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OFAC Search

Enterprise SOAP API > API by Reference > Core Services > OFAC Search

OFAC Search

OFAC Search is a jXchange service designed to facilitate the navigation of the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons list.

Message Flow

In jXchange, the OFAC Search service uses a typical exchange of MType messages to provide the searchability of the SDN list. OFAC is the Office of Foreign Asset Control, which is part of the U.S. Department of Treasury. OFAC is responsible for administering and enforcing economic and trade sanctions against certain nations, entities, and individuals. OFAC maintains a listing of these restricted counter parties in a document called the Specially Designated Nationals list: SDN.

Primary Request

The consumer forwards the OFACSrchRq_MType message to the service provider. The message contains:

  • ComName - This is required.
  • ComNameType - The default is Unknown. This simple element is optional.
  • Custom_CType
  • SrchMsgRqHdr_CType

Primary Response

The service provider returns the OFACSrchRs_MType message to the consumer. The message contains an echo of those elements in the request, even if those same elements exist in the repeating complex.

OFAC Search Behavior

The OFACSrchRq_MType requires the submission of a Common Name. The OFACSrchRq_MType includes an optional documented filter for the ComNameType. The default canonical value is ~Unknown~.

This OFAC Search operation is designed to facilitate the navigation of the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons list (SDN List). It uses literal character matching logic to identify exact matches between word or character strings exactly as entered into OFAC Search, and any name or other information exactly as it appears on the SDN list.

OFAC search uses SoundX to search similar names. SoundX converts a name to a numeric value, which is designated as the key. The key is used to retrieve information from the database. For example, the words Phil, Fill, and Feel generate the same numeric value or key and because of this, the same information is retrieved from the database for each of the words. You do not need to know the exact spelling of the name to search for it using SoundX. This is helpful when searching, but extra names may be pulled from the database.

The elements at the root request message are echoed back at the root response even if those same elements exist in the repeating complex.

OFACSrchRq_MType

OFACSrchRq_MType is a message MType element. The OFAC search includes the U.S. Department of Treasury record of Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) and Blocked Persons.

Contains:
  • Custom_CType
  • SrchMsgRqHdr_CType

Simple Elements

The following simple elements are contained within this message.

ComName
The common name. This is the full text line name like John Doe.
ComNameType
Identifies the type of common name. The canonical values are:
  • Bus
  • Indv
  • Unknown
  • Vesl

Custom_CType

Custom_CType is a complex CType element.

This element is optional.

SrchMsgRqHdr_CType

SrchMsgRqHdr_CType is a complex CType element. This is a standard request message header.

Contains:

  • AuthenUsrCred_CType
  • jXchangeHdr_CType

Simple Elements

The following simple elements are contained within this complex.

AuthenProdCred
Authentication of the Consumer Product Credentials in the form of a WS Security element that contains a single SAML V2.0 Assertion.
Cursor
The state information that allows the next call to understand where it left off when returning multiple records and allowing a subsequent call to retrieve more records.
MaxRec
The maximum number of records when multiple records are returned.

AuthenUsrCred_CType

AuthenUsrCred_CType is a complex CType element. This element represents authentication of the end-user credentials in the form of a WS Security element that contains a single SAML V2.0 Assertion.

Simple Elements

The following simple elements are contained within this complex.

Security
Defines the wsse:Security SOAP header element per section 4.

jXchangeHdr_CType

jXchangeHdr_CType is a complex CType element.

Simple Elements

The following simple elements are contained within this complex.

AuditUsrId
The user ID that the consumer would like written in the audit as performing the requested service. It varies, but it could be the same as the user ID. It is not used to authenticate. It is used to audit the Soap Header Fault.
AuditWsId
The workstation ID that the consumer would like written in the audit as performing the requested service for the Soap Header Fault. It varies, but it could be the same as the user ID.
AuthenUsrId
The user ID which the consumer would like the service provider to authenticate with for the Soap Header Fault. It is a user ID that the provider understands.

This element deprecates in accordance with XSD contract tenets. Effective date: 2017–01–01. The new complex element for user authentication credentials was added to both the Search Message Request Header SrchMsgRqHdr_CType and the Message Request Header MsgRqHdr_CType. AuthenUsrId is ignored by the service providers when the authentication user credentials AuthenUsrCred_CType package is delivered. The expectation is that the password credentials and the user name token are provided in the authentication user credential complex element in accordance with the standards established by WS-Security.

