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Subroutine Guide

User Guide

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Subroutine Guide

Table of Contents
Overview .................................................................................................................................................. 5
Date Routines .......................................................................................................................................... 6
CDD ..................................................................................................................................................... 6
CDT ...................................................................................................................................................... 6
CFQ...................................................................................................................................................... 7
DIETER.DATE ..................................................................................................................................... 7
JULDATE ............................................................................................................................................. 8
Exchanges Rates .................................................................................................................................... 9
CALC.ERATE.LOCAL.......................................................................................................................... 9
CUSTRATE ........................................................................................................................................ 10
EXCHRATE ....................................................................................................................................... 12
MIDDLE.RATE.CONV.CHECK .......................................................................................................... 13
Communications .................................................................................................................................... 14
OFS.GLOBUS.MANAGER ................................................................................................................ 14
OFS.POST.MESSAGE ...................................................................................................................... 14
File Handling .......................................................................................................................................... 15
OPF .................................................................................................................................................... 15
EB.CLEAR.FILE................................................................................................................................. 16
File I/O ................................................................................................................................................... 17
F.DELETE .......................................................................................................................................... 17
F.MATREAD ...................................................................................................................................... 18
F.MATREADU .................................................................................................................................... 19
F.MATWRITE ..................................................................................................................................... 20
F.LIVE.MATWRITE ............................................................................................................................ 21
F.READ .............................................................................................................................................. 22
F.READU ........................................................................................................................................... 23
F.WRITE ............................................................................................................................................ 24
F.LIVE.WRITE ................................................................................................................................... 25
CACHE.READ ................................................................................................................................... 26
CACHE.FILE ...................................................................................................................................... 27
EB.READ.PARAMETER .................................................................................................................... 28
Transaction Management ...................................................................................................................... 29
TRANSACTION.ABORT .................................................................................................................... 29
Validation ............................................................................................................................................... 29
DUP.................................................................................................................................................... 29
FT.NULLS.CHK ................................................................................................................................. 30

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STORE.END.ERROR ........................................................................................................................ 30
ERR.................................................................................................................................................... 30
Overrides ............................................................................................................................................... 32
STORE.OVERRIDE ........................................................................................................................... 32
Translation ............................................................................................................................................. 33
APP.STATIC.TEXT ............................................................................................................................ 33
TXT .................................................................................................................................................... 33
Generic .................................................................................................................................................. 34
B.UPDATE.BATCH ............................................................................................................................ 34
CALCULATE.CHARGE ..................................................................................................................... 35
EB.GET.ACCT.BALANCE ................................................................................................................. 37
E.GET.LOCAL.AMT ........................................................................................................................... 38
E.GET.STMT.NARRATIVE ................................................................................................................ 38
EB.FORMAT.RATE ........................................................................................................................... 39
EB.LOCREF.SETUP.......................................................................................................................... 39
EB.READLIST .................................................................................................................................... 40
DAS .................................................................................................................................................... 40
EB.ROUND.AMOUNT ....................................................................................................................... 41
FATAL.ERROR .................................................................................................................................. 42
GET.NARRATIVE .............................................................................................................................. 42
GET.SETTLEMENT.DEFAULTS ....................................................................................................... 43
GET.STANDARD.SELECTION.DETS............................................................................................... 44
LIMIT.CURR.CONV ........................................................................................................................... 44
LOAD.COMPANY .............................................................................................................................. 45
PRO ................................................................................................................................................... 45
SC.CALC.YIELD ................................................................................................................................ 46
EB.GETFIELD .................................................................................................................................... 46
EB.FORMAT ...................................................................................................................................... 47
System.getVariable ............................................................................................................................ 48
System.setVariable ............................................................................................................................ 49
System.deleteVariable ....................................................................................................................... 49
System.loadVariables......................................................................................................................... 50
Financial Update Routines .................................................................................................................... 51
ACCOUNT.SUSPENSE..................................................................................................................... 51
LIMIT.CHECK .................................................................................................................................... 52
LIMIT.GET.PRODUCT....................................................................................................................... 56
Printing................................................................................................................................................... 57

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PST .................................................................................................................................................... 57
PRINTER.ON ..................................................................................................................................... 57
PRINTER.OFF ................................................................................................................................... 58
PRINTER.CLOSE .............................................................................................................................. 58
RG.GET.LOCAL.TEXT ...................................................................................................................... 58
SPOOL.REPORT............................................................................................................................... 59
IN2 Routines .......................................................................................................................................... 60

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Overview
This guide contains a list of the subroutines used most frequently by T24 applications and those which
are most likely to be of use to developers on client sites. Wherever a subroutine is provided to perform
a specified task, the subroutine provided should be used.

Temenos reserves the right to modify the following routines as and when required. However, where
possible, any such changes and the impact upon the use of the subroutines will be documented.

Important Note for Local Development

Core subroutines not listed in this guide must not be used in local development; any such use will be
unsupported. Routines not documented in this guide may be amended by Temenos and functionality
and availability may change in future releases. Any use of such undocumented subroutines can have
a detrimental effect on the local development and can also result in errors in the core system.

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Date Routines
CDD
Description

Calculates the difference, in days, between two supplied dates

Arguments

(REGION, DATE1, DATE2, DAYS)

Incoming
REGION

Region code

DATE1

Start date, YYYYMMDD

DATE2

End date, YYYYMMDD

DAYS

'W' to indicate working days
'C' to indicate calendar days

Returned
DAYS

The number of days difference, + or -

CDT
Description

Calculates forward or previous date from a start date using the number
of days.

Arguments

(REGION, DATE, DAYS)

Incoming
REGION

Region code

DATE

Start date, YYYYMMDD

DAYS

The number of days forward in the format
+ or -, the number of days, working or calendar eg. +99C, -6W,
+66W+3C

Returned
DATE

The calculated date

ETEXT

Error message if unsuccessful

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CFQ
Description:

Calculates the next date from today's date and a frequency code.

Arguments:

COMI from I COMMON

Incoming:
COMI

YYYYMMDDXXXXX where XXXXX is the frequency code.

Returned:

COMI

YYYYMMDDXXXXX the calculated date and the frequency code.

DIETER.DATE
Description:

This routine converts dates from the format used throughout GLOBUS
(YYYMMDD) to the standard jBASE format (either internal or external.
External dates formatted as per jBASE CONVERSIONs)

Arguments:

GLOBUS.DATE, jBASE.DATE, CONVERSION

Incoming:

GLOBUS.DATE

Date in Standard T24 Format (yyyymmdd)

JBASE.DATE

The date in internal jBASE date format, or formatted according to
CONVERSION
Note that both GLOBUS.DATE and JBASE.DATE cannot be passed.
One date is mandatory.

CONVERSION

Any valid jBASE Date conversion

Returned:
GLOBUS.DATE

Date in standard T24 format (yyyymmdd)

JBASE.DATE

The date in internal jBASE date format, or formatted according to
CONVERSION

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JULDATE
Description:

Convert from Julian to Gregorian date format and vice
versa

Arguments:

GREGORIAN.DATE,JULIAN.DATE

Incoming:

GREGORIAN.DATE

Standard T24 Date in the format yyyymmdd

JULIAN.DATE

Julian Date in the format yyyyjjj
One of the above dates must be passed to the subroutine;
the other date must be
null.

