AP161 Check Copy

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We need the CB setup for one of our vendors to be '22 - Electronic'.  This allows us to directly send them the output file from the AP161.  Issue we are running into is we also want a check copy for this submission.  The remit file that is outputting from the AP161 just says that the remit file won't contain any data if not in the ETEBAC format.  We cannot use the ETEBAC format.  Is there another option for us to get the remit file to contain data but also keep the electronic file the same?  We will use the MHC product, Document Express, to print our checks.  Thank you!

robert-canham

We pull the AP161 file into our Document Express to have check copies. It depends on how you have the remittance set on CB00.5 though. If you do Always Attached, you can take the file that ends up in your AP161ELECTPMT folder and load it straight to document express. There is an option on the import routine to check to use the docTotal for docAmount for ACH records which we use. If you have separate remittances though, we had to reconstruct a combined file in order to get it to load. We used IPA to read the AP161ELECTPMT file and interleave the associated detail records from the AP161ELECTREM file to get a complete payment/remittance file.