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.

Enter, or click to select, a parameter description of up to 30 alphanumeric characters.

Enter, or click to select, the fiscal year of the records you want to upload.

Enter, or click to select, the period of the records you want to upload.

Enter, or click to select, the subperiod in which its end date is also displayed.

Enter, or click to select, the pool.

Select this check box to upload input data from a text file.

There are two ways to work with input files in Costpoint:

• You can access the input file from the network by using Alternate File Locations.
• You can upload the input file to the Costpoint database; in which case, no further access to network folders is necessary.

Note: If you decide to use the first option, click in the Alt File Location field to select an alternate file location. If you choose the second option, leave the Alt File Location field blank and use the File Upload Manager to upload the input file to the Costpoint database.

Select this check box to create the Allocation Basis Journal (ABJ). This check box is selected by default.

Enter, or click to select, the location of the input file you are importing. There are two ways to do this:

• In the Alt File Location field, enter, or click to select, the alternate file location where the input file is located. Alternate file locations are set up on the Manage Alternate File Locations screen.
• From the Global Menu, click Process > File Upload. On the File Upload Manager dialog box, click Browse and use the dialog box to select the file you want to import. If you select the Overwrite? check box, Costpoint will overwrite any file of the same name that already exists in the Costpoint database. Click Upload when you are finished. If you use this method, leave the Alt File Location field blank. For more information about the File Upload Manager, see the File Upload Manager topic in the Getting Started Guide.

Enter, or click to select, the name of the file to be processed.

Use this drop-down list to select the format of the file that you want to upload. Valid options are:

• Comma-Separated Values
• Fixed-Length

Comma-separated value files contain data separated by commas with character fields surrounded by double quotes. Fixed-length files contain data positioned in a set range of columns for each field.

Use this drop-down list to select the action that is performed if the values of the input file are larger than Costpoint allows. Valid options are:

• Always Truncate
• Never Truncate
• Warn Before Truncation

If the file format is Comma-Separated Values, all truncated value selections are available. If you select Fixed-Length, the only available selection is Never Truncate.

Select this check box to clear rows from ALLOC_BASIS_PREP that were not posted to the Allocation Basis Journal.

Click to execute the upload process.