Returned:

GREGORIAN.DATE

Standard T24 Date in the format yyyymmdd if passed as
null

JULIAN.DATE

Julian Date in the format yyyyjjj if passed as null

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Exchanges Rates
CALC.ERATE.LOCAL
Description:

This routine calculates an exchange rate given a foreign amount and
local currency equivalent.

Arguments:

YLCL.AMT, YFOR.CCY, YFOR.AMT, YEXCH.RATE

Incoming:

YLCL.AMT

Local equivalent amount

YFOR.CCY

Foreign currency

YFOR.AMT

Foreign Currency amount

Returned:

YEXCH.RATE

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The derived exchange rate

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CUSTRATE
Description:

Perform all the tasks involved in foreign exchange of two currencies on
a buy/sell basis

Arguments:

CCY.MARKETS, BUY.CCY,BUY.AMT,SELL.CCY,SELL.AMT,
BASE.CCY,TREASURY.RATE,CUST.RATE,CUST.SPREAD,
SPREAD.PCT,LOCAL.CCY.BUY,LOCAL.CCY.SELL,
RETURN.CODE

Incoming:

CCY.MARKETS

Is a multi-valued field containing the markets for the buy and sell side.
This parameter needs be multi-valued only for Multi Market. For all
cases where the buy and sell markets are the same, CCY.MARKETS
should be a single value only. In case of two markets, the format
should be: BUY.CCY.MKT:VM:SELL.CCY.MKT.

BUY.CCY and SELL.CCY

These are the currencies that will be involved in the transaction

BUY.AMT and SELL.AMT

These are the amounts that will be involved in the transaction. Only
one is passed to the routine. The other is calculated from it and the
customer rate

BASE.CCY

This is the currency in terms of which the RATES will be expressed

TREASURY.RATE

This is the rate at which the TREASURY will exchange the currencies

CUSTOMER.RATE

The rate at which the currencies will be exchanged for the customer

CUSTOMER.SPREAD

The difference between
CUSTOMER.RATE

SPREAD.PCT

The percentage of the default CUSTOMER.SPREAD to be used in
calculating the CUSTOMER.RATE

the

TREASURY.RATE

and

the

Of the above parameters, only CCY.MARKETS, BUY/SELL CCY and
one amount are mandatory. The other amount must be blank and only
1 of the CUSTOMER fields may have a value. NOTE: Only one
CURRENCY.MARKET is mandatory.

Returned:

LOCAL BUY/SELL AMTS

The local equivalents of the buy and sell amounts involved in this
transaction.

RETURN.CODE

This holds the status of various test performed during the course of the
routine. RETURN.CODE is a dynamic array composed of 4 fields,
which are as follows:
1) Invalid input parameter - This is a fatal error and the routine will
immediately terminate. In such a case, this field is set to one and an

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explanation of the error returned in ETEXT
2) Negotiable amount exceeded - The field is set to the amount by
which the amount entered exceeds the negotiable amount for the
relevant currency
3) Fixing date error - This field indicates which of the currencies has a
FIXING DATE rate and the current date does not match the date the
rate was last fixed. If this field is set then 1 indicates BUY.CCY is in
error, 2 that it is the SELL.CCY and 3 that both are in error
4) Suspended market - This indicates that one of the currencies has
had quotes suspended whether it be the LOCAL, BUY or SELL CCY.
If the LOCAL is suspended, this automatically terminates the routine.
For BUY and SELL, the routine is terminated only if the suspension
indicator is not set to 'BLOCKED'. If the routine is terminated, a
relevant message is returned in ETEXT. If the indicator is set, then its
value is returned in RETURN.CODE. Note: Suspension of currencies
is not currently available.

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EXCHRATE
Description:

Performs all the tasks involved in foreign exchange of two currencies

Arguments:

CCY.MKT,BUY.CCY,BUY.AMT,SELL.CCY,
SELL.AMT,BASE.CCY,EXCHANGE.RATE,
DIFFERENCE,LCY.AMT,RETURN.CODE

Incoming:
CCY.MKT

The currency market in which the transaction will take place

BUY.CCY and SELL.CCY

The currencies that will be involved in the transaction

BUY.AMT and SELL.AMT

The amounts that will be involved in the transaction

BASE.CCY

The currency in terms of which the EXCHANGE.RATE will be
expressed

EXCHANGE.RATE

The rate of exchange between the two currencies
If any of these fields, with exception of BUY/SELL CCY and CCY.MKT
are left blank, then they will be filled in by the routine if at all possible

Returned:

DIFFERENCE

The difference between the figures given above and the internally
generated BASE.CCY amount

LCY.AMT

The amount of the transactions in terms of the local currency

RETURN.CODE

The status of various tests performed during the course of the routine.
RETURN.CODE is a dynamic array composed of six fields, which are
as follows: -

1) Invalid input parameter - This is a fatal error and the routine will
immediately terminate. In such a case, this field is set to 1 and an
explanation of the error returned in ETEXT

2) Tolerance error - This is the signed percentage value by which the
input rate differs from the calculated rate to 2 decimal places. This is
only set if the error is greater than that permitted for the BASE.CCY.

3) Negotiable amount exceeded - The field is set to 1 if the BUY.AMT
exceeds the NEGOTIABLE AMOUNT for the BUY.CCY. It is set to 2 if
this is true for the SELL.CCY and 3 if true for both currencies

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MIDDLE.RATE.CONV.CHECK
Description:

Performs the following functions:

Converts a foreign amount to a local amount when a foreign amount is
passed but not a local.
Converts a local amount to a foreign amount when a local amount is
passed but not a foreign.
Calculates an exchange rate when both a foreign and local amount is
passed.
Recalculates foreign and local amounts and returns the difference.
Calculates a percentage exchange rate difference when a rate is passed.
Note: The middle rate is used for all calculations unless a rate is explicitly
passed.

Arguments:

(FAMT, FCY, RATE, MARKET, LAMT, DIF.AMT, DIF.RATE)

Incoming:

FAMT

Foreign amount

FCY

Foreign currency code, USD etc

RATE

Exchange rate

MARKET

Currency market (default 1)

LAMT

Local amount

Returned:

FAMT

When calculated

LAMT

When calculated

RATE

When calculated

DIF.AMT

The amount difference when calculated

DIF.RATE

The percentage rate difference when calculated

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Communications
OFS.GLOBUS.MANAGER
Use of this subroutine is no-longer supported.
Please use the OFS.MESSAGE.SERVICE and see OFS.POST.MESSAGE

OFS.POST.MESSAGE
Please see the OFS user guide for details of the application of this interface.
Description:

Posts a message to an OFS queue to be processed by the OFS
message service.
To be used in place of the OFS.GLOBUS.MANAGER.

Arguments:

(OFS.REC, OFS.MSG.ID, OFS.SOURCE.ID, OPTIONS)

Incoming:

OFS.REC

A valid OFS message
(See the OFS user guide for details).

OFS.SOURCE.ID

A valid OFS.SOURCE for which the message should be posted.

