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Creating NACHA files using EFM. US localization

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Hello,

We have a customer who needs to export payment files to the bank (NACHA files).

I know it's possible to create payment files using EFM Add-On but how do you link and export the file from the payment wizard? Usually the file is created using Payment Engine but as far as I know it is not available for US localization.

Does anyone have experience creating these files? If so, would you kindly explain the process we should follow?

Thanks in advance.

Maya

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Joselito
Advisor
Advisor
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Dear Maya:

It is true that in the portal it says that Payment engine Add-on is not supported for USA, either for Inbound or Outbound processes

However, I have to say that from pure test in 9.0,

a) The Add-on Payment Engine can be installed in USA localization database

b) That I have designed a BPP electronic file format (very simple, for pure test) using SAP Business One Electronic File Manager Add-on (EFM): This is a development tool, to create the formats that can be saved as BPP files, that can be uploaded in databases.

This BPP format comes with a template of data source (.rpt) which is given by SAP in 'bona fide' as a template containing a well-organized structure all the information about payments that we assume useful: You can customize this template source .rpt using Crystal Report Designer. If you don't like what we provide.

c) That I have uploaded this format in the US demo (in any payment method, I have uploaded the SPP format and assigned as format to be used for outgoing payment by bank transfer)

d) That with Payment Engine Add-on running in that database, I was able to generate a bank file in that database

Please do check How to guides, because there is one specific for Electronic File Manager: That covers the part of designing bank formats to be used with Add-on Payment Engine.

Regarding what kind of support you can obtain from SAP  it is limited:

- For the format itself, because the design of the specific format using EFM itself is at your expense, only if any specific part of your design does not work and you do believe that root cause is a bug then support can help.

-Regarding to the Add-on Payment engine itself: Problems to install it, or when you press 'execute', not working, etc. This is a question that you should rise to your SAP Business One local Product expert, since officially, the Add-on in portal is displayed as not supported, and this needs to be clarified to which extension affects US customers in general

Jose Antonio Castillo

Former Member
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Hi

Can someone tell me what is the use of the BANK FILE PATH

Step 2 of 8 in PAYMENT WIZARD

I enter location and filename but that file does not get created at all

Joselito
Advisor
Advisor
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Hi:

In any of the current product version, this field has no allocated function.

( Some historic explanation,  for your knowledge: There was a short period, during earliest patches of  product version 2007, that the functionality of bank files generation was added as an scenario in Integration framework and not Add-on Payment Engine, but then , after some validations, it was decided to have it removed, and back to SAP Business One Add-on Payment Engine: see SAP Note 1166389 - BP:Manual removal of Payment Engine Outbound component). Who knows if in any distant future the generation of bank files would be integrated again, and then it would make sense to have use of this field in payment wizard)

The only way currently supported to generate bank files is using SAP Business One Payment Engine Add-on,

And in its current definition , as it is described in the Add-on payment Engine help file, the 'default' path where File is generated, is saved at SAP Business One Client level, in the window payment engine that opens when you press button 'Bank file'

The path that you defined in first generation, is saved in the local registration in the machine, so when you use same Business One client, the path used in last session is shown.


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I have set up a nacha bank format for a US localization. After installing EFM and Payment add-ons, a system nacha file format was available on the payment method. Using the EFM add-on I was able to edit the format according to the bank layout.

Former Member
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Hi

Thanks a sample or demo would be helpful

julie_jamieson2
Active Contributor
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Hi Maya,

I now also have this requirement - how did you get on creating a NACHA file from EFM?