Re: IFM Conversion Tools. Reverse Sign on Posting -- MAPICS-L

Tony,

The last couple of times I ran the conversion tools, I had to change these
flags to No. I did report this to Mapics Support about a year ago. I will
take this offline with you.

Best regards,
Vanessa King
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <tmaguire@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'MAPICS ERP System Discussion'" <mapics-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 7:46 AM
Subject: RE: IFM Conversion Tools. Reverse Sign on Posting


> Hi Vanessa,
>
> Thanks for the response.
>
> I would like to double check.
>
> I was sure that I had the Reverse Sign set to Yes when AP was processed
> and the APC's ended up with the wrong sign.  This is consistent with
> your advice.
>
> I wax equally sure that the first four ARI's I looked at had positive
> Settlement Lines before they were posted.
>
> Following your response, I switched off the Reverse Sign and posted the
> rest of the ARI's.  I was very surprised to find that they ended up with
> negative settlement lines.  When I revisited some that had not posted
> due to errors, I was surprised to find that they also have negative
> settlement lines.
>
> Now I am really wondering whether the first four really did have
> positive settlement lines.  Unfortunately, my set of screen dumps is not
> complete and I cannot be absolutely sure.
>
> Could you please confirm that your advice about setting Reverse Sign to
> NO (0) applies to BOTH ARI & APC transactions.
>
> Regards
>
> Tony Maguire
> Managing Consultant
> ObTech Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: mapics-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:mapics-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Vanessa King
> Sent: Wednesday, 10 September 2003 10:08 PM
> To: MAPICS ERP System Discussion
> Subject: Re: IFM Conversion Tools. Reverse Sign on Posting
>
> The documentation is incorrect. APC & ARI should be left at 0=N.
>
> Best regards,
> Vanessa King
> Wildrye Corp.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <tmaguire@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Mapics-L" <mapics-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 8:03 AM
> Subject: IFM Conversion Tools. Reverse Sign on Posting
>
>
> > I am attempting my first (and probably last) AM to IFM Conversion.
> >
> > Page 8 of the Conversion Tools documentation reads as follows.
> >
> > The transaction control records for the seven required IFM transaction
> > types (APC, API, ARC, ARI, CASHPAY, CASHREC, and GLJ - see Section
> 2.7)
> > must all be defined in IFM (IFM User's Guide, IFM implementation
> > checklist, step 7, Option 21) with the option:  Enforce trans totals?
> > set to  0=No.  Also, APC and ARI must be defined with the option:
> > Reverse sign on posting?  set to  1=Yes,  and  the other 5 must have
> > that option set to  0=No.
> >
> > Our initial test indicates that the Conversion Tools via the Legacy
> > Bridge are actually creating the ARI transactions with the correct
> sign
> > PRIOR to IFM Posting.
> > The ARI transactions have a positive settlement line prior to posting.
> > Posting with the above settings results in an incorrect transaction
> with
> > a negative settlement line.
> >
> > I would appreciate feedback from anyone who has experience with the
> > Conversion Tools.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Tony Maguire
> > Managing Consultant
> > ObTech Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
> > Level 1, 123 Whitehorse Road
> > Balwyn   VIC  Australia   3103
> >
> > Phone: +613 9816 8766
> > Fax: +613 9816 8744
> > Mob: +61 419 360 259
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