OPTIONS

Not Currently Used

Returned:
OFS.MSG.ID

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The OFS Message ID of the message in the OFS.MESSAGE.QUEUE

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File Handling
OPF
Description:

File open routine. Handles company modification of file name hence it
must be called for all file opens.

Arguments:

(FILE.NAME, FILE.VAR)

Incoming:

FILE.NAME

Name of the file to be opened, this should not include any mnemonic as
this will be determined by the program itself allowing for the file
classification and multi-company or multi-book setup e.g F.CUSTOMER.

Returned:

FILE.NAME

The full file name including the company mnemonic if applicable e.g.
FXXX.CUSTOMER.

FILE.VAR

File variable.

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EB.CLEAR.FILE
Description:

Clear a file
This routine will clear a file or deleted selected records from the specified
file.
The file name must include the correct prefix so an OPF should
previously been used to determine this. The selection arguments
should conform to those expected by jBASE, i.e. WITH
CUSTOMER.NO = “10001”

Arguments:

(FILE.NAME, FILE.VAR)

Incoming:

FILE.NAME

Field 1 = File name, field 2 (optional) = selection arguments

FILE.VAR

Open file variable

Returned:

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File I/O
F.DELETE
Description:

Deletes a record from a file
Application software interacts with the journal processor through a series
of IO routines, essentially replacing the standard Data/Basic verbs
READ/READU/WRITE etc. These routines buffer the transactions IO
until a 'flush' point at the end of the transaction, when the journal is
updated and the file writes performed. They must be used in place of
'read and write' statements for all processing.

Arguments:

(FL, ID)

Incoming:

File name 'F.xxxx.xxxxx'

Key

Returned:

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F.MATREAD
Description:

Read a dimensioned array from a file
Application software interacts with the journal processor through a series
of IO routines, essentially replacing the standard Data/Basic verbs
READ/READU/WRITE etc. These routines buffer the transactions IO
until a 'flush' point at the end of the transaction, when the journal is
updated and the file writes performed. They must be used in place of
'read and write' statements for all processing.

Arguments:

(FL, ID, MAT ARY, SIZE, F.FL, ER)

Incoming:

File name 'F.xxxx.xxxxx'

Key

ARY

Matrix for MATREAD/WRITE

SIZE

Size of array

F.FL

File variable

Returned:

ARY

Dimensioned array (data record)

Error message

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F.MATREADU
Description:

Read a dimensioned array record from a file with a lock
Application software interacts with the journal processor through a series of
IO routines, essentially replacing the standard Data/Basic verbs
READ/READU/WRITE etc. These routines buffer the transactions IO until
a 'flush' point at the end of the transaction, when the journal is updated and
the file writes performed. They must be used in place of 'read and write'
statements for all processing.

Arguments:

(FL, ID, MAT ARY, SIZE, F.FL, ER, RETRY)

Incoming:

File name 'F.xxxx.xxxxx'

Key

ARY

Matrix for MATREAD/WRITE

SIZE

Size of array

F.FL

File variable

RETRY

Retry arguments for lock. The format of this can be as follows;
P msg ; Prompt the user with 'msg' if the record is locked. The default if
'msg' is null is 'xxxxx FILE id RECORD LOCKED - RETRY Y/N'
R nn xx ; Retry xx times with a sleep interval of nn seconds. If xx is not
specified the record is continually retried.
I ; Ignore the lock (REC or ARY is left as null)
E ; Return immediately with an error message
Null ; Retry continuously with a sleep interval of one second

Returned:

ARY

Dimensioned array (data record)

Error message

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F.MATWRITE
Description:

Writes a dimensioned array (record) to a file
Application software interacts with the journal processor through a series of
IO routines, essentially replacing the standard Data/Basic verbs
READ/READU/WRITE etc. These routines buffer the transactions IO until a
'flush' point at the end of the transaction, when the journal is updated and the
file writes performed. They must be used in place of 'read and write'
statements for all processing.

Arguments:

(FL, ID,MAT ARY, SIZE)

Incoming:

File name 'F.xxxx.xxxxx'

Key

ARY

Dimensioned array (record)

SIZE

Size of array

Returned:

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F.LIVE.MATWRITE
Description:

Writes a dimensioned array (record) to a file as normal like the F.MATWRITE
routine, but the difference being that Audit fields are updated on the LIVE file
record and any History updates are done automatically on the $HIS file record.
These updates are performed because this routine is wrapped around a CALL
to an external subroutine called AUTH.AND.HIST.WRITE, which does the
actual updating.
The other difference being that the INSERT for IO routine processing is no
longer in this routine like it is in the F.MATWRITE routine. The INSERT for IO
processing is in the routine F.MATWRITE which is called by
AUTH.AND.HIST.WRITE
and
the
later
routine
is
called
by
F.LIVE.MATWRITE.
Application software interacts with the journal processor through a series of IO
routines,
essentially
replacing
the
standard
Data/Basic
verbs
READ/READU/WRITE etc. These routines, buffer the transactions IO until a
'flush' point at the end of the transaction, when the journal is updated and the
file writes performed. They must be used in place of 'read and write'
statements for all processing.

Arguments:

(FL, ID,MAT ARY, SIZE)

Incoming:

File name 'F.xxxx.xxxxx'

Key

ARY

Dimensioned array (record)

SIZE

Size of array

Returned:

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F.READ
Description:

Read a record from a file
Application software interacts with the journal processor through a series of IO
routines,
essentially
replacing
the
standard
Data/Basic
verbs
READ/READU/WRITE etc. These routines buffer the transactions IO until a
'flush' point at the end of the transaction, when the journal is updated and the file
writes performed. They must be used in place of 'read and write' statements for
all processing.

Arguments:

(FL, ID, REC, F.FL, ER)

Incoming:

File name 'F.xxxx.xxxxx'

Key

REC

Record buffer

F.FL

File variable

Returned:

REC

Data record

Error message

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F.READU
Description:

Read a record with a lock
Application software interacts with the journal processor through a series of IO
routines,
essentially
replacing
the
standard
Data/Basic
verbs
READ/READU/WRITE etc. These routines buffer the transactions IO until a
'flush' point at the end of the transaction, when the journal is updated and the file
writes performed. They must be used in place of 'read and write' statements for
all processing.

Arguments:

(FL, ID, REC, F.FL, ER, RETRY)

Incoming:

File name 'F.xxxx.xxxxx'

Key

REC

Record buffer

F.FL

File variable

RETRY

Retry arguments for lock. The format of this can be as follows;
P msg ; Prompt the user with 'msg' if the record is locked. The default if 'msg' is
null is 'xxxxx FILE id RECORD LOCKED - RETRY Y/N'
R nn xx ; Retry xx times with a sleep interval of nn seconds. If xx is not specified
the record is continually retried.
I ; Ignore the lock (REC or ARY is left as null)
E ; Return immediately with an error message
Null ; Retry continuously with a sleep interval of one second

Returned:

REC

Data record

Error message

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F.WRITE
Description:

Writes a record to a file
Application software interacts with the journal processor through a series of
IO routines, essentially replacing the standard Data/Basic verbs
READ/READU/WRITE etc. These routines buffer the transactions IO until a
'flush' point at the end of the transaction, when the journal is updated and
the file writes performed. They must be used in place of 'read and write'
statements for all processing.

