Records information necessary to process this request.

A number assigned by the calling application to uniquely identify this request.

The date and time when this request was created. When the request is from an intermediary, such as a workflow manager or service bus, this is the date and time when the message was sent to the D&B function, i.e., the date and time when the xml document was created by the requesting intermediary.

A number that identifies the system or the software application from where this request originated. / A number used to uniquely identfy the D&B business segment or delivery channel from where this request originated.

Records data relating to requests for a product. This may include such details as the product required, the subject about which the product should be produced, the content of the product.

Records data that allows the customer to specify identifying information about the subject being inquired, e.g., the DUNS Number, the address, the telephone number.

The D-U-N-S Number is D&B's identification number, which provides unique identification of this organization, in accordance with the Data Universal Numbering System (D-U-N-S).

The two-letter country/market code, defined in the ISO 3166-1 scheme published by International Organization for Standardization (ISO)identifying the country/market of the inquired subject.

Records data that allows the customer to specify the details of the requested product. This may include details such as the identifier of the product, the language in which the product needs to be rendered, the format in which the product needs to be rendered.

An alphanumeric string that uniquely identifies the product being requested.

A D&B code value that defines the language in which the customer wants this product to be rendered.

Possible values: 39 [English]

Possible values: 6332 [Credit Decision]; 6333 [Assessment of credit solvency for intended business connection]; 6334 [Assessment of credit solvency for ongoing business connection]; 6335 [Debt Collection]; 6336 [Commercial Credit Insurance]; 6337 [Insurance Contract]; 6338 [Leasing Agreement]; 6339 [Rental Agreement]

When 'true' indicates that the customer has requested that D&B return the data for the Headquarters when the requested organization is a Branch. When 'false' indicates that the customer has not requested that D&B return the data for the Headquarters when the requested organization is a Branch; however as this is the assumed condition there is no requirement to create this tag to represent this fact. Note: There are D&B WorldWide Network operations where the Headquarters information will be returned automatically, regardless of the customer request.

Possible values: true; false

When 'true' indicates that the product being ordered is not to be stored. When 'false' indicates that the product being ordered is to be stored; however as this is the assumed condition there is no requirement to create this tag to represent this fact.

Possible values: true; false

When 'true' the duration to archive the data is to be extended. Note: There is an additional cost for extending the archival period of the data purchased. When 'false' the duration to archive the data is not to be extended.

Possible values: true; false

Records data that allows the customer to specify information to be linked to the request in order to support subsequent order reconciliation.

A freeform reference string provided by the customer to be linked to the product in order to support subsequent order reconciliation.

Text that is filled in by customer and commonly contains requesting individual or department name, or customer's own account/reference number and/or name for the case on which the product was provided.This text is a reference used during the billing process.

Records information necessary to process a particular request. Examples of a request is the ordering of a product.

A number assigned by the calling application to uniquely identify this request.

A number assigned by the D&B service to uniquely identify this transaction.

The date and time when this request was submitted or the date and time when the requesting intermediary, such as a workflow manager or service bus, sent the message to the D&B function, i.e., the date and time when the xml document was created by the requesting intermediary.

An aggregate that can repeat multiple times to record the different outcomes of the transaction.

Text that records the criticality of the outcome, e.g., Information, Warning, Error, Fatal.

An alphanumeric string that uniquely identifies the outcome of the transaction.

Text that explains the outcome of the transaction.

An aggregate that can repeat multiple times to record textual data that expands on the ResultID and ResultText to provide additional information to the user regarding the status of the transaction. If the status implies that there is a problem this may also provide guidance to the user on how to address it.

Text that describes the additional information regarding the outcome of the transaction.

Records the data being returned to the customer as a result of a product request.

Records data that allows the customer to specify identifying information about the subject being inquired, e.g., the DUNS Number, the address, the telephone number.

The D&B's identification number, which provides unique identification of the inquired organization, in accordance with the Data Universal Numbering System (D-U-N-S).

The two-letter country/market code, defined in the ISO 3166-1 scheme published by International Organization for Standardization (ISO)identifying the country/market of the inquired subject.

Records data about the product ordered by the customer and data about the organization on which the customer has placed this order.

An alphanumeric string that uniquely identifies this product.

