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Cashbook Bank statement Load automation

Written by Denisa Arjoca
Updated over a month ago

The primary purpose of this document is to provide all parties with guidance within regards to the core functionality in relation to the COINS – Cash Book – Bank Statement Load Integration with bank and COINS.

General Information of Functionality

  • The functionality will load bank statement files in the BAI-2 format, containing multiple bank accounts for multiple companies in COINS.

  • The functionality allows to download the bank statements from a bank’s secure file transfer server and the statements will be placed in the Shared Folder.

  • The functionality allows to rerun the bank statement file, any statements that have already been loaded into COINS will be skipped during the reprocessing.

Configuration/Setup of Functionality

  1. Cash Book – Extended Functionality – BAI-2 Transaction Types

BAI-1 transaction types are to be loaded onto COINS. COINS technical team will load the transaction types.

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  • Unique Key – Same as BAI-2 Transaction Types

  • Description – Description of transaction type

  • BAI-2 Transaction Types - Transaction Types

  • Statement Transaction Type – Can be used this statement transaction for auto bank reconciliation.

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  • Debit – Debit/Credit transaction line

2. Bank Accounts (Statement Type)

The statement types on bank accounts should be defaulted to X-Generic for the bank statement loading process.

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Note: The bank account name should be unique on the bank account setup for this functionality.

See details below:

Bank

Bank Name

Currency

Account Name

BSB

Account

GL Account

Bank Charges

01

NAB – Trading Account

AUD

Demo Pty Ltd – Trading

xxxxxx

xxxxxxxxx

10.6X01

90.2690

02

NAB – Savings Account

AUD

Demo Pty Ltd – Savings

xxxxxx

xxxxxxxxx

10.6X02

90.2690

3. Shared Folders (System Module/System Setup)

Two shared folders to be created:

  • Bank Statements – Ready to Process (cbstat_ready) – Bank statements will be downloaded from a bank’s secure file transfer serve and will be placed in this folder. Also, if the bank statements file needs to be reprocessed, it can be moved from Bank Statements – Processed to Bank Statements – Ready to Process.

  • Bank Statements – Processed (cbstat_done) – Once the statement file has been processed, it will be moved onto the Bank Statements – Processed shared folder.

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4. Global Standard Text

The Global Standard Text token needs to be updated CB-BANKINT-LOGIN with the value: [email protected]

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Process

  1. Get Statements From - Bank

The process will download bank statements from bank’s secure file transfer server, and the statements will be placed in the Bank Statements – Ready Shared folder.

Once the statement file has been processed, it will be moved onto the Bank Statements – Processed shared folder. This process will load bank statements files in the BAT-2 format, containing multiple bank accounts for multiple COINS companies.

Process BAI-2 Bank Statement Load (From Bank)

The summary will be reported on the report log file. (Such as statements loaded successfully; accounts with no transactions; statements failed due to processing errors).

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Review the BAI-2 Bank Statement Load Report

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If new files are not available in bank’s secure file transfer server, the report log will have the below details:

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Schedule the Bank Statement Load Process

The process can be scheduled on a daily/weekly basis and email will be notified to the respective person.

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Note: The opening bank statement balance for bank accounts must be entered in COINS (Bank Statements) before starting the integration process.

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2. Get Statements From – Process Existing Files Only

To reprocess the statement file, it needs to be moved back into the Bank Statements – Ready shared folder and then rerun ‘Process existing files only’. Any statements that have already been loaded into COINS will be skipped during re-processing.

Note: If the statement must be loaded into COINS, then first delete the statement load within the Cash Book module.

To process the existing file – Transfer the files from Bank Statements – Processed – Folder to Bank Statements – Ready folder.

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Since the statement for 20/03/24 is already loaded into COINS, the COINS will skip those statement files. Refer to the below report log.

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