Arguments:

(FL, ID, REC)

Incoming:

File name 'F.xxxx.xxxxx'

Key

REC

Record buffer

Returned:

REC

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F.LIVE.WRITE
Description:

Writes a record to a file as normal like the F.WRITE routine, but the
difference being that Audit fields are updated and any History updates are
done automatically. These updates are performed because this routine is
wrapped around a CALL to an external subroutine called
AUTH.AND.HIST.WRITE, which does the actual updating.
The other difference being that the INSERT for IO routine processing is no
longer in this routine like it is in the F.WRITE routine. The INSERT for IO
processing is in the routine F.MATWRITE which is called by
AUTH.AND.HIST.WRITE and the later routine is called by F.LIVE.WRITE.
Application software interacts with the journal processor through a series of
IO routines, essentially replacing the standard Data/Basic verbs
READ/READU/WRITE etc. These routines buffer the transactions IO until a
'flush' point at the end of the transaction, when the journal is updated and the
file writes performed. They must be used in place of 'read and write'
statements for all processing.

Arguments:

(FL, ID, REC)

Incoming:

File name 'F.xxxx.xxxxx'

Key

REC

Record buffer

Returned:

REC

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CACHE.READ
Description:

Read a record from a file
This routine is used to access static parameter type records in the database.
The cache of these records is maintained for a period of time - default 60
seconds. Hence if a record is accessed and it's cached record is older than 60
seconds then it is read from disk. It can also store a list of file IDs.
Extreme care should be taken when using this routine, the cache size is limited
and if the cache is filled with spurious data then it fails to serve it’s purpose as
data is dropped from the cache to add a new record. Records such as
CUSTOMER, ACCOUNT, SEC.ACC.MASTER & SECURITY.MASTER should,
for example, never be read using this subroutine.

Arguments:

(C.FILENAME,C.ID,RECORD,ER)

Incoming:

C.FILENAME

Name of file - without the mnemonic (so just F.SC.DEL.INSTR for example).

C.ID

The key or 'SelectIDs' for a list of IDs in the file

Returned:

RECORD

Data record

Error message

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CACHE.FILE
Description:

Read a record from a file
Routine to read records from sparsely populated files. This is used where an
application has to read a file which more often than not empty.

Arguments:

(C.FILENAME,C.ID,RECORD,ER)

Incoming:

C.FILENAME

Name of file - without the mnemonic (so just F.SC.DIV.ACCRUAL for
example).

C.ID

Record Id

Returned:

RECORD

Data record

Error message

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EB.READ.PARAMETER
Description:

Read a system keyed parameter record from a file
This routine is used to read a parameter record that is keyed by the company id
and will allow for multi-book setup where the parameter need only be setup in
the lead company.

Arguments:

(FILEID,REC.LOCK,MAT
DIM.PARAM.REC,DYN.PARAM.REC,PARAM.ID,F.FILEID,ER)

Incoming:

FILEID

Name of file - without the mnemonic (so just F.SC.PARAMETER for
example).

REC.LOCK

Y/N field to indicate whether record to be read with lock or not

PARAM.ID

Parameter record ID
When calling this routine to read a PARAMETER file which has its ID set to
COMPANY.ID, set PARAM.ID to '' (null) and this routine would return the
appropriate PARAMETER file record by reading the record with either the
CURRENT company's ID or with MASTER company's ID. On the other hand,
if the PARAMETER file's ID is not COMPANY.ID but "SOME.STRING" then,
call this routine with PARAM.ID set to "SOME.STRING", this routine would
form the correct ID for the PARAMETER file and return the PARAMETER
record.

F.FILEID

File variable. If this is passed as '', then the file would be opened in this
routine.

Returned:

MAT DIM.PARAM.REC

Parameter record returned as Dimensioned array

DYN.PARAM.REC

Parameter record returned as Dynamic array

PARAM.ID

See Incoming description

F.FILEID

See incoming description

Error message

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Transaction Management
TRANSACTION.ABORT
Description:

Subroutine to cancel the current transaction and clear deferred writes and
releases locks.

Arguments:

None

Incoming:

Standard common variables

Returned:

Cleared system write cache and lock table (except current transaction id)

Validation
DUP
Description:

Checks for duplicate occurrences of values in multi and sub-valued fields at
cross-validation.

Arguments:

None

Incoming:

R.NEW(x )

The current record

The field number (x) to be validated

F(x)

The array containing the field names and definition as multi and/or sub-valued
fields

Returned:

END.ERROR

Error flag indicating cross-validation error

ETEXT, T.ETEXT

Error message: 'INPUT OR LINE-DELETION MISSING' or 'DUPLICATE'

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FT.NULLS.CHK
Description:

This routine will check for a particular field, if the field has been expanded with
extra multi- or sub-values, and if there are any null values.

Arguments:

None

Incoming:

R.NEW(x )

The current record

The field number (x) to be validated

F(x)

The array containing the field names and definition as multi and/or sub valued
fields

Returned:

END.ERROR

Error flag indicating cross-validation error

ETEXT, T.ETEXT

Set if null values- or sub-values are found

STORE.END.ERROR
Description:

Routine to store error messages by field, to be displayed at the end of
validation processing.

Arguments:

AF – from I_COMMON
AV – from I_COMMON
AS – from I_COMMON
ETEXT – from I_COMMON

Incoming:

Field number in error

Value number in error

Sub-value in error

ETEXT

Error message

ERR
Description:

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Subroutine Guide

running under a multi-line version. Can be used only within the confines of a
template program.

Arguments:

From I_COMMON

ECOMI

From I_COMMON

Incoming:

Error message to be displayed (will be translated)

ECOMI

Should contain the user input if it is to be displayed with the error message.

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Overrides
STORE.OVERRIDE
Description:

Prompts for an override and stores the message in the main file record if the
user replies 'Y'.

Arguments:

(CURR.NO)
AF – from I_COMMON
AV - from I_COMMON
AS - from I_COMMON
TEXT - from I_COMMON

Incoming:

CURR.NO

Current record number (0 clears all previous overrides)

Field number to return to if user replies 'NO'

Value number to return to if user replies 'NO'

Sub-Value to return to if user replies 'NO'

TEXT

Override message

Returned:

TEXT

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Translation
APP.STATIC.TEXT
Description:

Returns array of application messages from the static text translation file. The
messages are defined by the application and their translations (entered by
the user) are read in at run time.

Arguments:

(MAT ARRAY, KEY)

Incoming:

KEY

ID of F.STATIC.TEXT record.

Returned:

ARRAY

Array of translated messages.

TXT
Description:

Translates dynamic messages. The message can contain a variable portion
e.g. RATE 99.9999 EXCEEDS TOLERANCE BY 10%.

Arguments:

(MESSAGE)

Incoming:

MESSAGE

Message to be translated. If it contains a variable portion then it should be a
dynamic array in the following format:
<1> 'RATE & EXCEEDS TOLERANCE BY &'
<2> 99.9999 10%

Returned:

MESSAGE

Translated message

Note, this should not be used with T24 Browser.

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Generic
B.UPDATE.BATCH
Description:

Adds a batch job to an existing batch process. Enables application programs to
initiate ad-hoc jobs in the overnight run.