A D&B code value that defines the language in which the requested product is fulfilled.

Records data about an organization, a legal or commercial entity established to provide products and/or services in the marketplace or to the community.

Records high level information about the subject such as the primary language of the subject and the primary currency in which this subject trades. When the subject is an organizantion, this may also include details such as DUNS Number.

The D-U-N-S Number is D&B's identification number, which provides unique identification of this organization, in accordance with the Data Universal Numbering System (D-U-N-S).

Records the address details for a subject. An address is the designation of a place where a subject can be located or may be communicated with, e.g., primary address, registered address, mailing address.

An entry loop to allow the recording of a single primary or physical address of the subject in multiple languages and/or writing scripts. For an organization this is the principal address at which the organization is located. For an individual, this is the home address.

An entry loop which can repeat multiple times to allow the recording of several lines where each address line contains one or more named address elements. Examples of named address elements are Street Name, Street Number, Building Name, Estate Name. They are called “lines” because an addres can be divided into multiple lines. When there are multiple lines the sequence of the lines must be preserved.

Text that records the street address components as it would be presented on an address label. This includes, but is not limited to, details such as street name, street number, building name, estate name.

Monitor Path: //Organization /Location /PrimaryAddress

The name of the town or city recognized by the Postal Authority for delivering mail.

Monitor Path: //Organization /Location /PrimaryAddress

The two-letter country/market code, defined in the ISO 3166-1 scheme published by International Organization for Standardization (ISO), identifying the country/market for this address.

Monitor Path: //Organization /Location /PrimaryAddress

An identifier used by the local country Postal Authority to identify a particular geographic location. For example, in Belgium, Postal Code 9000 identifies the town of GHENT.

Monitor Path: //Organization /Location /PrimaryAddress

Monitor Path: //Organization /Location /PrimaryAddress

The shortened name of the locally governed area which forms part of a centrally governed nation. For example 'NJ' for the US State New Jersey within Country United States of America.

Monitor Path: //Organization /Location /PrimaryAddress

An entry loop which can repeat multiple times to allow the recording of address which is mainly utilized for the purpose of mail delivery. This usually includes a Post Office Box number or similar mailing details.

An entry loop which can repeat multiple times to allow the recording of several lines where each address line contains one or more named address elements. Examples of named address elements are Street Name, Street Number, Building Name, Estate Name. They are called “lines” because an addres can be divided into multiple lines. When there are multiple lines the sequence of the lines must be preserved.

Text that records the street address components as it would be presented on an address label. This includes, but is not limited to, details such as street name, street number, building name, estate name.

Monitor Path: //Organization /Location /MailingAddress

The name of the town or city recognized by the Postal Authority for delivering mail.

Monitor Path: //Organization /Location /MailingAddress

The two-letter country/market code, defined in the ISO 3166-1 scheme published by International Organization for Standardization (ISO), identifying the country/market for this address.

Monitor Path: //Organization /Location /MailingAddress

Monitor Path: //Organization /Location /MailingAddress

An identifier used by the local country Postal Authority to identify a particular geographic location. For example, in Belgium, Postal Code 9000 identifies the town of GHENT.

Monitor Path: //Organization /Location /MailingAddress

Monitor Path: //Organization /Location /MailingAddress

The shortened name of the locally governed area which forms part of a centrally governed nation. For example 'NJ' for the US State New Jersey within Country United States of America.

Monitor Path: //Organization /Location /MailingAddress

Records information about the different modes of Telecommunication addresses used by a subject for external contact purposes. The modes of communication include telephone, fax, e-mail, web address.

An entry loop which can allow multiple Telephone contact information used for voice communication with the subject.

A sequence of digits used by the subject for voice communication in a public switched telephone network. This sequence of digits includes the area code or city code.

NOTE: This number does not include the International Dialing Code and Domestic Dialing Code.

NOTE: Data provided is formatted as per national conventions for each country.

Monitor Path: //Organization /Telecommunication

The country calling code assigned by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) required to connect to this Telecommunication Number of the subject country when dialing from outside the subject country; e.g., '1' for the US, '44' for the UK, '91' for India.

Monitor Path: //Organization /Telecommunication

An entry loop which can allow multiple Facsimile contact information used for data communication with the subject.

