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EFT File Configuration

Written by Denisa Arjoca
Updated over a month ago

Coins ERP+ provides several standard EFT file formats which produce EFT files according to the requirements of various different banks. If none of these formats is suitable, you can configure the format of the EFT output file.

Configurable EFT definitions are only available in Coins ERP+, for Accounts Payable, Subcontract Ledger and Payroll payments (and will work for Coins ERP+plus Payroll).

To configure a EFT file:

  1. Go to EFT File Definition.

    EFT File Definition Browse

    You can export and import EFT file configurations using Export Document Definitions and Import Document Definition.

  2. Add a new definition record.

    • The EFT file can be:

      • fixed-width (in which fields begins at the same position on each record)

      • delimited (in which fields are separated by a specific character, such as a comma)

      • XML

    • The file consists of:

      • a body, which contains a line for each transaction,

      • an optional detail form, which is placed after each body line and can contain details from the payment or invoice record associated with the transaction,

      • an optional header and footer, which contain the content at the beginning and end of the file.

      Specify the codes you want to use for each of these. These codes are used when setting up the fields, to identify which section each field belongs to.

      EFT File Definition – Add New Definition

  3. Click Save (Save Icon).

  4. On the Fields tab, add records for each field.

    EFT File Definition – Fields

    • A number of tokens are available (see table below). Coins ERP+ will replace the tokens with the appropriate data from the module in which the EFT file is generated (for example, in Subcontract Ledger, the recipients will be subcontractors, in Expenses the recipients will be employees).

    • To use other fields that are not available as tokens, enter the field name. The tables that are available depend on the module:

      • All modules: bank, co_bank.

      • PR: employee.

      • PL: ap_vendor, ap_invoice, ap_pay, ap_check.

      • SC: sc_mast, sc_check, sc_pay, sc_certificate.

      • LM: pp_person lm_invoice lm_check.

      If you need to include different fields depending on the module, create different file definitions - one for each module - using the appropriate fields.

    • To use text that is the same every time the file is generated, enter the text in the Text field.

    • You can use Mappings to convert codes from Coins ERP+ to the codes required by the bank. You can also use calculations to convert and process the data.

  5. XML files can contain blocks of XML code, with tokens inserted using curly brackets { }.

    To format fields correctly, or concatenate multiple fields, you can include a form in curly brackets { }. For example, the form CreDtTm contains two field tokens, jCreate and cTime.

    These two fields are used on the HEAD form (by specifying {FORM:CreDtTm}), and concatenated to include date and time in the format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.

  6. Enter the code for the EFT file definition as the value of the BACSMED parameter in each module you want to use it in.

Configurable EFT File Field Tokens

The following field tokens are available:

iKco

Coins ERP+company

Integer

cBnk

Coins ERP+ bank code

Character

cSector

Sector from which the payment is made.

Character

cMod

Module from which the file is generated

Character

cBacsCur

Currency from CO/BACS-CUR parameter - no longer used.

Character

cBacsApplic

EFT application text (second entry in BACSMED parameter)

Character

iBacsUser

Payer's EFT ID (from BACSUSER parameter)

Integer

cBacsName

Payer's EFT name (from BACSUSER parameter)

Character

jProcDate

Processing date

Date

jCreate

The date the file is created

Date

cTime

The time the file is created

Character

cBacsUser

Character

cSub

Submission number - entered at runtime

Character

cNarr

Bank statement narrative - entered at runtime

Character

cPWD

Password - entered at runtime

Character

dBacsTot

Total value of EFT transactions in the file

Decimal

iBacsCnt

Number of transactions in the file

Integer

iHSeqNo

Header Sequence for each file sent; this is unique to each module and is incremented each time

Integer

Body

cNum

Recipient's code

Character

cName

Recipient's name

Character

cSupAdd

Recipient's address (4 lines)

Character, extent 4

cSupPcode

Recipient's ZIP code

Character

cSupBankName

Recipient's bank account name

Character

cSupBranchname

Recipient's bank branch

Character

cSupBAdd

Recipient's bank address (4 lines)

Character, extent 4

cSupBPostcode

Recipient's bank ZIP code

Character

cPayeen

Recipient's payee name

Character

cSortcode

Recipient's bank routing number

Character

cBaccno

Recipient's bank account number

Character, format "X(8)"

cSocac or cRollno

Recipient's account number

Character

cIBAN

Recipient's IBAN number

Character

cSWIFT

Recipient's Swift code

Character

cBnk_sort

Paying bank routing number

Character

cBnk_acno

Paying bank account number

Character

cCoc_name

Paying company name

Character

dNetPay

Net payment

Decimal, format "zzz,zz9.99-"

cChqRef

Transaction reference

Character

cOurBankname

Payer's bank name

Character

cOurBranchname

Payer's bank branch

Character

cOurSortcode

Payer's bank routing number

Character

cOurAccno

Payer's bank account number

Character

cOurAccname

Payer's bank account name

Character

cCurrency

Payment currency code

Character

cSupCurrency

Recipient's account currency

Character

cSupCountry

Recipient's country code

Character

cCoc_vatregno

Payer's tax registration number

Character

cCheckingSavings

Character

lPrenote

Notification that this line is a pre-notification of payment - used in US

Logical

lBalanceEntry

Used in US.

Logical

cStd18Fld7

For UK Payroll this is the RTI tag once RTI is in use. Otherwise it evaluates to "0000".

Logical

cEndToEndID

A unique number to identify the transaction (like a line number); required by SEPA.

Character

iTotalRecords

Count of all records including Header/Body/Body Detail and Footer

Integer

iBodyRecords

Count of all body records excluding Body Details

Integer

iBodyTotal

Count of all body records including Body Details

Integer

Although the tokens are grouped as "Body" or "Header / Footer", all tokens can be used on all form types: all header/footer details are available on the body lines; the details from the first body line are available on the header, and the details from the last body line are available on the footer.

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