Contents of the Import Cash Receipts Screen
Use the fields and options to configure the Import Cash Receipts Screen.
Identification
Use the fields in this block to create a new parameter ID or to retrieve a previously saved parameter ID. A parameter ID represents a set of screen selection parameters. After you have saved a parameter ID and its related parameters, you can retrieve them using Query.
You can use the retrieved parameters to produce reports and run processes more efficiently and with greater consistency. The saved parameters are also useful and necessary when you want to run the process as part of a batch job. Many users save a unique set of parameters for each different way they run a report or process. When you select a previously saved parameter ID or parameter description, the associated saved screen selection parameters automatically display as selection defaults. The page setup and print options, if there are any, are also included in the saved parameter ID. You can change any of the associated selection defaults as necessary.
Field | Description |
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Parameter ID |
Enter, or click to select, a parameter ID of up to 15 alphanumeric characters. Choose characters for your parameter ID that help identify the type of selections you made on the screen, such as PERIOD or QUARTERLY. When you save your record, all the selections made on the screen are stored with the parameter ID. Later, you can retrieve the parameter using Query. You can use the parameter to run the process more efficiently because you can select the parameter ID with its previously defined screen selections. After the default selections display on the screen, you can override the defaults. |
Description |
Enter, or click to select, a parameter description of up to 30 alphanumeric characters. |
Options
Use this group box to specify the input file you want to use, the accounting period you want to update, and receipt, EDI delimiter, and extended matching options.
Input File Options
Use this group box to specify the input file from which you want to import data. You must also specify the location, file format, and transaction set of the input file in this group box.
Field | Description |
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Location |
Enter the location of the input file you are importing. There are two ways to do this:
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Name |
Use this field to enter, or click to select, the file name of the input file you want to use. |
File Format |
Use this drop-down list box to select the electronic format of the data contained in the input file. The available formats are:
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Transaction Set |
Use this drop-down list box to select the EDI transaction set used in the input file. The available EDI transaction sets are:
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File Contains Hard Returns |
Select this check box if a carriage return/line feed (CR/LF) ends each line of data in the input file. Clear this check box if the file contains one continuous data string. |
Accounting Period
Use this group box to specify an open fiscal year, period, and subperiod for which to create cash receipts from the transactions in the input file.
Field | Description |
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Fiscal Year |
Use this field to enter, or click to select, the fiscal year you want to update. |
Period |
Use this field to enter, or click to select, a period within this Fiscal Year. |
Subperiod |
Use this field to enter, or click to select, a subperiod within this Period. |
Receipt
Use this group box to specify how cash receipts are numbered when imported into Costpoint and identify the date when you have received the cash for the transactions in the input file.
Field | Description |
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Use Last System Assigned Cash Receipt Number |
Select this option to allow Costpoint to assign the next available cash receipt within the Period you selected. If you select this option, Costpoint adds 1 to the cash receipt number currently stored in the transaction control number table. |
Supply Beginning Cash Receipt Number |
Select this option to manually assign a beginning cash receipt number. Use the unlabeled field to the right to enter the value you want to use as the beginning cash receipt number. When you select this option, Costpoint sequentially assigns unique cash receipt numbers to the transactions you import, starting with the number you entered in the unlabeled field. The beginning receipt number you specify must be a nine-character numeric value that is unique within the accounting Period. |
Receipt Date |
Use this field to enter the date, in MM/DD/YYYY format, to record in Costpoint as the date on which you received the cash. This date overrides any date in the input file. In general, you should enter cash receipts daily. The date you enter cannot be more than 50 years before the current year, as determined by your system date. If you enter a date more than 50 years before the current system date, Costpoint displays an error message asking you to check and re-enter the date. |
EDI Delimiters
Use this group box to specify the EDI delimiters used in your input file. An EDI format input file uses these delimiters to separate data segments and file elements. You must first check what characters your input file uses before running this process.
Field | Description |
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Segment |
Use this field to enter the character that your input file uses to separate data segments. |
Element |
Use this field to enter the character that your input file uses to separate file elements. |
Extended Matching
Use this group box to specify additional matching options in order to increase the number of accurate cash applications as part of this import process. Extended matching is a two-way match which you can apply through any combination of two of the following:
- Invoice ID (or partial Invoice ID)
- Balance Due
- Invoice Amount
- Customer Name
- Bill Number (which is different from Invoice ID)
Field | Description |
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Match Invoice on Non-Zero Numeric Portion |
Select this check box to include non-alphabetical and non-zero characters from the invoice matching process. Otherwise, clear this check box. Selecting this check box matches the application code to the non-zero numeric portion of the invoice. |
Invoice Amount |
Select this check box to enable enhanced invoice matching based on the invoice amount. Use the field to the right to enter the priority level for this option during the enhanced invoice matching process. |
Balance Due |
Select this check box to enable enhanced invoice matching based on the invoice balance amount due. Use the field to the right to enter the priority level for this option during the enhanced invoice matching process. |
Customer Name |
Select this check box to enable enhanced invoice matching based on the customer name. Use the field to the right to enter the priority level for this option during the enhanced invoice matching process. |
Bill Number |
Select this check box to enable enhanced invoice matching based on the bill number. Use the field to the right to enter the priority level for this option during the enhanced invoice matching process. |
Continue to Process with Error Records |
Select this check box to allow this preprocessor to continue the importing process even when it encounters errors with one or more records in the input file. |
Overwrite Existing Records |
Select this check box to replace existing records in Costpoint with the records in the input file/tables that have the same cash receipt record. |
Related Topics
See the following topics for more information about this preprocessor:
- TABLE MAPS
- VALIDATIONS
- PROCESSING CONSIDERATIONS
- REPORTS
- Related Topics:
- Import Cash Receipts Table Maps
The following tables detail the table and file mapping associated with running the Import Cash Receipts preprocessor. - Import Cash Receipts Validations
This topic provides information on the various validations performed by the Import Cash Receipts preprocessor. - Import Cash Receipts Processing Considerations
Importing cash receipts begins after you select an electronic bank file in the Import Cash Receipts screen and all the required fields on the screen are completed and validated. - Import Cash Receipts
The Import Cash Receipts preprocessor produces two reports, an edit report and an error report.