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Setup Positive Pay Formats Grid
Make the following menu selections to display the grid:
eFinancials—Setup—AP Setup—Positive Pay
Use this grid to add, edit and delete Positive Pay formats,
which define the fields for any Positive
Pay files you create.
When you want to create a Positive
Pay file to transmit to your bank, you select a Positive Pay format
on the Check Processing Create
Positive Pay File page.
Positive Pay formats are defined by your bank. You can
select a sample default Positive Pay format that is already set up in
eFinancials or use the Setup Positive
Pay page to create your own formats. Refer to Positive
Pay Overview for
more information.
Fields
The following fields appear on the tab:
Add Positive Pay Button
Use this button to open the Setup
Positive Pay page to create a new Positive Pay format.
Find
Type the first few characters of the positive
pay format description and click Find. The items
that are the nearest match to your entry display.
Go
When the list of entries in the grid is longer
than one page, type a page number in the Page
field and click
to jump to a particular page of the list.
Positive Pay ID
This column displays names of the Positive Pay
formats already set up, including default formats. Click the identification
link to display the Setup Positive
Pay form to edit a format.
Description
This column displays the description of the Positive
Pay format. Click the column heading to sort the list.
Delete
Click the Delete icon
to delete a Positive Pay format.
Note
For field descriptions for adding and editing positive
pay formats, refer to Setup Positive
Pay.
To Add a Positive Pay format
Note
You must obtain the Positive Pay format requirements
from your bank before beginning.
- Select Setup—AP Setup—Positive Pay.
The Setup Positive Pay Formats grid displays.
- Click Add
Positive Pay. The Setup Positive
Pay form displays.
- Enter an alphanumeric
Positive Pay ID.
- Enter a text description
of the Positive Pay format in the Description
field, for example, enter National Region Bank Format II.
- Based on the Positive
Pay format that you obtained from your bank, complete the top of the form:
- Enter a number
for Record Limit, which defines
the maximum number of detail records in the file.
- Select Fixed or Delimited
from the File Type drop-down
list.
- If you selected
Delimited, select a Delimiter
from the drop-down list. Options include comma, tab, semicolon, and space.
- Accept the default
of checked for Separate Files for Bank
Accounts if you want separate files to be created for each bank
account when you create the Positive Pay file. Otherwise, delete the check
to allow one file to be created that includes all bank accounts.
- Show
Header Records defaults as checked so that the header record fields
display. Create the Header Records based on the Positive Pay format you
obtained from the bank, using the Setup
Positive Pay field list for help.
When records are complete, you may collapse the header records by unchecking
the Show Header Records box.
Note
All valid records must have a length. When you enter
a value into the Length field, a new entry line appears. Any record without
a length is disregarded when the Positive Pay format is saved.
- Repeat the previous
step to create Detail Records, Total Records, and Footer Records, once
again using the Positive Pay format you obtained from the bank and the
Setup Positive Pay field list
for help.
- Once all records
are complete, click Save. The Setup Positive
Pay Formats page displays and the new format name appears in the grid.
To Edit a Positive
Pay format
Note
Positive Pay format requirements are established by your
bank.
- Select Setup—AP Setup—Positive Pay.
The Setup Positive Pay Formats grid displays.
- For the Positive
Pay format you want to edit, click the Positive
Pay ID. The Setup Positive
Pay form displays.
- Use the Setup
Positive Pay field list for help with editing.
Note
All valid records must have a length. When you enter
a value into the Length field, a new entry line appears. Any record without
a length is disregarded when the Positive Pay format is saved.
- Click Save.
To Delete a Positive Pay format
- Select Setup—AP Setup—Positive Pay.
The Setup Positive Pay Formats grid displays.
- For the Positive
Pay format you want to delete, click the Delete
icon . The Setup Positive Pay form displays.
- Click Confirm
Delete. The Setup Positive Pay Formats grid displays again.
See
Also
Positive
Pay Overview
Positive
Pay Setup Form
Create
Positive Pay File
Setup
Introduction