Records the information about events that have either involved or affected the subject (usually an organization, but sometimes an individual who is an owner or principal of an organization). It covers legal events, significant events and financing events.

Records the information about Legal and Financing Events.

Records legal actions targeting the subject, such as criminal proceedings, protested bills, county court judgments, receiverships, bankruptcies.

Records information about key events which may affect the subject. It covers such things as: natural disasters (e.g., floods, hurricane), accidents (e.g., chemical spillage), major events at the business (e.g.,change of control,business interruption, awarded contract), societal events (e.g., war, civil disturbance).

An entry loop which can repeat multiple times to allow the recording of information about a key event which may affect the subject. It covers such things as: natural disasters (e.g., floods, hurricane), accidents (e.g., chemical spillage), major events at the business (e.g.,change of control,business interruption, awarded contract), societal events (e.g., war, civil disturbance).

The date when the event took place.

Monitor Path: //Organization /Events /SignificantEvents /SpecialEvent

Records a standardized view the financial results of a subject usually extracted from a set of accounts. This includes the financial period to which those results apply, the terms of its audited status, whether is fiscal or estimated, whether it is a group/consolidated or individual statement etc. The identifying data for the financial statement (e.g. The financial period to which it refers) and the 70 D&B global standard financial items are recorded in the 'Statement' aggregate. Additionally the full granular view of the financial statement may be recorded in the 'Financial Statement Schedule' sub-aggregation.

An entry loop which can repeat multiple times to record highlights of the financial statements (Balance sheet, Income statement, cash flow statement etc.) across years and gives a snapshot view of how the company has been performing on items in these financial statements.

Records high level information which allows identification of the Financial Statement.

The date when the accounting period ended. If the Reliability Code denotes the figures are projected (future), then this is the date when the accounting period will end.

The total value of share capital/stock originally invested by shareholders/stockholders plus any reserves which have arisen, such as retained profits, which are ploughed back into the firm. Also known as Net Worth.

An entry loop which can repeat multiple times to record information characterizing an organization's financial health, such as its operation results (over a specified period of time), the ownership equity in the business, its money management (at a point in time), and derived ratios that give insight into its profitability, solvency, liquidity, and other characteristics. The financial figures may be provided as actual or estimated figures by the subject, an outside source, or modeled by D&B. It may cover a single organization or multiple related organizations. The figures may be qualified based on the auditor's remarks.

NOTE: Historical financial data is not available for all countries other than the US. For some countries, only very limited financial data is available.

Records high level information which either identifies the presence of a financial statement for the subject or is derived from multiple financial statements.

The date when the accounting period ended. If the Reliability Code denotes the figures are projected (future), then this is the date when the accounting period will end.

Monitor Path: //Organization /Financial /FinancialStatement

The three-letter code, published by International Organization for Standardization (ISO), identifying the type of money that is primarily used by this subject

Monitor Path: //Organization /Financial /FinancialStatement

Text which identifies the unit of size in which the financial summary figures are provided, e.g., in 1,000s; in 1,000,000s. The financial figures should be populated to the record with the 000's or 000,000's omitted, e.g., If Sales are 54398 with 000's omitted then the figure of 54398 (NOT 54398000) should be populated.

Monitor Path: //Organization /Financial /FinancialStatement

Records the period of the Financial Summary when this cannot be expressed using 'Summary Date' and 'Number of Months'

Monitor Path: //Organization /Financial /FinancialStatement

Summarizes an organization or individual's assets, equity and liabilities at a specific point in time.

Records the legal debts or obligations of a company  that arise during the course of business operations. Liabilities are settled over time through the transfer of economic benefits including money, goods or services.

The total value of share capital/stock originally invested by shareholders/stockholders plus any reserves which have arisen, such as retained profits, which are ploughed back into the firm.

Monitor Path: //Organization /Financial /FinancialStatement

An entry loop which can repeat multiple times to allow the recording of all of the details (financial items) for a specific schedule within the Financial Statement in terms of monetary amounts.

Records the different names of the organization by which it is known as well as names of other organizations that have a similar name to this organization.

An entry loop which can repeat multiple times to allow the recording of a single name by which the organization is primarily known / identified in different languages and/or writing scripts.