Arguments:

(PROCESS, RUN.DATE, FREQ, PRINTER, DATA, JOB.NAME)

Incoming:

PROCESS

Name of process in batch file

RUN.DATE

Date to run job, YYYYMMDD format

FREQ

Frequency code or null (see the Batch Processing chapter in the System
Administration Guide)

PRINTER

Printer for output or null

DATA

Data to be passed to job

JOB.NAME

Name of job to be initiated

Returned:

ETEXT

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CALCULATE.CHARGE
Description:

Calculates charges, commission and tax amounts and returns enough
information to raise the accounting entries.

Arguments:

(CUSTOMER,
DEAL.AMOUNT,
CURRENCY.MARKET,
CROSS.RATE,
DRAWDOWN.CCY,
T.DATA, CUST.COND,
TOT.CHARGE.FCCY)

DEAL.CURRENCY,
CROSS.CURRENCY,
TOT.CHARGE.LCCY,

Incoming:

CUSTOMER

The customer who has to pay the charge

DEAL.AMOUNT

The deal amount used for percentage charge calculations

DEAL.CURRENCY

The currency of the deal amount

CURRENCY.MARKET

The market to use for currency conversions

CROSS.RATE

The deal rate used in the transaction (optional)

CROSS.CURRENCY

The other currency involved (optional)

DRAWDOWN.CCY

The currency to return the charges in (default deal currency)

T.DATA<1,x>

A list of charge, commission and tax codes

T.DATA<2,x>

An optional list of code types, CHG, COM, TAX

CUST.COND

Conditions overriding the default charge tables

CUST.COND<1,x>

A percentage of the charge to be levied

CUST.COND<2,x>

A list of currencies and charge amounts to be used instead of that

CUST.COND<3,x>

Defined on the charge tables

CUST.COND<4,x>

The customer to be used instead of CUSTOMER

Returned:

T.DATA<2,x>

The code types CHG, COM, TAX

T.DATA<3,x>

Category or internal a/c to post the charges to

T.DATA<4,x>

The charge amount in local

T.DATA<5,x>

The charge amount in foreign currency

T.DATA<6,x>

The mid rate used between local and foreign

T.DATA<7,x>

The transaction code for the entry

TOT.CHARGE.FCCY

The total charge to debit the drawdown account

TOT.CHARGE.LCCY

Its local equivalent

ETEXT

Any errors encountered

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Notes:

The term 'charge' is used to denote charges, commissions and tax. The charge codes should be defined
on FT.CHARGE.TYPE, FT.COMMISSION.TYPE and TAX.

If the charge type is not passed then the routine will endeavour to determine the type by reading the
CHARGE, COMMISSION and TAX files in sequence.

Tax can be applied on a charge, hence you could get more charges returned than were passed. All
identical charge codes are consolidated before returning, i.e. if all four charges had VAT applied then you
would only get one VAT amount returned.

When performing ANY currency conversion between the DEAL.CURRENCY
CROSS.CURRENCY, the CROSS.RATE will be used; otherwise the mid-rate will be used.

and

the

The customer conditions are optional and allow you to debit an individual customer a percentage of the
normal charge or an agreed flat rate, overriding the charge table definitions. e.g. Specific customers may
be charged 50% commission on certain deals.

User input/modified amounts can also be passed in CUSTOMER.CONDITION values 2 and 3, just the tax
will be recalculated. Most applications allow the user to override the default charge. This mechanism
provides the facility to 'return' the charge amounts back to CALCULATE.CHARGE, which will then
recalculate any charge tax.

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Subroutine Guide

EB.GET.ACCT.BALANCE
Description:

This routine will return an account balance of a given type on a given
date and can return the balance as at a requested system date too (ie.
Without adjustments).
The routine obtains the balances by using the correct ACCT.ACTIVITY
record for the date requested.
If a BOOKING.DATE balance is requested for a date less than or equal
to the BK.BAL.START.DATE from the DATES file, the routine will return
the booking dated balance for the BK.BAL.START.DATE. Since the
routine returns the opening balance for a date one calendar day must be
added to the requested date to pass into the routine so that the closing
balance is returned:

Arguments:

ACCT.ID, ACCT.REC, BALANCE.TYPE, BALANCE.DATE,
SYSTEM.DATE, BALANCE, CREDIT.MVMT, CREDIT.MVMT,
DEBIT.MVMT, ERR.MSG

Incoming:

ACCT.ID

Account Number

ACCT.REC

Account record

BALANCE.TYPE

‘VALUE’, ‘TRADE’ or ‘BOOKING’

BALANCE.DATE

Date balance is required for (YYYYMMDD), will default to Today if left
blank

SYSTEM.DATE

Optional date as of system date

Returned:

BALANCE

Returned balance

CREDIT.MVMT

Returned net credit movement for the date

DEBIT.MVMT

Returned net debit movement for the date

ERR.MSG

Any error messages

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E.GET.LOCAL.AMT
Description:

Enquiry Subroutine to calculate
MIDDLE.RATE.CONV.CHECK.

Arguments:

O.DATA from I_ENQUIRY.COMMON

the

local currency equivalent using

Incoming:

O.DATA

In the format CCY nnnnn where:
CCY is the currency
nnnnn is the amount

Outgoing:

O.DATA

Local Equivalent of the incoming amount, calculated using the middle rate

E.GET.STMT.NARRATIVE
Description:

Subroutine to return a calculated statement entry narrative for enquiry purposes.
The narrative is calculated according the definitions in TRANSACTION,
STMT.NARR.FORMAT and STMT.NARR.PARAM

Arguments:

None

Incoming:

O.DATA

Statement entry id

Returned:

R.RECORD<42>

The calculated narrative as a multi-valued field

VM.COUNT

The number of multi-values in the narrative

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Subroutine Guide

EB.FORMAT.RATE
Description:

This routine formats rate values depending upon the system settings. If
extended precision is on, the maximum no. of decimals allowed is 9 else it is
6. Total no of digits allowed for a rate value is 11.

Arguments:

RATE

Incoming:

RATE

Rate to be formatted.

Returned:

RATE

Formatted rate.

EB.LOCREF.SETUP
Description:

This routine will return the local reference data of a specified application.

Arguments:

APP.NAME, LOC.REF.ARRAY

Incoming:

APP.NAME

The application for which local reference details are required

Returned:

LOC.REF.ARRAY

The array of local reference items for the required application:

LOC.REF.ARRAY

Name of local reference field

LOC.REF.ARRAY

Maximum length

LOC.REF.ARRAY

Local reference type

LOC.REF.ARRAY

Vetting table applications

LOC.REF.ARRAY

Vetting table enrichments

LOC.REF.ARRAY

Default possible

LOC.REF.ARRAY

NOCHANGE or NOINPUT indicator

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EB.READLIST
Description:

Routine to return a list of keys from a select statement. This routine
should no longer be used. Instead DAS should be used in all cases.

