What is the difference between the Entity Internal Report Reference (ER) data record and the Customer Use (CUSE) data record?
The difference between the ER data record and the CUSE data record is that the ER data record is required only for report submissions, not query submissions. The data within the ER data record is not mandatory, but if supplied, becomes a permanent part of the report and displays on the report output. It is not modified by the Data Bank. It is intended to be used as a reference to help the reporting entity identify the reported subject or report. The CUSE data record is required for both query and report submissions. The data within the CUSE data record is not mandatory. It is returned within the response file unmodified by the Data Bank. For reports, it does not become a permanent part of the report and does not display on the report output. It is intended to be optionally used by queriers to identify a particular query.
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