Text recording a name of this organization in the specified language and/or writing script.

An entry loop which can repeat multiple times to allow the recording of a name which an organization trades under for commercial purposes, although its registered, legal name, used for contracts and other formal situations, may be another.

Text recording a name of this organization in the specified language and/or writing script.

Monitor Path: //Organization /OrganizationName /TradeStyleName

A numeric value used to identify the relative importance of this Organization Name compared to the other Organization Names for this organization that are of the same type (e.g., Trading Style). The lower the importance level number, the more important (preferred) is an Organization Name.

An entry loop which can repeat multiple times to allow the recording of such names which could be very similar to the names of the subject and are very likely to be mistakenly used as the name of the subject. Note: This list is maintained so that using wrong names for a subject could be avoided.

Text recording a name of this organization in the specified language and/or writing script.

Monitor Path: //Organization /OrganizationName /DoNotConfuseOrganizationName

A numeric value used to identify the relative importance of this Organization Name compared to the other Organization Names for this organization that are of the same type (e.g., Trading Style). The lower the importance level number, the more important (preferred) is an Organization Name.

Records fundamental information about a Subject which may vary over time.

An entry loop that can repeat multiple times to allow the recording of various parts that the Subject plays as a member of an ownership structured family tree.

Text describing the part that the Subject plays as a member of an ownership structured family tree, e.g., a branch, division, a parent, headquarters, subsidiary, global ultimate, domestic ultimate.

Monitor Path: //Organization /OrganizationDetail /FamilyTreeMemberRole

The date when the current owners took over this business.

Text describing this organization's functional state / trading status, e.g. active, out of business, dormant.

Monitor Path: //Organization /OrganizationDetail /OperatingStatusText@DNBCodeValue

When turned ON (set to TRUE) it indicates that this organization is not a member of a legal family tree. This means it cannot play the role of a subsidiary, parent, headquarters or branch; i.e., FamilyTreeMemberRoleText cannot be present.When turned OFF (set to FALSE) it indicates that this organization is a member of a legal family tree. In this condition the FamilyTreeMemberRoleText must be present.

The year when operations undertaken by the organization commenced.

When turned ON (set to TRUE) it indicates that this organization is no longer functional / trading.When turned OFF (set to FALSE) it indicates that this organization is functioning / trading.

Records the business activities in which an organization is actively engaged using standardized coding schemes such as European NACE and U.S. Standard Industry Classifications (SIC). Examples of business activities are: commercial printing, legal services, drug store, sheet metalwork fabricator.

An entry loop which can repeat multiple times to allow the recording of several business activities in which an organization is actively engaged using standardized coding schemes such as European NACE and U.S. Standard Industry Classifications (SIC).

An alphanumeric value identifying a business activity based on the scheme specified by the typeText. For instance, 1611 represents the highway and street construction industry in the U.S. SIC (Standard Industrial Classification) system.Clarification Note: These are generally external codes created by an external authoritative body, like the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB), but D&B may have created extensions to more precisely define an activity, as in the case of the SIC 2+2 (the last 4 digits of an 8-digit SIC).

Text that describes the business activity based on the scheme specified by the attribute typeText. E.g., 'highway and street construction' is the description of industry code 1611 in the U.S. SIC (Standard Industrial Classification) system.

A number which may be used to define the order in which this industry code should be presented relative to other industry codes of the same type where the lower the number the earlier the data is presented.

Records the description of operations continued by a business including market information such as the number of customers, agency details and import/export details.

An entry loop which can repeat multiple times to allow the recording of several different descriptions of operations continued by a business in different languages.

Records the textual description of operations continued by a business.

Monitor Path: //Organization /ActivitiesAndOperations /LineOfBusinessDetails

Records information about the number of people engaged by an organization to perform its business operations.Several different Employee Figures for a subject could be recorded, e.g., consolidated, individual entity, headquarters only. A further breakdown of employee figures is recorded based on employment basis (e.g., full time, part time, contract) and/or employee category (e.g., clerical, management, marketing, sales, blue collar).

