Enter, or click to select, a parameter ID of up to 15 alphanumeric characters. Choose characters for your parameter ID that help identify the type of selections you made on the screen, such as PERIOD or QUARTERLY.

When you save your record, all the selections made on the screen are stored with the parameter ID. Later, you can retrieve the parameter using Query.

You can use the parameter to run the process more efficiently because you can select the parameter ID with its previously defined screen selections. After the default selections display on the screen, you can override the defaults.

Enter, or click to select, a parameter description of up to 30 alphanumeric characters.

This field always displays One.

Enter the identification code of the taxable entity that you want in the Savings Bond File, or click to select a taxable entity ID. Establish taxable entity IDs on the Configure Company Information screen.

This field always displays One.

Enter the month and year (MM/YY) for which the file is being submitted. The value in this field is stored in the Savings Bond File history table and can be used to recreate bond files from history.

This field always displays One.

Enter, or use to select, the month and year (MM/YY) that serves as the unique identifier when updating the Savings Bond File History table. This date is used in the bond issuance confirmation file created by the Federal Reserve.

This field always displays One.

Enter the average issue month and year (MM/YY). This optional field is for government agencies only.

Select this check box if the file must be recreated using savings bond file history information. This is necessary if you need to recreate a U.S. Treasury Savings Bond File. When you use history, the creation of the file does not affect the employee's bond activity.

Select this check box to use both Employee Earnings and Payroll Edit as a source for employee bond deduction amounts. If the payroll edit records are not posted, the employee's savings bond balance may be negative.

Select this check box to delete specific savings bond file records from the Savings Bond File History table. This feature uses the Taxable Entity, Issue Month and Year, and Pay End Date to determine which records to delete from the Savings Bond File History table. Selecting this check box disables the Base on Bond Purchase History Table and Include Payroll Edit as Data Source check boxes, and File Name and Overwrite File fields.

Use this field to specify the name of the file being created. This field is required if either the Base on Bond Purchase History or the > Delete Savings Bond File from History check boxes are not selected. Name the file PSBOS.DAT before submitting it to the Federal Reserve.

Enter the location of the file you are creating. There are two ways to do this:

• In the File Location field, enter, or click to select, the alternate file location where you want to store the export file. Alternate file locations are set up on the Manage Alternate File Locations screen.
• Leave the File Location field blank. When you execute this application, the export file is saved to the Costpoint database. Use the Export Files application to retrieve it and save it to a location on the network.

Select this check box to overwrite an existing file, if it has the same file name.

Click the arrow to the right of  and select one of the following options:

• U.S. Treasury File Report: Select this option to print the U.S. Treasury File report. You must print the report before running the process to create the file.
• Batch Mode: U.S. Treasury File Report: Select this option to schedule a time to create a U.S. Treasury File.

After printing the U.S. Treasury report, click the arrow to the right of and select Create U.S. Treasury File to create the file. You must print the report before you can run the process to create the U.S. Treasury File.

Click the arrow to the right of and select Print/Create U.S. Treasury File to print the report and create the file.