Export Employee Expense Payments to a .TXT File

You can create a text (.txt) file that contains employee expense payment information to be processed by a third-party software application.

You select the format of the file in Configuration > Accounting > Banks.

You must complete this procedure for each bank code for which you want to create a .txt file.

To export employee expense payments to a .txt file, complete the following steps:

1. From the Vision Navigation menu, click Accounting > Employee Expenses > Payment Processing.
2. On the toolbar of the Payment Printing and Numbering form, click Export to Text.
3. On the Download Payments To Text File dialog box, click Create File.
4. On the File Download dialog box, select one of the following actions:

   Option	Description
   Open	Click this option to view the contents of the .txt file in Microsoft NotePad. Close the file, and on the Download Payments to Text File dialog box, click Create File. On the File Download dialog box, click Save.
   Save	Click this option to save the file without viewing it first.

5. On the Save as dialog box, enter or navigate to the location in which to save the .txt file. The File name field displays a name (for example, BT_EE_200604_150_Boston.txt) that includes the following components, which you can modify: Company code, payment type, period, run number, and bank code.
6. Click Save. Vision saves and closes the txt file.
7. Close the Download Payments To Text File dialog box.
8. On the toolbar of the Payment Printing and Numbering form, click Print File Copy to print a file copy of the payments.