Converting payment data

You can convert payments from your non-Lawson system to the Accounts Receivable application.

This table lists the payment conversion database files depending on the kind of data you are converting.


File	File name
Payment Conversion	UNIX and Windows: ARCPAYMENT IBMi: DBARARC
Comment Conversion/Interface	UNIX and Windows: ARICOMMENT IBMi: DBARAIM

Note: Sort your input file based on the index for the ARCPAYMENT or DBARARC file. Otherwise, each break in the index will cause a new payment batch to be generated. If the input file is sorted, the breaks will be fewer.

Access Payment Conversion (AR503).
Run the program to convert your non-Lawson payments. The program adds existing payments that have updated balances and the General Ledger in the external source. Select an Update Option to edit only or edit and update the payment records. The program edits the external data to protect the integrity of the Accounts Receivable data. The program creates a report in payment number order that includes each field that failed an edit, the field data, a description of the error, and totals for the number of records processed, payments added, and total errors.