Understanding the Outbound EDI Payments Process
This chapter provides an overview of the outbound electronic data interchange (EDI) payments process and discusses how to:
Transfer outbound payment transactions.
Update processed transactions.
Purge processed outbound EDI payments.
Understanding the Outbound EDI Payments Process
You process Accounts Payable payment transactions and store them in the EDI interface tables to send outbound EDI 820 transmissions directly to your trading partner (bank). You create EDI payments by completing the same process that you use when you create automatic payments. Instead of printing physical checks that you mail to your supplier, you send payments electronically to your supplier's bank.
When you create EDI payments, you update the following accounts payable and EDI payment worktables:
F04571 - A/P Payment Processing - Header.
F04572 - A/P Payment Processing - Summary.
F04573 - A/P Payment Processing - Detail.
F47056W - EDI Payment Order Header - Work.
F470561W - EDI Payment Order Bank N & A - Work.
F470562W - EDI Payment Order Vendor N & A - Work.
F470563W - EDI Payment Order Payee N & A - Work.
F47057W - EDI Payment Order Remittance Advice - Work.
After you create EDI payments, you must also:
Transfer outbound payment transactions.
Run the Update as Sent program (R47058).
Purge processed outbound EDI payments.
See Also
Understanding Data Interface for the Electronic Data Interchange System
Receiving EDI Standard Business Documents
Transferring Outbound Payment Transactions
This section provides an overview of the Copy to Outbound EDI Files program (R47057) and discusses how to:
Run the report.
Set data selection.
Understanding the Copy to Outbound EDI Files Program
After you run the automatic payment process, you must copy the payment transactions from the EDI worktables to the EDI interface tables to make them available to the translator software.
The Copy to Outbound EDI Files program copies payment transactions to the following EDI payment interface tables:
F47056 - EDI Payment Order Header - Outbound.
F470561 - EDI Payment Order Bank N & A - Outbound.
F470562 - EDI Payment Order Vendor N & A - Outbound.
F470563 - EDI Payment Order Payee N & A - Outbound.
F47057 - EDI Payment Order Remittance Advice - Outbound.
Important! The sections of the report use data from various files. When you run the Copy to Outbound EDI Files program, the data selection should include only those fields that are common to all of the tables listed specified. Otherwise, your report might print results that do not include all of the data that you selected.
As the system copies the payment transactions to the EDI payment interface tables, it marks the corresponding transaction in the EDI worktables as processed by updating the Processed (Y/N) field (EDSP) to Y. This prevents the system from copying previously processed records.
Running the Copy to Outbound EDI Files Report
Select Payment Order with Remittance (G47266), Copy to Outbound EDI Files.
Setting Data Selection for the Copy to Outbound EDI Files Report
Five worktables are used in the processing of Outbound EDI transactions:
F47056W - EDI Payment Order Header - Work.
F470561W - EDI Payment Order Bank N & A - Work.
F470562W - EDI Payment Order Vendor N & A - Work.
F470563W - EDI Payment Order Payee N & A - Work.
F47057W - EDI Payment Order Remittance Advice - Work.
The following fields are common to the five tables used by the Copy to Outbound EDI Files program (R47057) and are the only fields you should use for data selection or data sequencing. If you use any other fields for data selection or data sequencing, the report will stop and you will receive an error message.
EDI Document Company
EDI Document Number
EDI Doc Ty
EDI Line Number
EDI Successfully Processed
EDI Batch Number
Batch Number
Batch Type
Document Company
Company
Business Unit
Payment/Item Number
Match Doc Type
Pmt/Itm Pay Itm
Address Number
Transaction Originator
User ID
Program ID
Work Stn ID
Date Updated
Time of Day
Other fields exist that are common to all five worktables, but contain different values depending on whether they are contained in a header worktable or a detail worktable. Those fields should not be used for data selection. Use only the common fields.
Updating Processed Transactions
This section provides an overview of the Update as Sent program (R47058) and discusses how to run the program.
Understanding the Update as Sent Program
You run the Update as Sent program when your trading partner notifies you that they received your EDI payment transmission.
When you run the Update as Sent program, the system updates the Processed (Y/N) field (EDPSP) to Y on the payment transactions in your EDI payment interface tables (F47056, F470561, F470562, F470563, and F47057). This prevents the translator software from reprocessing the same transactions.
Running the Update as Sent Program
Select Payment Order with Remittance (G47266), Update as Sent.
Purging Processed Outbound EDI Payments
This section provides an overview of the Purge EDI Files report (R47059) and discusses how to run the report.
Understanding the Purge EDI Files Report
After you successfully process EDI payment transactions, you can remove them from the outbound EDI tables by running the Purge EDI Files report (R47059). The system retains processed EDI payment transactions in the system 47 tables until you purge them.
When you purge outbound EDI payments, the system removes all processed records; records that have a Y in the Processed (Y/N) field (EDSP) from the following EDI payment interface tables:
EDI Payment Order Header - Outbound (F47056).
EDI Payment Order Bank N & A - Outbound (F470561).
EDI Payment Order Vendor N & A - Outbound (F470562).
EDI Payment Order Payee N & A - Outbound (F470563).
EDI Payment Order Remittance Advice - Outbound (F47057).
Important! When you purge information, the system does not copy transactions to a purge table. Instead, the system deletes transactions from your system.
Running the Purge EDI Files Report
Select Payment Order with Remittance (G47266), Purge EDI Files.