How to Run a Cheques Batch Online

Location: Disbursements/Pensioner Payroll Process/Create Cheque File

Use the following steps as a guide to run a Cheques batch online.

  1. From the Disbursements/Pensioner Payroll process, click to select the Create Cheque File event. The system displays the Cheques batch wizard.

  2. Using the arrows provided, move the Create Buffer, Export Cheques, and Mark as Printed tasks from the Available Tasks list to the Selected Tasks list.

  1. Click Next to advance to the Select Parameters screen.

  1. Using the option buttons provided, click New to enable the selection of new parameters. (Note: Clicking Last Run sets the parameters to those chosen from the previous run. Clicking Previous Run enables the drop-down list where you can specify a run to use.)

  2. Click Next to advance to the Set Batch Parameters screen.

  3. Using the calendar provided, select the Date From and Date To.

  4. Provide a starting Cheque Number (optional field).

  5. From the drop-down list, select a File Format. (Options include Delimited, SDF, and XML.) In this case, select XML.

  1. Click Next to advance to the Summary screen. Notice that the Summary displays the task(s) selected to be run.

  1. If the Summary is correct, click Finish. The system displays the Running Batches browser, however, often the batch has been completed so quickly (and is no longer running), so that the browser appears empty.

  1. From the toolbar, click the supporting view Checks Preview to view a list of the checks that have been printed.

  1. From the toolbar, click the supporting view Checks Export to view a record of the export file created.

  1. Click the View link to open and view the XML export file.

 

For more information, see About Web Administrator Processes.

 

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