T24 Directory Structure

bnk

bnk.data

ac

fx

bnk.dict

eb

globusbin

bnk.run

bnk.help

globuslib

bin

bnk.jnl

bnk.backup

lib

bnk.data

: the directory where the data files of all applications are stored.

bnk.dict

: the directory where the dictionary files of all applications are stored.

bnk.help

: the directory where all the help files are stored

bnk.jnl

: this directory contains a very important file of T24 called F.JOURNAL

which will hold the mirror of every transaction in T24. The life cycle of
this file is 1 day.

bnk.run

: this is the home directory of all users who log on to T24. This
directory contains an important file called .profile and 4 very important
directories (1) globusbin (T24 executables), (2) globuslib (T24
libraries), (3) bin (local executables), and (4) lib (local libraries)

bnk.backup

: this directory contains files pertaining to the pre EOD and post EOD
backups.

GLOBUS.BP : this directory contains a number of insert files that are used in
programs or subroutines.
File Types:

Live
Unauthorised ($NAU) INAU, INAO, INA2, RNAU, RNA2, CNAU, CNA2, RNAO,
IHLD
History ($HIS)

File Classification:

INT (Installation)
o Only a single copy of the file exists regardless of the number of
companies

o
o
o

These files are stored in Head office and will be accessed by all the
branches.
Examples : ABBREVIATION, ACCOUNT.CLASS, BATCH, CATEGORY, etc.
Prefix F

CUS (Customer)
o These files are stored in Head office and will have the company
mnemonic as the prefix.
o Examples : BROKER, COLLATERAL, CONDITION.PRIORITY, CUSTOMER,
etc.
o These files are shared among the branches.
o These files can be stored at each branch in which case they can not be
shared.
o These files primarily contain static data

CST (Customer Table)

o Check files for CUS level files
o Examples : SECTOR, TARGET, INDUSTRY, CUSTOMER.STATUS etc.
o Inherit properties of CUS files

FIN (Financial)
o Store financial information.
o Each branch has its own copy. Can not be shared.
o Examples : ACCOUNT, ACCOUNT.CLOSURE, ACCOUNT.DEBIT.INT,
FUNDS.TRANSFER, etc.
o Prefix : Branch Mnemonic

FTD (Financial Table Descriptive)

o Check files for FIN level files
o Examples : BASIC.INTEREST, GROUP.CONDITION,
DEAL.SLIP.PARAMETER, etc.
o Contain non financial data
o Inherit properties of FIN files

FTF (Financial Table Financial)

o Linked to FIN files and contain financial data
o Examples : GROUP.DEBIT.INT, TXN, FT.CHARGE.TYPE,
FT.COMMISSION.TYPE, etc.
o Inherit properties of FIN files

CCY (Currency)
o Currency associated files
o Examples : CURRENCY, PERIODIC.INTEREST, FORWARD.RATES, etc.
o Inherit properties of INT files

NOS (Nostro)
o Files for Nostro accounts
o Examples : NOSTRO.ACCOUNT, NOSTRO.BALANCES, AGENCY, etc.
o Inherit properties of CUS files

CORE PARAMETER FILES

PGM.FILE

Stands for Program File

This is the application that keeps track of all the applications in T24

Every application in T24 must have a valid entry in this file

Important fields are:

o

ID

TYPE

No special characters allowed except .

H (unauthorized, live and history files will be maintained.

Example - CUSTOMER)
U (similar to H but history is not maintained. Example ABBREVIATION)
L (displays data of live files but does not allow updates.
Updates will be controlled by System automatically. Example
STMT.ENTRY)
T (displays data of table file but does not allow updates.
Example LMM.CUSTOMER)
W (permits updates to a work or temporary file. Example
REPGEN.OUTPUT where print or display parameters for a report
can be loaded)
B (batch job that can only be accessed during off-line
processing in BATCH.CONTROL)
M (main-line program. No file directly associated with it.)
S (subroutine)

ADDITIONAL.INFO
.NOH (no hold facility after 1st input)
.GUI (application can run under GUI)
.NOG (application can not be run under GUI)

BATCH.JOB
Identifies batch jobs.
Used only where TYPE = B

PRODUCT
Valid product name
Alternatively valid subdirectories under bnk.data

APPL.FOR.SUBR
Used when defining version routines

BATCH.LIST.MAXIMUM
Maximum number of IDs that can be stored in a LIST file
Used only where TYPE = B

FILE.CONTROL

FILE.CONTROL as the name implies controls the type of information that can
be stored in an application

In the PGM.FILE application, entries are made for programs, applications and
batch routines. Apart from applications, the others do not store data. Hence,
only applications that store data will have an entry in FILE.CONTROL
application.

Important fields are:

o

ID

No special characters allowed except . Must match an

equivalent entry in PGM.FILE

SUFFIX
$NAU, $HIS

FILE.TYPE
Used only if database is universe.

MODULO
Used only if database is universe.

SUB.PRODUCT
N/A

SYS.CLEAR.FILES
Y or N
Y denotes that the contents of the application can be cleared
when the SYSTEM.CLEAR.FILES is executed.

CUS.CLEAR.FILES
Obsolete

STANDARD.SELECTION

Each application in T24 has two parts, namely Data and Dictionary. The data
part contains all the records whereas the dictionary part contains the field
names and their definitions.

