M3 Address Structure

For the FBMs that include the VAT reports, the address information must be sent with a specific structure. This table shows the structure of the Name and Address fields (1-4) for which the required format is supported:

Field Value
Name Name
Address line 1 Street and building number
Address line 2 Street and building number continued if line 1 is insufficient, otherwise left blank
Address line 3 Postal code and town
Address line 4 Country
Note: The postal code, the town, and the country code must be defined in their dedicated M3 fields regardless of how the address lines are used. If the address information in M3 cannot be defined as described here, the data translation in the ‘addressFieldType’ element must be defined in the function ‘Business Message Data Translation. Display’ (CRS881). See the detailed configuration settings for (CRS881).

Translation in the ‘addressFieldType’ element for address information

If the address structure does not correspond to the settings described in M3 Address Structure, then an additional setting in (CRS881) and (CRS882) is required to identify the contents of the fields in Infor M3 Business Engine.

‘Business Message Data Translation. Display’ (CRS881)

Field Value
Msg standard FBM
Business msg Generic
Message version 1
Parent elements Generic
In/Outbound msg O
Data element addressFieldType

‘M3 Business Message Data Translation. Display’ (CRS882) for data element addressFieldType

Field Value
M3 data (Value – In)

Address rule to indicate the type of address information that requires translation:

  • ALL for the general rule of address information
  • COMP for company address information
  • CUST for customer address information
  • SUPP for supplier address information
Message data (Value-Out)

A combination of five characters to indicate whether and how each of the name and address line fields 1-4 in M3 Business Engine are used, for example AEFGX.

The value out must contain five characters to correspond to the five positions.

This table shows the available codes for the message data (Value – Out), which is five characters long, to define the structure of the address:

Code Description Comment
X Field not used, empty The code indicates that the field is not used.
A Name This information is required. If code A is not defined, then the value of the Name field is retrieved.
B Name, part 2 This information is used in combination with code A. This information is added after the value from code A with a blank as separator.
C Name of location, if different from the name above This information is optional. If code C is not defined, then no information is sent.
D Name of location, part 2, if different from the name above This information is used in combination with code C. This information is added after the value from code C with a blank as separator.
E Street and building number This information is required. If code E is not defined, then the value of the Address line 1 field is retrieved.
F Street and building number, part 2 This information is used in combination with code E. This information is added after the value from code E with a blank as separator.
G Postal code and city This information is required. If code G is not defined and the Postal code and City fields are blank, the value of the Address line 3 field is retrieved.
H Postal code and city, part 2 This information is used in combination with code G. This information is added after the value from code G with a blank as separator.
I Country This information is optional. If code I is not defined, then no information is sent.
J Country, part 2 This information is used in combination with code I. This information is added after the value from code I with a blank as separator.