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, a valid fiscal year in which to upload the input file.

Enter, or click to select, a valid period in which to upload the input file.

Enter, or click to select, a valid subperiod in which to upload the input file.

Enter the document number that you want to use to identify the input file. You can leave this field blank and the screen assigns the next sequential document number from the Configure Billing Settings screen. An error occurs if this document number has already been used.

Enter the description of this document. This is a required field.

Enter, or click to select, a date for this document. The system date defaults. This is a required field.

Select this check box to post the unit usage to the Maintain Open Billing Detail (OPEN_BILLING_DETL) table. This enables the unit usage information to be included on bills and in revenue calculations.

Select this check box to post the unit usage to the Maintain Allocation Journal table (ALLOC_BASIS_JNL), where the Compute/Print Pool Rates process allocates cost to it.

Enter, or click to select, a valid manual service center to which you want to post. This field is available only if you selected the Post to Service Center check box.

Enter 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 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 upload. 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 that you want to upload.

Use the 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 particular field.

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

• Always Truncate
• Never Truncate

If the file format is Comma-Separated Values, both selections are available. If the file format is Fixed-Length, the Never Truncate selection defaults and this field is disabled.

Click to upload your units usage.