Click to view/hide picture.This screen allows you to setup a template for exporting positive pay files. Your financial institution should provide you with the necessary specifications to configure positive pay export files. Different institutions may have different configuration requirements, so you must create a positive pay template for each financial institution separately. After creating a template, you can assign the template to a bank group or to a specific bank account.
Once you have configured positive pay for a financial institution, you can export positive pay files using the Create Positive Pay File utility.
Positive pay can help reduce check fraud; if you are unfamiliar with the service, contact your financial institution to inquire about it.
Note: Once you have set up positive pay for your financial institution, Compeat will prompt you to create a positive pay file every time you print checks for that bank using the Print Checks/Post Batch screen.
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Use the following options to define your export specifications:
Specify the format needed for your export file.
Delimited In a delimited format, data cells (fields) are separated by punctuation (e.g., comma, tab, space) and rows are indicated by lines (carriage return).
Fixed Width In fixed width format, data cells (fields) are indicated by a specified number of characters and rows are indicated by lines (carriage return).
For delimited files, specify the type of delimiter used.
Select "Other" if you need to use something other than tab, semicolon, comma, or space as a delimiter. Then enter the character you wish to use as a delimiter.
Text Qualifier (delimited file format only) Specify a text-qualifier.
Date Order Specify the data order to use (i.e., the order in which month (M), day (D), and year (Y) are presented).
Date Delimiter Enter a date delimiter. For example, select "/" if dates are in the format, 2/28/07.
No. Decimal Places (fixed width only) Specify the number of decimal places to use for decimal fractions. Normal rounding rules are applied where applicable.
Value for Voided Enter the value used to indicate a voided record, if applicable.
Value for Not Voided Enter the value used to indicate a non-voided record, if applicable.
Four Digit Years Check this checkbox to use complete years (e.g., 2009). If abbreviated forms are used (e.g., '09), leave unchecked.
Leading Zeros in Dates Check this checkbox to use leading zeros (e.g., 05/30/07). If leading zeros are omitted (e.g., 5/30/07), leave unchecked.
Leading Zeros in Numbers (fixed width only) Check this checkbox to use leading zeros in numbers (e.g., "0.5" as opposed to ".5").
Include Decimal Point (fixed width only) Check this checkbox to use decimal points (e.g., some systems will omit decimals, resulting in "5.5 hrs" being written as "55 hrs").
Select field names or "Filler Space" from the left-hand frame and move them to the right-hand frame using the arrow buttons to build a conversion for your data fields. Each field name represents a column of the source data that should be included in the exported file, and filler space represents a column in the source that should be excluded. Use the up/down arrow on the right to move a selected item within the list. If you are using fixed width file format, once you add an item to the right frame, you can change the field length by selecting the item and then clicking the Set Width button.
