 6 digits of DE031 ARN  | 
                                                    
                                                         230218621277522576 230218621287522584 230218621297522592  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         Chargeback  | 
                                                    
                                                         H, C  | 
                                                    
                                                         
  | 
                                                    
                                                         Set to the   | 
                                                    
                                                         221023402304009260 1230108385918520914  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         Financial Reversal (received in clearing file), and matches a previous financial  | 
                                                    
                                                         E  | 
                                                    
                                                         Matching financial found  | 
                                                    
                                                         Set to the   | 
                                                    
                                                         1230310299729410157  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         Financial Reversal (received in clearing file), but no matching financial found  | 
                                                    
                                                         E  | 
                                                    
                                                         No matching financial found  | 
                                                    
                                                         18 digits: YYMMDDmssxxx + last 6 digits of ARN.  | 
                                                    
                                                         230311243300809653  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         Second Presentment, matching a chargeback  | 
                                                    
                                                         N  | 
                                                    
                                                         Matching chargeback found  | 
                                                    
                                                         Set to the   | 
                                                    
                                                         221023402304009260 1230108385918520914  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         Second Presentment, but related chargeback not found  | 
                                                    
                                                         N  | 
                                                    
                                                         No matching chargeback found  | 
                                                    
                                                         18 digits: YYMMDDmssxxx + last 6 digits of ARN.  | 
                                                    
                                                         230307223653154848 230303431430593766  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         Balance Adjustment (debit)  | 
                                                    
                                                         B  | 
                                                    
                                                         
  | 
                                                    
                                                         Transaction ID value of this transaction.  | 
                                                    
                                                         12613916745  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         Balance Update from EHI response, net debit  | 
                                                    
                                                         B  | 
                                                    
                                                         
  | 
                                                    
                                                         Transaction ID value of the related transaction that caused this Balance Adjustment. (Due to new Balance Update information being sent back in an EHI response message to an online authorisation.)  | 
                                                    
                                                         12613979001  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         Balance Update from Web Service call, net debit  | 
                                                    
                                                         B  | 
                                                    
                                                         
  | 
                                                    
                                                         Set to empty string.  | 
                                                    
                                                         Empty string  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         Balance Update from EHI response, net credit  | 
                                                    
                                                         B  | 
                                                    
                                                         
  | 
                                                    
                                                         Transaction ID value of the related transaction that caused this Balance Adjustment. (Due to new Balance Update information being sent back in an EHI response message to an online authorisation.)  | 
                                                    
                                                         12613917117  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         Balance Update from Web Service call, net credit  | 
                                                    
                                                         B  | 
                                                    
                                                         
  | 
                                                    
                                                         Set to empty string.  | 
                                                    
                                                         Empty string  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         Payment Transaction  | 
                                                    
                                                         G  | 
                                                    
                                                         
  | 
                                                    
                                                         Transaction ID value of this transaction.  | 
                                                    
                                                         12613921478 12668419405  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         Load, relating to a prior Unload  | 
                                                    
                                                         L  | 
                                                    
                                                         Relates to a prior Unload  | 
                                                    
                                                         Transaction ID value of the related unload.  | 
                                                    
                                                         12639991950 12668158805  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         Load (not related to an Unload)  | 
                                                    
                                                         L  | 
                                                    
                                                         Unrelated to a prior Unload  | 
                                                    
                                                         Transaction ID value of this transaction.  | 
                                                    
                                                         12613916737  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         Unload, relating to a prior Load  | 
                                                    
                                                         U  | 
                                                    
                                                         Relates to a prior Load  | 
                                                    
                                                         Transaction ID of the related load.  | 
                                                    
                                                         12672545523  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         Unload (not related to an Load)  | 
                                                    
                                                         U  | 
                                                    
                                                         Unrelated to a prior Load  | 
                                                    
                                                         Transaction ID value of this transaction.  | 
                                                    
                                                         12613916878  | 
                                                
Matching the Trans_Link to a Previous Transaction
Refer to the table below for a summary of how to match the Trans_Link value in the current transaction to the value in a previous transaction.
| 
                                                         Current Transaction Type  | 
                                                    
                                                         How it matches to a previous transaction  | 
                                                
|---|---|
| 
                                                         Authorisation Advices (TxnType ‘J') and Authorisation Reversals (TxnType 'D’  | 
                                                    
                                                         Has the same value as the original Authorisation Request it relates to (if any).  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         Presentments (TxnType 'P')  | 
                                                    
                                                         Has the same value as the original Authorisation Request or Advice it relates to.  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         Chargebacks (TxnType ‘C' or ‘H’)  | 
                                                    
                                                         Has the same value as original Presentment (TxnType ‘P’ or 'N’).  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         Balance Adjustments (TxnType 'B')  | 
                                                    
                                                         Has the same value as the related transaction.  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         For Loads (TxnType 'L')  | 
                                                    
                                                         Has the same value as the prior related Unload.  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         Unloads (TxnType 'U')  | 
                                                    
                                                         Has the same value as the prior related Load.  |