File Header Record (FHR)

Table showing records in the file header
Field Name Length Position F S Remarks

Record type

3

1-3

A

M

Always FHR

Data record sequence number

9

4-12

N

M

Start at 1 and increment by 1 per record

File creation date

8

13-20

N

M

YYYYMMDD

File transmission date

8

21-28

N

M

YYYYMMDD

File Receiver

8

29-36

A

M

Allocated by Elavon

Always ‘ELAVON’ with two trailing spaces

Processor ID

9

37-45

A

M

Processor Identifier allocated by Elavon.

  • GMCA - Test Environment

  • GMCP - Production Environment

  • DCIP/DCSP - Direct Settlement with Diners

Processor Name

20

46-65

A

M

Name of the merchant’s processor i.e. file submitter.

Building number

20

66-85

A

O

Building number of processing centre

Street name

20

86-105

A

O

Street name of processing centre

City 

20

106-125

A

O

City or Town name of processing centre

Country

20

126-145

A

O

Country of processing centre, Country Name

ZIP Code

9

146-154

A

O

ZIP or Postal code of processing centre

Phone number

20

155-174

A

O

Contact telephone number of processing centre

FAX number

20

175-194

A

O

Facsimile telephone number of processing centre

SITA Telex number

10

195-204

A

O

SITA Telex number (AIRLINE USE ONLY)

E-Mail Address

160

205-364

A

C

For batch authorisation use. Multiple addresses should be separated using ‘,’.

File number

4

365-368

N

O

Unique file number for each submission file in the range 0001 to 9999

Filler

82

369-450

A

M

Space padded