General Ledger - Bank Account Codes

Function

The Bank Account Codes task is used to create and maintain the bank account codes used in the ACH electronic payment of vendors.

To access this task...

Select Bank Account Codes from the Inquiry and Maintenance menu.

Bank Account Codes

About the Fields

To enable edits to the form select  edit button.

In the Bank Account Code field...

  • Click record query button to select a bank account code from a list of active code records. See Query Functions.

  • Click new/clear form button to create a new bank account code record.

  • Click the record navigating buttons; first record button to view the first record, previous record button to view the previous record, next record button to view the next record, and last record button to view the last record.

In the Bank Name field...

  • Enter the name of the banking institution.

In the Bank Address field...

  • Enter the bank's mailing address.

In the Account Name field...

  • Enter the description of the account. Can use descriptions from the GL Bank Reconciliation task - this is not the same as the GL Account Name.

From the Account Type selector...

  • Select Checking, Savings, or Other.

In the Bank Routing Number field...

  • Enter the bank's routing number.

In the Bank Account Number field...

  • Enter the bank account number.

In the Check Number field...

  • Disabled except for Account Type of Checking

  • Enter the next check number to use when printing AP checks.

In the ACH Effective Days Lead field...

  • Must be a whole number between 0 and 9.

    This number is used to calculate a default "ACH Effective Date" on the AP Check Printing form.

In the Positive Pay Program field...

  • Disabled except for Account Type of Checking

  • Enter program to execute to generate Positive Pay file for this Bank Account Code.

    NOTE:

    A Bank of America example program apc_ppBoA_example.aon and a City National Bank example program apc_ppCNB_example.aon are provided to aid users in developing a program to generate a Positive Pay file with the correct fields and formatting for their bank.

When done making selections:

  • Click save button to save the record.

  • Click new/clear form button to begin a new bank account code record.

  • Click delete button to delete the record.