Costpoint Online Help

Using the Help Search
Using the Help Search
  • Phrase:Returns all topics that contain the exact phrase in the search criteria. Use quotation marks around the phrase.
    Ex."system administration"
  • And:Returns all topics that contain all the words in the search criteria, in any combination. Insert a plus sign between all words in the search criteria.
    Ex.system + administration
  • Or:Returns all topics with any combination of words in the search criteria. This is the default.
    Ex.system administration
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File Header Record Format

The File Header Record designates physical file characteristics and identifies the immediate destination (for example, bank name) of the entries contained within the file or within the transmitted batched data.

In addition, this record includes date, time, and file identification fields that can be uniquely used to identify the file.

Field Position Size Contents Data Element Name
1 01 - 01 1 "1" Record Type Code
2 02 - 03 2 Numeric Priority Code
3 04 - 13 10 bTTTTAAAAC ACH or Receiving Point Identification Number
4 14 - 23 10 bTTTTAAAAC Sending Point or ACH Identification Number
5 24 - 29 6 YYYYMMDD File Creation Date (for example, 19970318)
6 30 - 33 4 HHMM File Creation Time (for example, 1215)
7 34 - 34 1 Alphanumeric  File ID Modifier
8 35 - 37 3 "094"   Record Size
9 38 - 39 2 Numeric Blocking Factor
10 40 - 40 1 Numeric Format Code
11 41 - 63 23 Alphanumeric  Receiving Point Name
12 64 - 86 23 Alphanumeric  Sending Point Name
13 87 - 94 8 Alphanumeric  Costpoint assigns a value of EFT in this field.

If your bank requires a different value in this field, you need to manually edit the Direct Deposit Transmission file and replace the value assigned by Costpoint.