Arguments:

(SELECT.STATEMENT,
KEY.LIST,
SYSTEM.RETURN.CODE)

LIST.NAME,

SELECTED,

Incoming:

SELECT.STATEMENT

Execute statement (optional - select can be active)

KEY.LIST

Id list returned, null if error

LIST.NAME

Used as part of SAVE.LIST id

Returned:

KEY.LIST

Selected list returned

SELECTED

Number of records selected

SYSTEM.RETURN.CODE

@SYSTEM.RETURN.CODE after select statement. Status codes
returned by system processes

DAS
Description:

Routine to return a list of keys from a file

Arguments:

(TABLE.NAME, THE.LIST, THE.ARGS, TABLE.SUFFIX)

Incoming:
TABLE.NAME

The table from which the list is to be built

THE.LIST

Numeric value indicating the list to be built

THE.ARGS

Criteria to be used when build the list specified by THE.LIST

TABLE.SUFFIX

Table suffix, either null, $NAU, $HIS or $ARC to indicate which table
is to be used.

Returned:
THE.LIST

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List of keys in the list built from the incoming criteria.

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EB.ROUND.AMOUNT
Description:

Formats amount according to currency definition, by:
- using, by default, two decimal places, OR,
- using the defined number of decimal places for the currency, OR,
- using the lowest unit of currency (e.g. 10, 0.05 etc.) AND
rounding according to the lowest unit

Arguments:

CURRENCY.ID, AMOUNT, CAL, CUSTOMER.ID

Incoming:

CURRENCY.ID

Currency code

AMOUNT

Amount

CAL

“”

use lowest currency unit rounding

non-cash rounding

cash rounding

CUSTOMER.ID

for future use

Returned:

AMOUNT

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FATAL.ERROR
Description:

Application fatal abort: displays an error message, exits from 'EX' and updates the
PROTOCOL file. Should be called for all 'fatal' errors in both on-line mode and
batch.

Arguments:

(ROUTINE)
TEXT from I_COMMON

Incoming:

ROUTINE

Name of the routine which invoked FATAL.ERROR

TEXT

Message to be displayed (will be translated).

Returned:

The routine does not return to the program: the program aborts.

GET.NARRATIVE
Description:

Arguments:

Subroutine
to
return
calculated
using TRANSACTION, STMT.NARR.PARAM
applications.

STMT.ID, STMT.REC, NARR

Incoming:

STMT.ID

Id to statement entry record

STMT.REC

Statement entry record

Returned:

NARR

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and

statement
narrative
STMT.NARR.FORMAT

Subroutine Guide

GET.SETTLEMENT.DEFAULTS
Description:

This routine is used to get the default account and settlement details for a
particular customer and application. Defaults may be obtained from Portfolio
SEC.ACC.MASTER,
AGENCY,
CUSTOMER.CCY.ACCT
or
NOSTRO.ACCOUNT files.

Arguments:

YCUST, YCCY, YCCY.MKT, YAPPLN, YPORTFOLIO.NO, YORDER, YACCT,
YCB.CUST, YCB.ACCT, YIB.CUST

Incoming:

YCUST

The customer for which defaults are required (mandatory)

YCCY

The currency for which defaults are required (mandatory)

YCCY.MKT

Currency market for which defaults are required (default value 1)

YAPPLN

The application for which defaults are required. (Mandatory). This can be passed
as a two character application identifier (e.g. MM, LD) and with an optional suffix,
separated by “-” (e.g. MM-PRIN)

YPORTFOLIO.NO

The portfolio in which the deal resides, a number in the range 1 to 999 (optional)

YORDER

The order in which the defaults have to be returned: Any combination of the
letters "C"ustomer, "V"ostro, "N"ostro or "P"ortfolio in the order in which the calling
application requires it. For example PVCN will default first from the portfolio, then
vostro from agency, then customer ccy acct then nostro Account.

YACCT

If incoming argument is null then the account number based on the
ORDER.FOR.DEFAULTS is returned. Null if no default is found. If the incoming
argument contains an account number, the account is checked to see if it is a
Nostro and the beneficiary details are returned and "N" in
ORDER.FOR.DEFAULTS. If it is not a Nostro, Null is returned in this argument,
ORDER.FOR.DEFAULTS and in the Beneficiary details.

Returned:

YORDER

The value from which the account was defaulted. May be P, V, C or N. For
example if the defaulted account is obtained from the portfolio, the value P will be
returned

YACCT

The default account number obtained

YCB.CUST

Correspondent bank of customer if settling through a Nostro account customer
number

YCB.ACCT

Account number of customer’s account at correspondent bank when settling
using a Nostro account

YIB.CUST

Intermediary bank number required where there is no direct relationship between
the correspondent bank and the bank when settlement is made via a Nostro
account (customer number)

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GET.STANDARD.SELECTION.DETS
Description:

The routine reads the STANDARD.SELECTION record and merges the
SYS and USR fields together. The routine contains a dimensioned cache of
Standard Selection records T.SS.REC and dynamic list of Standard
Selection ids T.SS.IDS.

Arguments:

STANDARD.SEL.ID, SS.REC

Incoming:

STANDARD.SEL.ID

Key to STANDARD.SELECTION record

Returned:

SS.REC

STANDARD.SELECTION record with USR and SYS fields merged into the
SYS fields.

LIMIT.CURR.CONV
Description:

Program to convert a currency amount to another currency, assuming that the call
parameters have previously been validated. The currency from is assumed to be
the base currency. Xrate is calculated as to.rate/from.rate by this program. This
routine will cater for conversion to a currency not defined in the current company.

Arguments:

PCCY.FROM, PAMT.FROM, PCCY.TO, YAMT.TO, YPROC.FLAG

Incoming:

PCCY.FROM

Currency to convert from

PAMT.FROM

Currency amount in from currency

PCCY.TO

Currency to convert to

YPROC.FLAG

“SETUP” initialises a common area for the currency
“” calculates amount

Returned:

YAMT.TO

Amount in PAMT.TO currency

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LOAD.COMPANY
Description:

Builds and loads a company profile into I COMMON. This routine must be called for
a change of company.

Arguments:

(COMPANY)

Incoming:

COMPANY

The company to be loaded. Must be a key to F.COMPANY

Returned:

ETEXT

Error message if unsuccessful

PRO
Description:

Outputs a message to the protocol file for audit or exception purposes.

Arguments:

(MESSAGE)

Incoming:

MESSAGE

Message to be written to file

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SC.CALC.YIELD
Description:

Calculates yields, yield to maturity, duration and modified duration for all bonds and
optionally updates SECURITY.SUPP file.

Arguments:

SECURITY.ID, CALC.ONLY, and R.SECURITY.SUPP

SECURITY.ID indicates the security to which the calculation applies. If CALC.ONLY and
R.SECURITY.SUPP are set to null then the price used to calculate the above will be taken as the last
price from the relevant SECURITY.MASTER record, the relevant SECURITY.SUPP record will be read
and updated. This is the normal situation.

If CALC.ONLY is not set to null then R.SECURITY.SUPP must be populated. This is used to calculate a
yield to maturity based on a trade price. The price used to calculate the above will be taken from the
PRICE field relating to the type “M” CALL.PUT.MATURITY field in the passed record if populated,
otherwise it will default to the SECURITY.MASTER price. The passed record will be updated and returned
but will not be written to the database.

EB.GETFIELD
Description:

Retrieve a field or a set of fields from the current application record, another
record within the same file or from another file using literal field names.

