Process End of Month

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Screen ID:  n/a
Screen Title: End-of-Month Processing
Panel Number: 1261

Accessed by Tool Number:

5163

 

This screen is used to perform end-of-month (EOM) Processing.

 

EOM processing involves:

  • Routing file housekeeping tasks.

  • Merging current month transactions into historical transactions files.

  • Purging old history transactions based on transaction retention configuration.

  • Creating EOM files.

Fields

Field

Description

Regenerate/

reorganize file records

Always choose YES here.  This step performs routine file housekeeping tasks (reclaiming space used by closed accounts, general cleanup for better disk utilization, etc.).

Merge monthly transaction file to history

Always choose YES here.  This step moves current month TRANSx records from OTRANSx into HTRANSx.

Purge old history transactions from file

Always choose YES here.  This step takes your HTRANSx files and applies your data retention policy to them, purging old data according to your configured number of months.

Enter time and date to process if not current

Leave these fields blank to begin month-end processing immediately.  If you want to delay the process to begin later, enter the date and the time here. 

Button

Button

Description

Exit

Use this to return to the home page.