SWIFT Message Entry Workstation

Sterling B2B Integrator provides you with the SWIFT Message Entry Workstation functionality that enables you to create, edit, review, copy, delete, and track a SWIFT message.

The SWIFT Message Entry Workstation enables you to create a new SWIFT message (MT or MX), and to enter the message data based on the message structure. Additionally, the SWIFT Message Entry Workstation provides validation functionality that flags syntactical errors that may need to be fixed before sending the message. The SWIFT Message Entry Workstation also allows you to repair errors in the message.

The extent of functionality that is available to each user of the SWIFT Message Entry Workstation is determined by the security permissions that your system administrator assigns to your user account, based on your role. In the Sterling B2B Integrator, each user account has permissions assigned to it, so that the user can perform necessary functions (for SWIFT Message Entry Workstation, this means that you have the required permissions to perform necessary actions for SWIFT messages, depending on your role). The message creation process requires three different roles (performed by three separate people as described in the table below):

Role Description Permissions that Must be Assigned to the User Account
Creator This is the person who creates a message. The Creator can also validate a message or edit default configuration specifications.
  • Message Entry Create
  • Message Entry Edit
  • Message Entry Delete
  • Message Entry Copy
  • Message Entry Configuration
Verifier This is the person who can submit the created or edited messages to be sent. The Verifier can also validate the messages. Message Entry Review
Tracker This is the person who tracks the history of the messages. Message Entry Track
Note: Each time a user adds, modifies, or deletes a message through the SWIFT Message Entry Workstation, the action is logged to create an audit trail based on the user who performed the event.

Each SWIFT message created through the SWIFT Message Entry Workstation evolves in stages. The possible statuses of a SWIFT message during this evolution are as follows:

  • Draft (this is the initial stage and subsequent edits)
  • Ready to send
  • Sent
  • Rejected