The Clearing Messages-r10.01

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Course Objectives After completing this learning unit, you will be able to:

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Analyze OFS clearing request Use OFS clearing request Describe the parameters in AC.ENTRY.PARAM

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What is OFS Clearing?

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OFS.CLEARING interface is used to crate accounting entries directly using OFS

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Specific message format

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Uses an API called OFS.CLEARING.MANAGER to process messages and raise appropriate accounting entries. CLEARING,,INPUTT/123123,LCLG,10,14621~SALARY~7000~C

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OFS Clearing Message Request Syntax

CLEARING

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,

,

User Information

,

AC.ENTRY.PARAM id

Message Data

Operation

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Must always be CLEARING

User Information

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T24 user information (id, password, company …)

Transaction Id

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The id of a record in AC.ENTRY.PARAM

Message Data

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Data values for the transaction alone Structure (i.e. Field names & positions) described in AC.ENTRY.PARAM

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What is required for OFS.CLEARING?

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An entry in AC.ENTRY.PARAM

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A message

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OFS Clearing Message

OFS Header

CLEARING,,INPUTT/123123,

OFS Data record

FTST,

10,14621~SALARY~7000~C

Transaction id

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AC.ENTRY.PARAM

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A parameter file that defines the layout of the message

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AC.ENTRY.PARAM cont.

Important Fields Field

Description

Field Delim

Field delimiter

Record type

Record type could be DATA, HEADn or TRAIL

Record Id

Type of record Id

Data Item

The name of the field in the message data part of the OFS message

Data Start

The position of the field within the OFS data record

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AC.ENTRY.PARAM cont.

CLEARING,,INPUTT/123123,FTST,10,14621~SALARY~7000~C

Important Fields Field

Sample Data

Field Delim

~

Record type

DATA

Record Id

2N

Data Item

ACCOUNT

Data Start

2

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AC.ENTRY.PARAM – Data Items

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Important values for data items

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Account Number or P&L category

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Amount

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Sign, provided directly, or indirectly via a transaction code

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The currency code if supplied is for additional verification against the account currency

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Message Mapping

CLEARING,,INPUTT/123123,FTST,10,14621~SALARY~7000~C

Value

Description

Data Item

CLEARING,, INPUTT/123123

OFS Header record

LCLG

Id of AC.ENTRY.PARAM record

10

ID for the incoming Transaction.(This is for internal use in OFS.CLEARING.MANAGER)

Record Id

14621

Account Number

ACCOUNT

SALARY

Reference

THEIR.REF

7000

Transaction amount

AMOUNT

C

Sign (it can be CR or DR or + or -)

SIGN

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Checking if it Works

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Input the message through any of the OFS modes

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Open AC.INWARD.ENTRY and check for the corresponding record

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Workshop 14.1

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Setup an AC.ENTRY.PARAM for inward clearing through FT Use this to credit as well as debit accounts through Clearing

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Clearing Messages – A Review In this learning unit, you learnt about the use of OFS messages for local clearing You will now be able to:

Analyze OFS clearing request Use OFS clearing request Describe the parameters in AC.ENTRY.PARAM

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Thank You TEMENOS EDUCATION CENTRE NOTICE  These training materials are the copyrighted work of Temenos Headquarters SA and other companies in the TEMENOS group of companies (The Copyright Owner). The training materials contain protected logos, graphics and images.  Use of the training materials is restricted solely for use by licensed end users, partners and employees. Any un-licensed reproduction by any means, redistribution, editing, transformation, publishing, distribution, or public demonstration of the training materials whether for commercial or personal gain is expressly prohibited by law, and may result in severe civil and criminal penalties. Violators will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible. Such training materials shall not be represented, extracted into or included in part, or in whole, as part of any other training documentation without the express permission of the Copyright Owner, which must given in writing by an authorised agent of the Copyright Owner to be valid. Where such permission is given a clear and prominent notice must be displayed on any and all documentation accrediting the Copyright Owner with having copyright over the materials.  End-user licenses will in no event contain permissions extending the use of these training materials to third parties for commercial training purposes. Without limiting the foregoing, copying or reproduction of the training materials in part or in whole to any other sever or location for further reproduction or redistribution is expressly prohibited, unless such reproduction is expressly licensed by the Copyright Owner.

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