Arguments:

(REF.APPLICATION,REF.ID,FIELD.NAME,FIELD.DATA,CACHE,
FIELD.DEFS,RESERVED01,FIELD.ERR)

Incoming:

REF.APPLICATION

The table from which to read the data. Do not include filename prefixes such
as ‘F.’ or ‘FBNK.’, just the table name, e.g. ‘DX.TRADE’

REF.ID

Key of record from which to retrieve. If left blank and REF.APPLICATION is
blank, field is retrieved from current record; if left blank and
REF.APPLICATION is specified, current record key is used to retrieve from
REF.APPLICATION

FIELD.NAME

Literal field name as string or dynamic array of field names as strings, FM VM
or SVM delimited

CACHE

Flag is set to 1 if cache-read is preferred

Returned:

FIELD.DATA

Dynamic array of data from FIELD.NAME fields

FIELD.ERR

Dynamic array of error codes. Contains error message if the FIELD.NAME
array contains more than one type of delimiter or if the record specified in
REF.APPLICATION and REF.ID could not be read. Contains 1 if

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FIELD.NAME not found on the standard selection record.
FIELD.DEFS

Dynamic array of field definitions as returned from standard selection. For
standard system fields it returns the contents of the standard selection fields
from SYS.FIELD.NAME to SYS.REL.FILE as multivalues for each field
queried. For local reference fields, it returns the contents of the standard
selection fields from USR.FLD.NAME to USR.REL.FILE.

EB.FORMAT
Description:

Retrieve a field or a set of fields from the current application record, another
record within the same file or from another file using literal field names.

Arguments:

(DEFINITION.REC,IN.REC,OUT.REC,SPECIAL.REC)

Incoming:

DEFINITION.REC

Dynamic
array
holding
the
formatting
definition,
read
using
F.EB.FORMAT.ENTRY. This defines how the data held in the IN.REC is to be
processed.

IN.REC

Dynamic array holding the raw data to be processed.

SPECIAL.REC

Dynamic Array which can hold any extra “special” data to be using in the
extraction/translation and placement processing in EB.FORMAT, this can be
referenced in the EB.FORMAT.ENTRY definition.

Returned:

OUT.REC

Dynamic Array holding the re-formatted data from the IN.REC based on the in the
extraction/translation
and
placement
processing
defined
in
the
EB.FORMAT.ENTRY record passed in as the DEFINITION.REC

SPECIAL.REC

Holds any “special” data extracted from the IN.REC this is processed in the same
way as the OUT.REC but offers a second output channel.

ETEXT

Error message if unsuccessful

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System.getVariable
Description:

Returns the value of the specified variable by searching the System common
variables. This may be system defined variables such as :
•

!TODAY

•

!COMPANY

or user defined variables (as defined using enquiries) such as :
•

CURRENT.CUSTOMER

•

CURRENT.SECTOR

If a variable contains more than 1 value an array will be returned separated by
@VMs.

Arguments:

variableName, variableValue

Incoming:

variableName

The name of the variable to find

Returned:

variableValue

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System.setVariable
Description:

Sets the value of the specified System common variable by searching the
System common variables. This may be system defined variables such as :
•

!TODAY

•

!COMPANY

or user defined variables (as defined using enquiries) such as :
•

CURRENT.CUSTOMER

•

CURRENT.SECTOR

If a variable contains more than 1 value an array can be passed separated by
@VMs.

Arguments:

variableName, variableValue

Incoming:

variableName

The name of the variable to set

variableValue

The value of the variable

Outgoing:

None

System.deleteVariable
Description:

Deletes the specified System common variable.

Arguments:

variableName

Incoming:

variableName

The name of the variable to delete

Outgoing:

None

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System.loadVariables
Description:

Loads the System common variables in to memory.
The user defined variables
F.EB.USER.CONTEXT file.

Arguments:

None

Incoming:

None

Outgoing:

None

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are

loaded

from

their

record

the

Subroutine Guide

Financial Update Routines
ACCOUNT.SUSPENSE
In all releases it is no longer advised to the use this subroutine. It is considered extremely dangerous
and may lead to a corrupt database. Please do not use this routine.

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LIMIT.CHECK
Description:

This subroutine is used by applications both online and end of day to verify and
update the limits system. The application is required to supply the correct values
from the transaction in order to give the correct update to the system.

Arguments:

(PLIAB.ORIG,
PCUST.NO,
PREF.NO,
PSER.NO,
PTXN.REF.MNE,
PTXN.DATE,
PTXN.CCY,
PTXN.AMT,
POTH.CCY.OR.COMMITM,
PDEAL.DESK, PACC.CO, PACC.NO, PACC.BAL, PACC.CCY, PCURR.NO,
PFIND.REC, PCALL.TIME, PCALL.ID, PRETURN.CODE)

Incoming:

PLIAB.ORIG

Contains the liability number of the customer of the limit found in the field
CUSTOMER.LIABILITY in the CUSTOMER record. A Customer may belong to
a liability group, where the limit will be held both at customer and liability level.
This should always be passed, it may be null in the customer record.

PCUST.NO

The actual customer number of the transaction that requires the limit to be
checked and updated. This is a mandatory field.

PREF.NO

This is the 4-7 character LIMIT.REFERENCE key held on the contract. This
is usually stored in the format 4-7N. 2N in the contract, only the first element
should be passed. The content of the LIMIT.REFERENCE should be validated /
defaulted by calling the routine LIMIT.GET.PRODUCT.

PSER.NO

The 2-digit serial number of the limit record between 01 and 99. This is held in
the contract in the LIMIT.REF field as the second element of the data.

PTXN.REF.MNE

The transaction id of the contract with the company mnemonic appended in a
multi-company environment in the format:

Trans Ref | Mnemonic
If no mnemonic is passed the current company is assumed. When called for
Account limits, the reference should be passed as Account number.
PTXN.DATE

The maturity date of the contract should be passed here. For call / notice
contracts a number of days can also be passed. For accounts do not pass any
date.

PTXN.CCY

The currency of the movement / balance of the transaction to be checked and
update the limits system. This should always be the currency of the contract or
account.

PTXN.AMT

This is the amount of the transaction in PTXN.CCY. It should be a signed
amount. For foreign exchange transactions a second field is present containing
the other amount of the deal.

POTH.CCY.OR.C
OMMITM

This argument is only used for Forex or Commitment contracts. For FX deals the
other (sell) currency of the transaction should be passed, this corresponds to the
amount in PTXN.AMT<2>. For loan transactions linked to a commitment this
describes how the limit is to be impacted with regard to the commitment.

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Possible values are:
Y – Commitment contract
YR – Revolving Commitment contract
YN – Non revolving commitment contract
NR – Do not reduce online limit

PDEAL.DESK

The dealer desk of the transaction, for future use.

PACC.CO

When called from accounting to check the impact of an overdraft the company of
the account passed in PACC.NO should be supplied. If not present, the current
company is assumed.

PACC.NO

When processing limits for accounts the account number must be passed that
the movement to be checked is to be applied to.

PACC.BAL

When processing for an account, i.e. PACC.NO is supplied, this should contain
the account balance PRIOR to the transaction. The transaction amount is
passed in PTXN.AMT

PACC.CCY

When processing for an account, this should contain the currency of the account
number supplied in PACC.NO.

