Field No.

Field Value / Field Name

Field Length

O- Optional
M-Mandatory

Field Description

IFH
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11

"IFH"
"IFILE"
"CSV"
"ABC32634001"
"SASABBGSA003175114"
File Reference
File Creation Date
File Creation Time
"P"
"1.0"
Total Record Count

Hardcoded
Hardcoded
Hardcoded
Hardcoded
Hardcoded

"BATHDR"
"ACH-CR"
Total Payments
(Blank)
(Blank)
(Blank)

Hardcoded
Hardcoded

35
10
8
Hardcoded
Hardcoded
5

M
M
M
M
M
M
M
M
M
M
M

File Header Tag. Occurs only once in the file.

File Type
Hardcoded field.
Test Connect ID, we will provide you with your own Connect ID at the final stage of file development.
Test Customer ID, we will provide you with your own Connect ID at the final stage of file development.
File reference to ensure that the same file cannot be uploaded twice. File reference has to be unique for each file and can be upto 35 characters.
File creation date in YYYY/MM/DD format.
File creation time in HH:MM:SS format.
Hardcoded field.
Hardcoded field.
Total number of lines in the file. This would normally be equal to number of payment in the file + 2.

BATHDR
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3
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5
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12
13
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18
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20
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25
26
27

Payment Purpose Code

Payment Narration
(Blank)
"@1st@"
Value Date
Debit Account Number
"SAR"
Total Sum
(Blank)
(Blank)
(Blank)
(Blank)
(Blank)
(Blank)
Company name
MOL Establishment ID
Employer ID
(Blank)
(Blank)
(Blank)
Batch Reference

M
M
4 M

35 M
Hardcoded

M
8 M
12 M
Hardcoded
M
15 O

Batch Header Tag. Occurs only once in the file.

Payment Type. This should be hardcoded to "ACH-CR" for salary payments.
Total number of payments made in the file.

This field will identify the purpose of the batch file.This can either be B - Bonus payments / O - Other Payments / S - Salary. It should be popluated with a single Characters as S / B / O. Currently its
only applicable for "S" ie. Salaries.
Payment Narration for Debit Account, its a free-text field, with no special characters to be captured.

Amended Field
Amended Field

Hardcoded field.
Value date of the payments in YYYYMMDD format. Value date should not be less then the file creation date and not less than the current date. Value date has to be a day ahead of the File creation date
Debit account number held with SABB. Debit account number needs be populated without hyphens
Payment currency.
The total amount being paid out through the payment file.

35 M
18 M
10 M

Company name
A unique ID provided by Minister of Labour needs to be caputred here,its a 15 digit numeric field
A Customer or Establishment Registration number.

16 M

Batch Reference to identify the batch of payments on HSBCnet and in your statements. It should be unique for a period of 1 year

M
34 M
35 M
12 M

Second party tag. This record would be repeated for each employee being paid through the payment file.
Employee Account number. IBAN format should be used to specify beneficiary account numbers
Beneficiary's Account Title.
Beneficiary's Employee ID. This has to be unique within a file.

Amended Field
Amended Field
Amended Field

SECPTY
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2
3
4

"SECPTY"
Account Number
Beneficiary Name
Employee ID

Hardcoded

5 Bank ID

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7
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12
13
14
15
16
17
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23
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27
28

(Blank)
(Blank)
Payment Amount
(Blank)
(Blank)
(Blank)
(Blank)
(Blank)
(Blank)
"N"
"N"
(Blank)
(Blank)
(Blank)
(Blank)
(Blank)
"@SACH@"
Beneficiary ID
Beneficiary Basic Salary
Housing allowance
Other Earnings
Deductions
Payment Narration

INTERNAL

8 M

15 M

Hardcoded
Hardcoded

Bank ID/ SWIFT ID to identify the bank.

Payment amount to the employee. With two decimal places

Hardcoded field.
Hardcoded field.

Hardcoded
10
12
12
12
12
35

M
M
M
M
M
M
M

Hardcoded field.
Employee National ID number or IQAMA ID Number needs to be captured here. It needs to be unique.
Beneificary Basic Salary Field with 12 digit numeric should be captured.
Housing Allowance Field with 12 digit numeric should be captured.
Other Earnings with 12 digit numeric should be captured.
Deductions with 12 digit numeric should be captured.
A Free text field of 35 characters is available to capture in payment details. Without special characters

Amended Field
Amended Field
Amended Field
Amended Field
Amended Field
Amended Field
Amended Field