Export to Text

Use the Export to Text feature in Vision Accounts Payable and Employee Expenses to create a .txt or .xml file that contains payment information, which is processed by a third-party software application.

You can use this feature if:

• Another company generates your vendor or employee expense payments with the accounts payable, employee expense, and check information that you provide in a .txt or an .xml file.

• You want to import payment information into banking software. This supports the electronic funds transfer requirements of many international banks.

The files that are created with the Export to Text feature are used for Vision accounts payable and employee expense payments. They are not used for Vision payroll and employee expense direct deposit or Accounts Payable EFT processing. These payment types use the NACHA file format, which you set up on the NACHA File Format tab in Banks Configuration.

You configure the Export to Text feature in Configuration > Accounting > Banks. In the Export to Text Format field on the Bank Codes tab, you select the format type to use for the files that are generated during the export-to-text process for a bank. If you select a user-defined or SEPA format type, you enter additional information for those format types on the User Defined File Format tab or the SEPA tab of the Bank Codes form.

The SEPA (Single Euro Payments Area) format is commonly used in European countries. This format produces an XML file that contains the SEPA service level code. You can also use the SEPA format for other service level codes, such as SDVA, URGP, or NURG. To use the SEPA format for other service level codes: After the XML file is generated in the export-to-text process, edit the XML document and replace the SEPA service code level with another code.

If you use the Multicompany feature, you must set up Export to Text file information for bank codes for each company in your enterprise.