Converting transaction data

You can convert transactions (invoices, debit memos, credit memos) from your non-Lawson system to the Accounts Receivable application.

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

File File name
Transaction Conversion

UNIX and Windows: ARITRANS

IBMi: DBARAIT
  1. Access Transaction Conversion (AR502).
    Note: Multiple payment obligations (indicated if the conversion file's payment sequence is greater than 1) will create one transaction header record with reference information (sales representative, terms code, user fields, and so on) obtained from the first payment obligation record.
  2. Run the program to convert your non-Lawson transactions. Select an Update Option to edit only or edit and update the transaction records. The program edits the external data to protect the integrity of the Accounts Receivable data. This creates a report in transaction 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, invoices added, debit memos added, credit memos added, dispute records added, transaction comments added, and total errors.