BusCorrelId
The correlation identification as related to business functions and activities.
ConsumerName
The name of the service consumer (business name) for the Soap Header Fault.
ConsumerProd
The name of the product which is consuming the service (business product name) for the Soap Header Fault.
InstEnv
An identification provided by the consumer that defines the environment in which the institution is operating. Canonical values are:
  • Prod
InstRtId
The identification of the entity of the submitted message. A financial institution entity uses the routing transit or nine-digit number assigned to financial institutions for routing as assigned by the American Bankers Association. Any leading zeros must be provided for a complete routing and transit number. A non-financial institution entity should use a mutually agreed upon identification that must contain at least one non-integer character.

The element is required in all message requests.

jXLogTrackingId
An identification provided by jXchange to be able to trace the request and response of a message from the third-party gateway, internal gateway, and service provider for the Soap Header Fault.
JxVer
Contains the version jXchange is running for the Soap Header Fault.
ValidConsmName
The consumer name that can be validated by enterprise governance. The canonical values are managed in a consumer/product enterprise table. The canonical value is: JHA.
ValidConsmProd
The consumer product name that can be validated by enterprise governance. The canonical values are managed in a consumer/product enterprise table.
WorkflowCorrelId
The correlation identification as related to workflow functions and activities.
jXchangeHdr_CType Deprecation Details
AuthenUserId
This element deprecates in three years in accordance with XSD contract tenets. Effective date: 2012–01–01. The new complex element for user authentication credentials was added to the Search Message Request Header, SrchMsgRqHdr_CType, and the Message Request Header, MsgRqHdr_CType. AuthenUsrId is ignored by the service providers when the authentication user credentials AuthenUsrCred_CType package is delivered. The expectation is that the password credentials and the user name token are provided in the authentication user credential complex element in accordance with the standards established by WS-Security.

OFACSrchRs_MType

OFACSrchRs_MType is a message MType element.

Contains:
  • Custom_CType
  • OFACSrchArray_AType
  • SrchMsgRsHdr_CType

Simple Elements

The following simple elements are contained within this message.

ComName
The common name. This is the full text line name like John Doe.
ComNameType
Identifies the type of common name. The canonical values are:
  • Bus
  • Indv
  • Unknown
  • Vesl

Custom_CType

Custom_CType is a complex CType element.

This element is optional.

OFACSrchArray_AType

OFACSrchArray_AType is an array AType element. This is an array of responses for the OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List search.

Contains:

  • OFACSrchRec_CType

OFACSrchRec_CType

OFACSrchRec_CType is a complex CType element.

Contains:
  • Custom_CType
  • Rmk_AType
Simple Elements

The following simple elements are contained within this complex.

AliasId
The alias name unique identifier.
AliasName
The common name. This is the full text line name like John Doe.
OFACMatchRef
The reference of the string values that initiated the match based on the inputs.
OFACMatchType
Identifies the type of match made from different sources. The canonical values are:
  • Addr
  • CustName
  • OFACName
  • OFACAlias
  • SeasonalAddr
SpecDesigNatAddr
The street address.
SpecDesigNatCity
The city name.
SpecDesigNatCntry
The country name.
SpecDesigNatId
The specially designated nationals list program unique identifier.
SpecDesigNatName
The common name. This is the full text line name like John Doe.
SpecDesigNatPgm
The specially designated nationals list program name.
SpecDesigNatType
Identifies the type of specially designated nationals list. Canonical values are:
  • Bus
  • Entity
  • Indv
  • Unknown
  • Vesl
Custom_CType

Custom_CType is a complex CType element.

This element is optional.

Rmk_AType

Rmk_AType is an array AType element. This is an array of application or user remarks in free form text.

Contains:

  • RmkInfo_CType
RmkInfo_CType

RmkInfo_CType is a complex CType element.

Simple Elements

The following simple elements are contained within this complex.

Rmk
Application or user remarks free form text.

SrchMsgRsHdr_CType

SrchMsgRsHdr_CType is a complex CType element. It searches specific message response headers.

