Accounting Extract Task

The accounting extract task is a Services Framework task. The task receives requests from Services Framework for Accounting extracts and processes them. The task also handles the end of day and clean up requests from Services Framework.

The inbound, outbound, adjustment, and holdover accounting tasks add records to the accounting table. In a business day, the accounting extract task runs and retrieves new records from the accounting table and places them in the extract file. The extract file adds control information to the extracted records. The extract file is passed to Gateway and passed on to the customers back end accounting system.

The accounting extract task provides the following information:
  • Account entry ID
  • Processing date
  • Accounting transaction code
  • Indicator of the transaction as a debit or credit
  • Bank number
  • Payments Director ID
    • Cash letter ID is used for batches (ICLs), transactions, and holdovers
    • Adjustment ID is used for adjustments.
  • Partner ID
  • Type of transaction
    D
    Inbound batch (ICL)
    P
    Outbound batch (ICL)
    A
    Adjustment
    H
    Holdover
  • Customer type
  • Product code
  • Availability type
    I
    Immediate
    D
    Deferred
  • Transaction amount
  • Date when the funds must be made available for the transaction
  • Customer account number to be processed for this transaction
  • Journal entry number to use for the transaction
  • Amount of the cash letter associated with the transaction
  • Amount of the funds in each cash letter broken down by availability days
The accounting extract task may be run in the following ways:
  • Manually executed
  • At scheduled intervals