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 the location of the input file you are importing. There are two ways to do this:

• In the Location field, enter, or click to select, the alternate file location where the input file is located. Alternate file locations are set up in 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 Location field blank. For more information about the File Upload Manager, see the File Upload Manager topic in the Getting Started Guide.

Use this field to enter, or click to select, the file name of the input file you want to use.

Use this drop-down list box to select the electronic format of the data contained in the input file. The available formats are:

• EDI: Select this option to indicate that the input file data is in EDI transaction set format.
• NACHA: Select this option to indicate that the input file is in complete NACHA record format.

Use this drop-down list box to select the EDI transaction set used in the input file. The available EDI transaction sets are:

• 820: Select this option if the input file uses EDI transaction set 820.
• 823: Select this option if the input file uses EDI transaction set 823.

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.

Use this field to enter, or click to select, the fiscal year you want to update.

Use this field to enter, or click to select, a period within this Fiscal Year.

Use this field to enter, or click to select, a subperiod within this Period.

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.

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.

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.

Use this field to enter the character that your input file uses to separate data segments.

Use this field to enter the character that your input file uses to separate file elements.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.