Records current employee data of only the Headquarters location. The employees who are engaged in the operations of the organization and are located at the headquarters location (i.e. the organization has branch locations). Therefore, this employee figure excludes all persons located at branch locations and all persons employed by any subsidiaries. An Headquarters Only" figure therefore refers to a subset of the "Individual" employees and can never be applied to an which is classified by D&B as a "branch" location."

A number that defines how many people are directly engaged and paid by the organization to perform or support its business operations.

Records current employee data which includes all employees who are engaged in the operations of the legal entity (including employees located at branch locations) as well as all employees who are engaged in the operations of every direct descendant in its family tree (based on controlling interest). I.e. Subsidiaries.  Note: An organization which is classified by D&B as a branch" location cannot have an "Consolidated" employee figure."

A number that defines how many people are directly engaged and paid by the organization to perform or support its business operations.

Records insightful and value added information on organizations, such as: - recommendations on how much credit to extend to them, - assessments of their liquidity, - concise evaluations of their performance and behavior, - predictions on the risk of conducting business with them. The predictive scores are usually calculated and assigned by D&B, but such assessments may also be recorded when assigned by third parties.

Records the most current Standard D&B Rating assigned to this organization.

Text that Indicates the estimated financial strength and composite credit appraisal assigned by the Business Reporter on a subjective basis at the time the report is written.

An entry loop that repeats multiple times to allow the recording of the most recent risk scores that are assigned to this organization on a given date/time using a scoring model that help predict the likelihood that the organization will seek legal relief from creditors or cease operations without paying all creditors in full over the next 12 months.

A numeric value that predicts the likelihood that the risk will occur.

A one digit number from 0 to 5 based on the information in DNB file.A numeric value that succinctly expresses the likelihood of risk by specifying in which risk group this organization belongs. In other words, it specifies where this organization falls in a statistical distribution of all businesses (e.g, a bell curve, a half-normal distribution).

Text that describes the Class Score Value that expresses the likelihood of risk by specifying in which risk group this organization belongs.

A number that identifies where this organization's score falls relative to the scores of other businesses. As an example, if the percentile here is 10, it means that this organization's score is the same as or better than 10% of the businesses in D&B's information base, but not as good as 90% of the businesses.

A percentage that expresses the likelihood that the inferred risk (e.g., payment delinquency, discontinued operations) will occur for this organization. This percentage is determined based on which range this organization's score falls within a pre-determined set of score ranges. The ranges and percentages are determined through analysis of historical events.

The number of organizations with the same Class Score that have experienced the risk.

An entry loop which can repeat multiple times to allow the recording of primary reasons for the score.

Text that explains the primary reasons for the score.

Monitor Path: //Organization /Assessment /FinancialStressScore /ScoreCommentary /CommentaryText@DNBCodeValue

The number of failures happened relative to the total number of failures happened of other businesses.

A percentage that express the Average number of Failures happened.

Text that records a brief statement of the assessment.

Records references or opinions in terms of the timeliness of payment, the amounts of the transactions and the terms of sale applied to the transactions and summarized views of this data that involves the subject either as a buyer or supplier of goods or services.

Records details of the Principals (e.g., President, Vice President, Directors) and Managers responsible for the business strategy, decision making and day to day running of the subjects operations. This includes names, addresses and identification numbers of the principals. Whilst a principal will usually be an individual in some countries it is legally acceptable for a registered business entity to act as a principal in another business. This excludes shareholders and similar owners who are not responsible for the management of the organization but includes proprietors and partners who, whilst owners, are also generally the principals running the business.Records details of the Principals (e.g., President, Vice President, Directors) and Managers responsible for the business strategy, decision making and day to day running of the subjects operations. This includes names, addresses and identification numbers of the principals. Whilst a principal will usually be an individual in some countries it is legally acceptable for a registered business entity to act as a principal in another business. This excludes shareholders and similar owners who are not responsible for the management of the organization but includes proprietors and partners who, whilst owners, are also generally the principals running the business.

Records the details of the most important principal.

Records the different names for the Principal.

An entry loop which can repeat multiple times to allow the recording of a job that is or was held by the principal or manager using D&B standardized codes. For instance, whether the position has been described to D&B as Financial Director, Finance Director, or Director of Finance, it will be mapped to a single code described as Financial Director.

Text which denotes the job position the principal or manager holds or has held in the organization, e.g., Financial Director, Managing Director, Sales Director, Operations Manager.

