What is a Bank Format Mapping?

A bank format mapping works with a bank format definition to describe how the information in the bank file is populated. It answers questions such as:

  • Where do I get the data for the bank file from?
  • Which decimal separator character can I use?
  • Which date format can I use?

You can only have one bank format mapping for each bank format definition. They exist in a 1-to-1 relationship.

A bank format mapping is made up of the following objects:

  • Bank Format Mappings
  • Bank Format Mapping Record Types
  • Bank Format Mapping Fields

A Bank Format Mapping Joins object exists in a master-detail relationship with the top-level Bank Format Mapping object. For more information, see What is a Bank Format Mapping Join?.

The diagram illustrates that a Bank Format Mapping Joins object has a master-detail relationship with the top-level Bank Format Mapping object.

The reference topics listed at the end of this page provide more details on each object.

Bank format mappings cannot work on their own. They need a corresponding set of bank format definition objects to form the basis of a bank file generation. See What is a Bank Format Definition? for more information.