PCURR.NO

This should be passed with the number of overrides in the Override field in the
application. The process will update R.NEW(V-9) in the next position. A value of
zero will reset the overrides.

PFIND.REC

This should be left as null if the application is required to allow the creation of
default limit records. If only predefined limits are allowed, a value of Y should be
passed.

PCALL.TIME

This controls the method of processing overrides on-line and Close of Business;

Possible values:

PCALL.ID

Null

Normal on-line process, override requires response

Used in BATCH mode, always update overrides

E
ETEXT

Used in Batch, return if error is found. Error is returned in

Verify limit online - no update (not used)

Verify limit in batch mode – no update (not used)

This describes to the limit check routine, the type of processing made to the
application. It can have the following values:
VAL

New values are being passed and must be used to update limits

DEL

The values passed are the old values that should be removed

PERC REVAL Special mode used in the Close of Business to signify revaluation
processing.
R.NEW()
[Common]

Should contain the contract. The overrides will be updated here.

ID.NEW
[Common]

The transaction id.

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V [Common]

The size of the current application record

Returned:

PRETURN.CODE

Return code describing the limit process
5

No line allocated

Line not available

Line unavailable

Line unavailable to this customer

Line unavailable to this currency

Line unavailable to this company

Not used

Excess

Not used

Clean Risk Excess

Insufficient time bands for transaction

Commitments are revolving with a non revolving limit or vice versa

How to call LIMIT.CHECK

The limit check subroutine should be called at the unauthorised stage of transaction process (i.e. in
the BEFORE.UNAUTH.WRITE section of the template). It should be called AFTER any call to the
accounting process (EB.ACCOUNTING) to avoid any potential locking order conflicts.

New transactions

The new values of currency, amount and maturity date should be passed with a PCALL.ID value of
"VAL”. This will add the new unauthorised values of the transaction.

Deletion of unauthorised transactions

The old values of currency and maturity date should be passed with a PCALL.ID value of “DEL”. Take
care to establish the correct old values, these can be found in the following common arrays:

Unauthorised new contract

R.NEW

Unauthorised change authorised

R.NEW.LAST

Unauthorised reversal

R.NEW

Reversal of authorised transaction
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The old values of currency and maturity date should be passed with a PCALL.ID value of “DEL”. Take
care to establish the correct old values, these can be found in the following common arrays:

Previously authorised

R.OLD

Change of unauthorised contracts

A call of type DEL must be made first to remove the previous values (see deletion of unauthorised
transactions). New values should be supplied with a call type of VAL as per new transactions.

HOLD processing
The HLD function should be disabled (apart from 1st Input of the transaction) to avoid corruption of the
limits database. This should be done by adding the value .NOH to the ADDITIONAL.INFO field of the
application PGM.FILE record.

Principal Increase

The limits system will usually reflect the worst case scenario, so any principal increase, forward dated
or not, should impact the limits system immediately and not during the Close of Business process.

Close of Business processing - Unauthorised

Where Close of Business processing deletes / places in HLD unauthorised transactions, the process
must also update the limit system by calling LIMIT.CHECK with DEL.

Close of Business Processing – Maturity

Maturity of contracts should result in a call to LIMIT.CHECK with DEL to remove the transaction from
the limit system.

Close of Business Processing – Principal Decrease / Repayment

When the decrease takes place in the Close of Business, the system should call LIMIT.CHECK first to
delete the previous values, then to replace with the new principal.

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LIMIT.GET.PRODUCT
Description

This subroutine is used by applications to validate and default the Limit
Reference used in a given transaction. It is called as part of the cross-validation
processing.

Arguments

(YR.SYSTEM, YCUST.NO, YCCY, YPRODUCT)

Inward
YR.SYSTEM

The Limit Parameter record for the application (Optional)

YCUST.NO

The customer number of the transaction (Mandatory)

YCCY

The currency of the transactions (Mandatory)

YPRODUCT

The limit reference and serial number if supplied in the transaction
Optional additional fields are:
<2> "DEPOSIT" denoting this is a deposit contract
or "INFO" denoting this is an information type contract
<3> Any hard coded suffix passed from the application. This will be combined with
the application name when searching LIMIT.PARAMETER for relevant conditions if
supplied

APPLICATION

The common variable contains the name of the application to be looked up in the
LIMIT.PARAMETER record.

R.NEW

The content of the current record to be used in the look up of LIMIT PARAMETER

Returned
YR.SYSTEM

The limit parameter applicable to the APPLICATION

YR.PRODUCT

Null – no product found or the value of the limit reference for the Product

ETEXT

Description of the error found

Calling Limit Get Product:

The routine should be called in the cross-validation phase of the contract only.

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Printing
PST
Description:

Opens/closes printer for output and defines headers.

Arguments:

(ACTION)

Incoming:

ACTION

'OPEN' to initialise
"" to close
or a dynamic array in the following format:
<1> = 'HEADER' or 'HEADER.80' to define a header for 132 or 80 columns
<2> = Report ID and title (separated by a space)

Returned:

ACTION

For header specifications returns heading lines in field one to three of a
dynamic array

PRINTER.ON
Description:

Sets up the printer environment for the report and directs output to the print
unit. This routine must be used instead of the Data/Basic PRINTER ON
statement.

Arguments:

(NAME, UNIT)

Incoming:

NAME

Name of the report as defined on the report control file

UNIT

Print unit to which output should be directed. 0 - 254, default 0

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PRINTER.OFF
Description:

Redirects output from the print unit to the screen. This routine must be used
instead of the Data/Basic PRINTER OFF statement.

Arguments:

None

PRINTER.CLOSE
Description:

Spools report as directed by the report control system. This subroutine must be
used in place of the Data/Basic PRINTER CLOSE statement.

Arguments:

(NAME, UNIT, USER.NAME)

Incoming:

NAME

Name of the report as defined on the report control file

UNIT

The print unit number. 0 - 254 , default 0

USER.NAME

Used to retrieve addressing information for the report banner. Must be set to
blank.

RG.GET.LOCAL.TEXT
Description:

Repgen subroutine will get the description from REMARK
a LOCAL.TABLE record.

field of

PGM.FILE entry to be used in REPGEN is RG.LOCAL.TABLE.TEXT.

Arguments:

LOCAL.TABLE.NO, VET.TABLE.ENTRY, LOCAL DESC

Incoming:

LOCAL.TABLE.NO:

The ID of the record in LOCAL.TABLE

VET.TABLE.ENTRY:

The data from which text is required from the REMARK field.

Returned:

LOCAL.DESC

The description as defined in REMARK field
Or

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Null if VET.TABLE.ENTRY is not available in the LOCAL.TABLE

SPOOL.REPORT
Description:

Spools a report, which has not been created, by the report control system. This
is only intended for use with COMO files. This routine must be used instead of
executing a spool command.

Arguments:

("" , NAME, TREE.NAME, "", "", "")

Incoming:

NAME

Name of the report as defined on the report control file.

TREE.NAME

The path name of the COMO file. This must be in the format
'filename>recordname' e.g. &COMO&>TEST.COMO. The filename must be a
valid VOC entry.

All other arguments must be specified as null (internal use only).

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IN2 Routines
The IN2 routines are described fully in the IN2 ROUTINES user guide.

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