You need to take the following steps to set up your company data file to be able to create Suppliers bank transfer (ABA File format) payments.
To set up your Bank for payments:
Go to Setups, Company Setups, Company Bank Accounts, Bank Account Maintain and either:
Select your existing Company Bank Code or
set up a new code for your Bank e.g. NAB
Enter the details for all fields.
Bank File Format will be Australian Bank File Format
File Name should be for example NAB.ABA for an NAB bank.
The Bank User ID Number should be given to you by your bank.
Set up your Supplier Options to allow for Bank file transfers.
Go to Setups, Suppliers, Options, Supplier Options
Select Auto Bank Entry.
Accept F9 any changes made.
Set up Bank Details for each supplier you want to pay by Bank Transfer
Go to Suppliers, Masterfiles Suppliers, Maintain.
Enter the Supplier Code.
Open the Account Tab.
On the Account Tab, make sure that Payment Method is set to Bank Entry.
Go to the Bank Account Tab and enter the Suppliers Auto Bank Entry Details. Note: Swift Code is not required to be filled in.
Accept F9 any changes you have made.
Untick Australian Bank File format when setting is for PNG, Solomon Islands/All Islands etc.
Complete the bank details with country requirements.
Set up the destination path for the bank transfer file
You will need to set up the Bank Deposit report to create the ABA file in a directory you have full read/write permissions to:
Go to Suppliers, Reports, Payments, Bank Deposit and set your Destination Path to a network location you have access to or to a directory on your local computer you have set up e.g. C:\Bank.
Click the Save F5 button to save the destination path.
Other Notes:
When you want to make payments via bank transfer you need to use the Pay Selections process to select suppliers to be included in the payment run and to create the ABA file.
Note: Using Supplier Manual Payments will not create an ABA file for transfer. You will need to use the Bank Deposit program to do this part. See: Attaché Accounts: Supplier Transactions help and user guides, specifically the Supplier Pay Selections Help (PDF) for details on creating the Bank Deposit ABA file.