Example :
o FBNK.CUSTOMER (data file)

o
o
o

FBNK.CUSTOMER$NAU (data file)

FBNK.CUSTOMER$HIS (data file)
F.CUSTOMER]D (dictionary file)

Dictionary files will always have the prefix F.

There will be one copy of the dictionary irrespective of the number of

branches.

STANDARD.SELECTION application contains this dictionary part. It not only

contains the core fields but also the definition of all local reference fields.

The fields in the STANDARD.SELECTION record are split into two parts System
and User defined. All the system (T24) defined fields begin with SYS and
cannot be modified. The user defined fields begin with USR.

Important fields are :

o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o

SYS FIELD NAME

SYS TYPE
SYS FIELD NO
SYS VAL PROGRAM
SYS CONVERSION
SYS DISPLAY FMT
SYS ALT INDEX
SYS INDEX FILE
SYS INDEX NULL
SYS GENERATED
SYS REL FILE
USR FIELD NAME
USR TYPE
USR FIELD NO
USR VAL PROGRAM
USR CONVERSION
USR DISPLAY FMT
USR ALT INDEX
USR INDEX FILE
USR INDEX NULLS
USR CONV TYPE
USR REL FILE
REBUILD SYS FIELDS
DEFAULT ENRICHMENT

DATES

It is of type INT and hence only 1 copy of the file will be available.

T24 maintains its own date and does not go by the system date

This application will contain one record per company and the ID will be the
company code

Important fields are :

o TODAY (T24 System date)
o LAST.WORKING.DAY
o NEXT.WORKING.DAY
o BACK.VALUE.MINIMUM
o BACK.VALUE.MAXIMUM
o FORW.VALUE.MINIMUM
o FORW.VALUE.MAXIMUM
o CO.BATCH.STATUS ( O Online, B Batch/COB in progress)
o PERIOD.END (Next working day 1 calendar day or end of the month
whichever is earlier)
o JULIAN.DATE

During COB Process, values in TODAY, LAST.WORKING.DAY and

NEXT.WORKING.DAY change.

When COB initiated, value in CO.BATCH.STATUS is changed from O B.

COB updates as follows:

o LAST.WORKING.DAY = TODAY
o TODAY = NEXT.WORKING.DAY
o NEXT.WORKING.DAY = value from HOLIDAY file.

In T24 two date records per company is available.

By use of the User Profile limited access to this record should be maintained.

HOLIDAY

This application holds the values to indicate public holidays for each country
for calendar years.

Users need to input public holidays except the dates for the weekend.

Weekend days are defined only and the system will generate those dates as
holiday automatically.

Each T24 application will check this application during date validation.

ID format is :
o

<2 uppercase alpha country code> <1-2 numeric region code> <4
digit year>

The REGION and COUNTRY tables must be set up before this table can be
created.

COMPANY

The Company file contains details of the Company's name, the Mnemonic (by
which all the files maintain at this company's level are prefixed), the file
classification details, the applications to be run and Company level defaults
and parameters.
This is an INT type file and hence there will be only 1 copy of this file.

The Reverse (R) function is not allowed for a company record.

Important fields are:

o

CONSOLIDATION.MARK
Indicates whether the Company record has been set for
consolidation purposes only, or the company is a full processing
company.
A value of N indicates that the company is a live processing
company and was created within installation of a new company
routine.
The value of 'N' may not be entered manually into a new
Company record. In this respect, the record must be loaded
through the installation process as described in the Overview.
A value of C indicates that the company is for consolidation only
and that it was created through the normal running of the
application Company.
If C (consolidation), no further data is allowed in this Company
record. Any further input will be systematically refused.
A value of R indicates that the company has been created for
reporting purposes within installation of a new company
routine.
If R (Reporting), no further data is allowed in this company
record except for fields CURRENCY, COMPANY and
APPLICATIONS.
Mandatory input. Cannot be changed.

DEFAULT.NO.OF.AUTH
0, 1 or 2
This value can be overridden in Versions

PGM.AUTOM.ID
Names of T24 applications that can be automatically generate
IDs.

RATE.SYSTEM
Indicates whether the Buy and Sell Rates or the Middle Rate will
be used for entering exchange rates into the system.

BUY.SELL.RATE means that the Buy and Sell Rates are entered
and the Middle rates are calculated. MIDDLE.RATE means that
the Middle Rates are entered and the system uses the Spread
rates to calculate Buy and Sell rates.

CUSTOMER.COMPANY
Used for multi company environment
Defines the company which will hold the Customer information

SPF

Stands for System Parameter File

Is the parameter file for the entire T24
This file will contain only one record with the ID SYSTEM
Important fields are:
o MAIN.ACCOUNT
o CURRENT.RELEASE
o HIST.FILE
o ENQ.PAGE.LIMIT
o HOLD.BATCH.OUTPUT
o REPORT.RETENTION
o DATA.ACC.NAME
o RUN.ACC.NAME
o DICT.ACC.NAME
o OPERATING.SYSTEM
o CACHE.SIZE
o PATCH.INSTLD
o MAINTENANCE.DATE
o MAINTENANCE.CODE
o PRODUCTS
o PRODUCT.CODES
o NO.OF.USERS
o TIMEOUT.MODE
o AUTOLOG.TIME.MINS
o PWD.REPETITION
o SERVICE.PCK.INSTLD