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MSA Segments

The MSA segment indicates what message is being acknowledged and whether it was successfully received and processed. There are two relevant types of information inside the MSA segment:

Location Information Description
MSA.1 Acknowledgment Code Indicates whether or not the message was successfully received and processed (‘AA’ for a positive ACK; ‘AE’ or ‘AR’ for a negative ACK).
MSA.2 Message Control ID This represents the unique ID of the message that is being acknowledged.