Load External Interface

Explanation

This activity is used to load payment files from a payment institute.

Prerequisites

In order to perform this activity,

• A payment institute must have been entered in the Payment Institutes window.
• A payment method must have been defined for the payment institute in the Payment Methods per Payment Institute window.
• The parameters to process the external payment must be defined for the payment method in the External Payment Parameters window.
• A payment file from the payment institute must exist and be accessible from a local PC or common disc on another machine. You can enter a default Input File Directory for the payment method in the Payment Methods per Payment Institute window.

System Effects

As a result of this activity,the payment file is loaded into the external interface and can be processed in the system, according to the setup defined for the payment method in the External Payment Parameters window.

For payment formats which uses an external file template that identifies the message code in the external file, the external payments detail lines can be created by using the parameters set on the message code. Apart from payments that are to be matched with existing ledger items from AP/AR, the external payments can include other special transactions, e.g. direct cash payments, and customer payments to create new difference items.

Manual postings for a direct cash transaction loaded with a message code may include the account and tax code for the message code. If for the message code a pseudo code is defined instead of an account, the manual posting for the transaction can include the account, code parts, text and the process code of the pseudo code.

Window

External Payments

Related Window Descriptions

External Payments, Load File

Procedure

To load an external payment file into the external interface:

1. In the External Payments window, right-click and then click Load File.
2. In the Load File dialog box that opens, enter a payment institute in the Payment Institute field. The List of Values can be used to select an appropriate value.
3. Enter the payment method in the Payment Method field. If the default payment method is specified in the External Payment Parameters window, the payment method will be displayed by default. The List of Values can be used to select an appropriate value.
4. Enter the path and file name in the External File to Load field. You can click Browse to locate your file.
5. Click Load to load the file into the external interface.