Validate SWIFT BICPlusIBAN Activity

You can use the Validate SWIFT BICPlusIBAN activity to validate an IBAN.

General

On the General tab, you can specify the BANK Directory and IBAN Plus data file to validate an IBAN.

The following table lists the configurations on the General tab of the Validate SWIFT BICPlusIBAN activity:

Field Module Property? Visual Diff? Description
Name No Yes Specify the name to be displayed as the label for the activity in the process.
BANK Directory and IBAN Plus Yes Yes Click and navigate to the directory where the BANK Directory and IBAN Plus data file is located. Select the file and click OK to load it.
Note: You have to download the required BANK Directory and IBAN Plus data file from the SWIFT official website, and ensure that the following files exist inside:
  • IBANPLUS_V*_FULL_year**** file (IBAN information), required.
  • IBANSTRUCTURE_FULL_year**** file (IBAN structure information), required.
  • EXCLUSIONLIST_V*_FULL_year**** file (National IDs cannot be in IBANs), required.
  • COUNTRY_CODE_year**** file (Country code information), required.
  • BANKDIRECTORYPLUS_V*_FULL_year**** file (Bank information), required.

Description

On the Description tab, you can enter a short description for the Validate SWIFT BICPlusIBAN activity.

Input

On the Input tab, you can specify the IBAN that you want to validate.

The following table lists the input elements on the Input tab of the Validate SWIFT BICPlusIBAN activity:

Input Item Data Type Description
IBAN String Specify the IBAN that you want to validate.
BIC String Specify the BIC that you want to validate.
BranchCode String Specify the BranchCode that you want to validate.

Output

On the Output tab, you can find the validation results.

The following table lists the output element on the Output tab of the Validate SWIFT BICPlusIBAN activity:

Output Item Data Type Description
BICPlusIBANRecord XML Displays the IBAN validation results.

Fault

On the Fault tab, you can find the error code and error message of the Search Entry activity. See Error Codes for more detailed explanation of errors.

The following table lists the error schema elements on the Fault tab of the Validate SWIFT BICPlusIBAN activity:

Error Schema Element Data Type Description
Validation Exception String The MT messages have validation errors when the validation does not follow the selected SWIFT specification.
Swift Exception String The activity cannot locate the metadata directory or it fails to initialize the metadata.