Monitor Path: //Organization /PrincipalsAndManagement /MostSeniorPrincipal

Text that specifies the underlying claim to copyright ownership of this product.

Records data that allows the customer to specify information to be linked to the request in order to support subsequent order reconciliation.

A freeform reference string provided by the customer to be linked to the product in order to support subsequent order reconciliation.

Text that is filled in by customer and commonly contains requesting individual or department name, or customer's own account/reference number and/or name for the case on which the product was provided. This text is a reference used during the billing process.

PCM XPath: //Organization/ Events/ LegalEvents/ BankruptcyIndicator

PCM XPath: //Organization/ Assessment/ AssessmentSummaryText

PCM XPath: //Organization/ OrganizationDetail/ ControlOwnershipDate

PCM XPath: //Organization/ Assessment/ FinancialStressReferenceData/ RiskIncidence/ RiskIncidenceScoreableUniverseSubjectPercentage

PCM XPath: //Organization/ Assessment/ DNBStandardRating/ DNBStandardRating

PCM XPath: //Organization/ OrganizationName/ DoNotConfuseOrganizationName/ OrganizationName

PCM XPath: //Organization/ EmployeeFigures/ ConsolidatedEmployeeDetails/ TotalEmployeeQuantity

PCM XPath: //Organization/ EmployeeFigures/ HeadquartersLocationEmployeeDetails/ TotalEmployeeQuantity

PCM XPath: //Organization/ Financial/ FinancialStatement/ StatementHeaderDetails/ CurrencyISOAlpha3Code

PCM XPath: //Organization/ Financial/ FinancialStatement/ StatementHeaderDetails/ FinancialStatementToDate

PCM XPath: //Organization/ Financial/ FinancialStatement/ StatementHeaderDetails/ FinancialPeriodDuration

PCM XPath: //Organization/ Financial/ FinancialStatement/ StatementHeaderDetails/ UnitOfSizeText

PCM XPath: //Organization/ Assessment/ FinancialStressScore/ ClassScoreDescription

PCM XPath: //Organization/ Assessment/ FinancialStressScore/ ClassScore

PCM XPath: //Organization/ Assessment/ FinancialStressScore/ ScoreCommentary/ CommentaryText

PCM XPath: //Organization/ Assessment/ FinancialStressScore/ ScoreDate

PCM XPath: //Organization/ Assessment/ FinancialStressScore/ NationalPercentile

PCM XPath: //Organization/ Assessment/ FinancialStressScore/ RawScore

PCM XPath: //Organization/ Assessment/ FinancialStressScore/ RiskIncidenceCount

PCM XPath: //Organization/ Assessment/ FinancialStressScore/ AverageNationalRiskIncidenceCount

PCM XPath: //Organization/ Assessment/ FinancialStressScore/ RiskIncidencePercentage

PCM XPath: //Organization/ Assessment/ FinancialStressReferenceData/ RiskIncidence/ RiskIncidenceRelativeToOverallRiskIncidencePercentage

PCM XPath: //Organization/ Assessment/ FinancialStressScore/ AverageNationalRiskIncidencePercentage

PCM XPath: //Organization/ ActivitiesAndOperations/ LineOfBusinessDetails/ LineOfBusinessDescription

PCM XPath: //Organization/ PrincipalsAndManagement/ MostSeniorPrincipal/ PrincipalName/ FullName

PCM XPath: //Organization/ PrincipalsAndManagement/ MostSeniorPrincipal/ Position/ PositionText

PCM XPath: //Organization/ OrganizationDetail/ OrganizationStartYear

PCM XPath: //Organization/ OrganizationDetail/ OperatingStatusText

PCM XPath: //Organization/ OrganizationDetail/ OutofBusinessIndicator

PCM XPath: //Organization/ IndustryCode/ IndustryCode/ IndustryCode

PCM XPath: //Organization/ Events/ SignificantEvents/ SpecialEvent/ EventDate

PCM XPath: //Organization/ Financial/ FinancialStatement/ BalanceSheet/ Liabilities/ TotalEquityAmount

PCM XPath: //Organization/ BusinessTrading/ TradeDataUnavailabilityIndicator