The Donations Receipt Parameters is a profile required to utilize the Accounts Receivable Cash Donations Interface.
One profile must be created to define where each of the fields exists in the file that will be imported to Accounts Receivable.
Format Name
This is the descriptive field displayed on the processing selection and on profile maintenance screens so you can identify various formats.
This process will support more than one interface profile for various journal entry interfaces. An interface from an Excel spreadsheet will normally be a delimited format.
Fixed/Comma or Tab Delimited
Enter 'C' for a comma delimited format.
Enter 'T' for a tab delimited format.
Enter 'F' for if the information is in a fixed format.
A FIXED format file is a file where the information can be extracted by specifying a start position and length of each field.
Backup Location
Enter the disk and directory used to store the interface file as a backup in case it is needed again.
Field Order
These fields display if your file is in a delimited format. Identify the order of the fields in the bank file by using the numbers Ø-1Ø with Ø being the first item of data. The example above corresponds to a sample spreadsheet format.
Start Position - Length
These fields display if your interface file is in a fixed format. You must define the start position and length for each field in your interface file that corresponds to fields Ø5-14. The length cannot exceed the maximum length defined beside each field.