FASTRANS - Naming the File

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Name the File for Transfer

You may name the file when you create it or when you transfer it, but it must be in the following format, in either all upper or all lower case characters, not mixed:

F0701091.XXX

f0701091.xxx

Where:

F is always the first character, followed by accounting month, transaction date and sequence number:

Faammdds.ISD
aa - The Accounting Month
The accounting month to which the transactions will be applied (e.g., 01 is July 98 of the 98-99 Biennium). Normally this is limited to the current accounting month, a date range that runs from the second working day of a month to the second working day of the following month. At the end of the fiscal year June data is accepted into July.
mmdd - Transaction Date
The date of the transaction file. Generally, but not always, the current date. Month number and day number (e.g., 0701 is July 1)
s - Sequence Number
A sequence number which allows you to transfer more than one file per day for processing into the same FAS run. If the same file name is transferred twice, the second file will replace the first one. If you need to append data onto a file already transferred this must be done on the PC end of the process, and the file must be re-transmitted.
.ISD - used with ISD and CTI Transactions (transaction codes 60 and 65)
.CSH - used with Cash Transmittal Transactions (transaction code 30)
.JV - used with Journal Voucher Transactions (transaction code 35)

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