CREATE VENDOR INTERFACE#

Processing Information#

The UPVEND function is run to create an Accounts Payable (AP) interface file. This can only be launched after all pay runs for the given payroll period are closed (UPCLOZ). This function provides a detailed list of all AP invoices to be exported to an interface file named in this function.

When pay transactions are processed by this function, they will have a user field named ‘POSTED UPVEND’ attached to the pay header. This will prevent the transaction from being picked up again in future executions.

For more information on the required set up for running UPVEND and creating an accounts payable interface file see the ACCOUNTS PAYABLE - UPVEND page.

Required Set Up - Preference#

The VENDOR MODULE preference must be set up on IMFN for the UPVEND function. Valid values are: UPVEND and UPDISBV

• A value of UPVEND will result in UPAUDT populating the Vendor Code on the pay lines in IPPH.
• A value of UPDISBV will result in UPAUDT not populating the Vendor Code on the pay lines.

If the preference is not defined, UPAUDT will update the pay lines with a Vendor Code.

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Report Parameters & Filters#

Report Parameters
Entity	Mandatory, LOV Available Limits the process to the entity specified.
Issued From	Mandatory, Date, LOV Available The earliest issue date that will be used to determine which transactions to report.
Issued To	Mandatory, Date, LOV Available The latest issue date that will be used to determine which transactions to report.
Accounting Date	Mandatory, Date, LOV Available The ‘Accounting' date will be printed on the report.
AP Liability Distribution	Mandatory, Text This is the Liability Distribution 'mask'. May be X's for wild cards.
Vendor Payroll Vendor (Category) Vendor Period Vendor Issue Date	These ‘Vendor’ parameters MUST be completed if a check or deposit is to be produced. If you leave these defaulted to ALL, the process will abort with errors. These fields do not have to be completed if you are producing an AP interface file.
Interface Code	Mandatory, LOV Available Only those reports of the format “AP Interface” will display. Choose from the report formats created. The format “HL$AP” has been provided as a sample, but should be copied, and the copy edited, by the client before running this report. The report definition selected will determine the format of the output file (if any), as well as the columnar content of the report.
Interface Directory	Mandatory, Text Must be a directory on the data base server for which the current user (as signed onto the client’s network) has write capability. For example the entry ‘C:\TEMP’ accesses the ‘TEMP’ directory on the server, not the local directory for the computer terminal being used.
File Name	Mandatory, Text Enter the name of the file that will be created in the interface directory specified.
File Format	Optional, Lexicon This field defines how the output file is to be formatted.
AP Year (MH) AP Period (MH)	These are customized fields.
Sum FILE by Vendor/PC	Optional, Toggle If the file is to be summarized by Vendor/PC this toggle must be ‘ON.’
Output Header/Trailer	Optional, Toggle If the file is to contain a header and trailer record then indicate ‘ON’.
Exception Level	Mandatory, LOV Available A ‘trace’ report of exception messages may be produced to assist in the testing phase. If necessary, choose from 0 – 9 (highest) level of trace. Please note that this is a voluminous report and will cause very slow performance.

Report Filters
Payroll	Optional, LOV Available Only one payroll may be selected per execution of this function.
Pay Run Number	Optional, Multiple, LOV Available, The pay run number of the pays to be selected. Multiple pay run numbers are allowed.

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