Contains:

  • jXchangeHdr_CType
  • MsgRecInfoArray_AType

Simple Elements

The following simple elements are contained within this complex.

Cursor
The state information that allows the next call to understand where it left off when returning multiple records and allowing a subsequent call to retrieve more records.
MoreRec
Indicates if there are more records that could be returned. Canonical values are:
  • false
  • true
SentRec
The number of records sent in the response.
TotRec
Indicates the total records the request selected, which could be larger than MaxRec.

jXchangeHdr_CType

jXchangeHdr_CType is a complex CType element.

Simple Elements

The following simple elements are contained within this complex.

AuditUsrId
The user ID that the consumer would like written in the audit as performing the requested service. It varies, but it could be the same as the user ID. It is not used to authenticate. It is used to audit the Soap Header Fault.
AuditWsId
The workstation ID that the consumer would like written in the audit as performing the requested service for the Soap Header Fault. It varies, but it could be the same as the user ID.
AuthenUsrId
The user ID which the consumer would like the service provider to authenticate with for the Soap Header Fault. It is a user ID that the provider understands.

This element deprecates in accordance with XSD contract tenets. Effective date: 2017–01–01. The new complex element for user authentication credentials was added to both the Search Message Request Header SrchMsgRqHdr_CType and the Message Request Header MsgRqHdr_CType. AuthenUsrId is ignored by the service providers when the authentication user credentials AuthenUsrCred_CType package is delivered. The expectation is that the password credentials and the user name token are provided in the authentication user credential complex element in accordance with the standards established by WS-Security.

BusCorrelId
The correlation identification as related to business functions and activities.
ConsumerName
The name of the service consumer (business name) for the Soap Header Fault.
ConsumerProd
The name of the product which is consuming the service (business product name) for the Soap Header Fault.
InstEnv
An identification provided by the consumer that defines the environment in which the institution is operating. Canonical values are:
  • Prod
InstRtId
The identification of the entity of the submitted message. A financial institution entity uses the routing transit or nine-digit number assigned to financial institutions for routing as assigned by the American Bankers Association. Any leading zeros must be provided for a complete routing and transit number. A non-financial institution entity should use a mutually agreed upon identification that must contain at least one non-integer character.

The element is required in all message requests.

jXLogTrackingId
An identification provided by jXchange to be able to trace the request and response of a message from the third-party gateway, internal gateway, and service provider for the Soap Header Fault.
JxVer
Contains the version jXchange is running for the Soap Header Fault.
ValidConsmName
The consumer name that can be validated by enterprise governance. The canonical values are managed in a consumer/product enterprise table. The canonical value is: JHA.
ValidConsmProd
The consumer product name that can be validated by enterprise governance. The canonical values are managed in a consumer/product enterprise table.
WorkflowCorrelId
The correlation identification as related to workflow functions and activities.
jXchangeHdr_CType Deprecation Details
AuthenUserId
This element deprecates in three years in accordance with XSD contract tenets. Effective date: 2012–01–01. The new complex element for user authentication credentials was added to the Search Message Request Header, SrchMsgRqHdr_CType, and the Message Request Header, MsgRqHdr_CType. AuthenUsrId is ignored by the service providers when the authentication user credentials AuthenUsrCred_CType package is delivered. The expectation is that the password credentials and the user name token are provided in the authentication user credential complex element in accordance with the standards established by WS-Security.

MsgRecInfoArray_AType

MsgRecInfoArray_AType is an array AType element. This is an array of messages that can be returned in a response.

Contains:

  • MsgRec_CType
MsgRec_CType

MsgRec_CType is a complex CType element.

Simple Elements

The following simple elements are contained within this complex.

ErrCat
The Soap Header Fault error category.
ErrCode
The Soap Header Fault error code.
ErrDesc
The Soap Header Fault error description.
ErrElem
The Soap Header Fault when an error or fault occurs. This optional element contains the element which is causing the error condition.
ErrElemVal
The Soap Header Fault when an error or fault occurs. This optional element contains the value of the element which is causing the error condition.
ErrLoc
The Soap Header Fault error location. This is typically the program that generated the error condition.
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Last updated Mon Jan 24 2022