Settings of the BACS Lloyds File

You specify the settings of the BACS Lloyds plug-in on the Plug-In Settings tab of the Payment Methods (CA204000) form.

The file exported from the Batch Payments form by using the BACS Lloyds plug-in contains the sections shown in the tables below.

Table 1. H SectionOnly one line per file is added.
Field Number Field Name Max. Length (Min. Length) Required Comment
1 Header Identifier 1 (1) Yes The value of this field is H.
2 Current Date 8 (8) Yes The date mapped to the Creation Date setting on the Plug-in Settings tab of the Payment Methods form.
3 Sequence Number 6 (1) Yes The Batch Seq. Number setting on the Batch Payments form.
Table 2. D SectionOnly one line per file is added.
Field Number Field Name Max. Length (Min. Length) Required Comment
1 Logical Record Type 1 (1) Yes The value of this field is D.
2 Value Date 8 (8) Yes

The payment date from the first line in the batch. The format of this element is YYYYMMDD.

Note:
The system verifies that only payments with the same date are added to a batch payment if the payment method has BACS Lloyds Payment in the Direct Deposit File Format box.
3 Debit Account Reference 18 Yes The cash account from the batch payment.
4 Account Number 15 (15) Yes

A field with the Acc1 - Acc2 format, where:

  • Acc1 is the value of the remittance setting specified on the Remittance Settings tab of the Cash Accounts (CA204000) form. This setting is mapped to the Originating Sort Code Number setting on the Plug-In Settings tab of the Payment Methods form.
  • Acc2 is the value of the remittance setting specified on the Remittance Settings tab of the Cash Accounts form. This setting is mapped to the Originating Account Number setting on the Plug-In Settings tab of thePayment Methods form.

Originating Sort Code Number must contain six characters and Originating Account Number must contain eight characters.
Table 3. C SectionOne line is added to each payment in the batch.
Field Number Field Name Max. Length (Min. Length) Required Comment
1 Logical Record Type 1 (1) Yes The value of this field is C.
2 Payment Amount 18 Yes

The payment amount from the batch payment line. Ending zeros after the decimal point are dropped.
3 Beneficiary Name 18 Yes The vendor's payment setting specified in the Payment Instructions table (Payment tab) on the Vendors (AP303000) form. This setting is mapped to the Destination Account Name setting on the Plug-In Settings tab of the Payment Methods form.
4 Beneficiary Account Number 8 (8) Yes The vendor's payment setting specified in the Payment Instructions table (Payment tab) on the Vendors form. This setting is mapped to the Destination Account Number setting on the Plug-In Settings tab of the Payment Methods form.
5 Beneficiary Sort Code 6 (6) Yes The vendor's payment setting specified in the Payment Instructions table (Payment tab) on the Vendors form. This setting is mapped to the Destination Sort Code Number setting on the Plug-In Settings tab of the Payment Methods form.
6 Beneficiary Reference 18 Yes The Payment Ref. setting from the batch payment line.
Table 4. T SectionOnly one line per file is added.
Field Number Field Name Max. Length (Min. Length) Required Comment
1 Logical Record Type Yes The value of this field is T.