Generic SGMSH Business Object

The SGMSH Business Object is a representation of the HL7 V2.4 SGMSH segment.

Business object structure

The generic SGMSH business object is a hierarchical business object. Each of its attributes is either an HL7 datatype business object or a native type.

SGMSH includes the following attributes:  

Business object attributes
Name Type Key Cardinality Comment
Field_Separator String FALSE 1 The separator between the segment ID and the first real field
Encoding_Characters String FALSE 1 "Four characters in the following order: the component separator
Sending_Application DTHD FALSE 1 Site-defined sending application
Sending_Facility DTHD FALSE 1 User defined address of one of several occurrences of the same application within the sending system
Receiving_Application DTHD FALSE 1 Site defined receiving application
Receiving_Facility DTHD FALSE 1 Site defined receiving application among multiple identical instances of the application running
Date_Time_Of_Message DTTS FALSE 1 Date-time that the sending system created the message
Security String FALSE 1 Security. User defined
Message_Type DTCM_MT FALSE 1 Message type
Message_Control_ID String TRUE 1 Number that identifies the message
Processing_ID DTPT FALSE 1 Indicates if the message should be processed as defined in HL7 Application Processing rules
Version_ID DTVID FALSE 1 Version ID
Sequence_Number Float FALSE 1 The sequence numberis sequencing is being used
Continuation_Pointer String FALSE 1 Define continuations
Accept_Acknowledgement_Type String FALSE 1 Conditions under which accept acknowledgments are required. Refer to HL7 Table 0155 - Accept/application acknowledgment conditions
Application_Acknowledgement_Type String FALSE 1 Conditions under which application acknowledgments are required. Refer to HL7 Table 0155 - Accept/application acknowledgment conditions
Country_Code String FALSE 1 The country of origin. Refer to HL7 Table 0399 - Country code
Character_Set DTArrayUnit_ST FALSE n The character set. Refer to HL7 Table 0211 - Alternate character sets
Principle_Language_Of_Message DTCE FALSE 1 Principal language of the message
Alternate_Character_Set_Handling_Scheme String FALSE 1 The alternate character set handling scheme used. Refer to Table 0356- Alternate character set handling scheme
Conformance_Statement_ID DTArrayUnit_ST FALSE n Conformance statements. Refer to7 Table 0449 - Conformance statements
ObjectEventId String FALSE 1

Supported verbs

The generic SGMSH business object supports the following verbs:

Examining the object

To examine a listing of the attributes of the generic business object, use IBM WebSphere Interchange Server System Manager or IBM WebSphere Interchange Server Business Object Designer.

Related reference

For more information on related business objects, see the following documents:

  • Generic DTHD Business Object
  • Generic DTTS Business Object
  • Generic DTCM_MT Business Object
  • Generic DTPT Business Object
  • Generic DTVID Business Object
  • Generic DTArrayUnit_ST Business Object
  • Generic DTCE Business Object
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