Creating start and stop transaction descriptions

Start and stop transaction descriptions specify data or text that you want INVOICES to place at the beginning and end of the transfer file (the same file that data from the standard transaction is being transferred to). You could use a "start transaction" to save instructions at the beginning of a transfer file, for example.

When you use start or stop transaction descriptions, they are always in addition to standard transaction descriptions.

When you specify it in the Transfer job description, Transfer places the data from the start transaction description first in the transfer file and data from the stop transaction description last in the transfer file.

The data is contained in control records that you can use in your external system for any purpose, depending on what data you include. Among other things, this can be useful for checking the integrity of the data after transfer.

Instructions

You can define start and stop transaction descriptions in two places. The result is the same. You can use these transaction descriptions in any transfer job with any invoice profile that they are connected to.
 

To create a start or stop transaction description under the Invoice profiles object bar:

To create a start or stop transaction description under the Transaction descriptions object bar:

To use the start or stop transaction description, specify it in the Transfer job description.

Three ways you can use transaction descriptions

Transaction descriptions: Overview