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The following figure show how the action and event flow is mapped to the “timer flag” elements which are then
used to compute the KPI. Again, the basic processing is the same as for the basic P2P case.

Figure 3 – Connection between events and timer flags (see text for details)

T4 is the primary (in-application) success criterion Due to the different types of implementation, it is
while T6 refers to the success criterion provided by possible that on the A Party side, either T4 or T6 is
reception of a notification SMS. Please note that in missing. For data processing, this means that trans-
this generalized case, T4 and T6 can appear in any action success is indicated by either criterion.
combination and order. The KPI used are a subset of the simplified set
The principal difference to an intra-country, intra-net- defined in P.1502 clause 10 (and Table 5 there). Please
work is that most likely teams are working in differ- note that the event names are the ones defined in the
ent locations . Therefore, not all of the timer flags present document; the set differs from that in P.1502.
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are recorded in the same place. The practical conse- Remark 1: As for MTCR, the set of TA used for
quence is that data has to be combined from differ- computation depends on decisions to be made. Basi-
ent sources, which is described in more detail in a cally, a TA is valid if is not marked as “to be ignored”
subsequent section of this document. due to reported input errors, and if it is within the
It is important to keep in mind that due to the differ- “maximum transaction count” limit as previously
ent paths for events T4, T6 and T7, they can appear described. To be defined: use transactions where
in any order. network or service failures have been reported?

Table 1 Simplified set of KPI used in the present document, based on the set in P�1502

Indicator Abbreviation Definition/Remark
Money Transfer Core Duration [s] MTCD T4-T3
Money Transfer Raw Completion Time [s] MTRCT T4-T1
Money Transfer completion rate [%] MTCR T1 present, T4 present: success
(see remark 1)
Money Transfer Full Completion Time [s] MTFCT T7-T1: Not used when asyn-
chronous mode is used
Money Transfer A-side Completion Time [s] MTACT T6-T1 (see remark 2)

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