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ADPPaymentsTutorialSeries
How to Import a BatchADPPaymentssupportsfourtypesofimports:Customers,Payments,RecurringPaymentsandListItems.Eachoftheseimporttypesisoutlinedbelow.
CustomerThecustomerimportbatchisusedforimportingacustomerlist,withorwithoutpaymentaccountinformation,intoADPPaymentswithoutprocessinganytransactionsfortheimportedcustomers.Customerimportsarecomprisedoftwosections:informationaboutthecustomer(name,company,billingaddress,phone,email,etc.)andthecustomerspaymentaccounts.
YoucanimportonebankaccountandonecreditcardaccountforeachCustomerRecord.Theseaccountswillbelabeledasthedefaultaccountsforthiscustomer.ImportingapaymentaccountwithaCustomerRecordisoptional.
PaymentPaymentimportsareusedtoprocessonetimepayments.Whenthepaymentimportfileisuploaded,thesystemimmediatelycreatesnewcustomersforeachrowwithoutaCustomerID,processesacreditcardorEcheck(ACH)paymentforeachcustomerinthefile,andemailsareceiptforthatpayment.Therearetwopaymentimportrowformats,andasinglepaymentimportfilecancontainacombinationofbothformats:
ExistingCustomerPaymentImportRowThisimportrowformatisusedifyouhaveaCustomerIDforthepersonbeingcharged.YouprovidetheADPPaymentsCustomerIDandtheamountandtypeofpayment.Thesystemprocessesthepaymentusingthedefaultaccountforthepaymenttypeselected.
NewCustomerPaymentImportRowThisimportrowformatisusedwhenyouwanttocreateanewcustomerinADPPaymentsandprocessapaymentforthatcustomeratthesametime.YourimportfilemustcontainallrequiredfieldsforaCustomerRecordandallrequiredfieldsforaonetimepayment.
RecurringPaymentRecurringpaymentimportsareusedtoenterandactivaterecurringpaymentschedulesforbothbillingschedulesandpaymentplanschedules.Whentherecurringpaymentimportfileisuploaded,thesystemimmediatelycreatesnewcustomersforeachrowwithoutaCustomerID,activatestheschedules,sendsanemailtothecustomerconfirmingtheschedule,andprocessesatransactionforanypaymentsscheduledforthecurrentday.Italsoemailsareceipt.Therearetworecurringpaymentimportrowformats,andasinglerecurringpaymentimportfilecancontainacombinationofbothimportformats:
ExistingCustomerRecurringPaymentImportRowThisimportrowformatisusedifyouhaveaCustomerIDforthepersonbeingcharged.WhenyouprovidetheCustomerIDalongwiththescheduledetailsandtypeofpayment,thesystemprocessesthescheduledpaymentsusingthedefaultaccountforthepaymenttypeselected.
NewCustomerRecurringPaymentImportRowThisimportrowformatisusedwhenyouwanttocreateanewcustomerandenterascheduleforthatcustomeratthesametime.YoumustprovideallrequiredfieldsforaCustomerRecordandallrequiredfieldsforarecurringpaymentschedule.
ItemsTheItemimportisdesignedtoenableyoutoimportaproductorservicecatalogforusewithcreatingADPPaymentsinvoices.Eachitemiscomprisedofaname,descriptionandunitprice.
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How to Import a BatchThebasicstepsforimportingabatchfilearethesameforeachImporttype,andareoutlinedbelow.Fordetailedinstructionsonhowtoimporteachtype,seethefollowingsections:
ImportingaCustomerBatchinChapter6oftheADPPaymentsUserGuide.
ImportingOnetimePaymentsinChapter4oftheADPPaymentsUserGuide.
ImportingRecurringPaymentSchedulesinChapter4oftheADPPaymentsUserGuide.
Watchthis3minutevideotoseehowitsdone.Detailedstepbystepinstructionsareprovidedbelow.TIP:UsethescreenmagnificationfeatureinAcrobattoenlargethevideo.
Besuretoprepareyourimportbatchfileproperly.Fordetailedrequirementsandfieldparametersforimportbatches,seeAppendixC:ImportRequirementsintheADPPaymentsUserGuide.
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Followthestepsbelowtoimportacustomer,payment,recurringpayment,oritemsbatchfile:
1. ClickSettingsinthetopnavigationbar.
2. ClicktheimportcentertabtoopentheImportCenterdashboard.
3. FromtheImporttypedropdownboxselectCustomer,Payment,RecurringpaymentorLineItemtomatchthetypeoffileyouareimporting.ThefilecannotcombinemultipleImporttypes.
4. EnterashortdescriptivenameforyourimportintheImportnamefield.ThisnamewillbeusedwhenreferencingthisparticularimportbatchintablesontheImportCenterdashboard.
5. EnterashortdescriptionoftheimportintheImportdescriptionfield.(Optional)
6. IntheFiletypedropdownbox,selectthetypeoffileyouareimporting.Youcanusea.csvfile(recommended)orapipedelimitedtextfile.TIP:ToconvertanExcelfileto.csv,usethesaveascommandandselect.csvasthefiletype.
7. Ifthefileyouareimportingcontainsaheaderrow,checktheFirstrowisheadercheckbox.Ifthereisnoheaderrow,leavethisboxunchecked.TIP:UsingaheaderrowisveryhelpfulforthefieldmappingthatyouwillperforminStep11.
8. ClicktheBrowsebuttontolocatetheimportbatchfileonyourcomputer.NOTE:IntheGoogleChromebrowser,thebuttonwillsayChooseFileandwillbetotheleftofthefield.
9. Clickuploadtobegintheimportprocess.
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10. Thesystemperformsapreliminaryvalidationofyourfile.Ifitiscorruptorunusable,youwillseeanerrormessage.Otherwise,youwillseetheMapFieldTitlesscreen,shownbelow:
Thefirstcolumndisplaysthevaluesinthefirstrowofeachcolumninyourfile.Thesewilleitherbethevaluesinyourheaderrow,orthefirstrowofdata(ifyourfiledoesnotcontainaheaderrow).
ThesecondcolumncontainsdropdownboxesusedtomapfieldsinyourfiletoADPPaymentssystemfields.
TheChooseSavedMappingdropdownboxenablesyoutoselectasavedmappingschema.TIP:Thefirsttimeyouimportafiletherewillbenosavedmappingschemas.Youwillbeaskedtosaveyourmappingschemaeachtimeyoucreateanewonewhileimportingafile.
TheresetmappingbuttonwillclearallvaluesintheSystemFieldNamesdropdownboxessoyoucanbeginthemappingprocessagain.
Thehelpbox,locatedundertheresetmappingbuttonprovidesdefinitionsforalloftheADPPaymentssystemfields.Selectafieldnamefromthedropdown,anditsdefinitionwillappearunderthebox.
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11. Foreachcolumnyouwanttomapfromyourfile,selectacorrespondingADPPaymentsfieldfromtheassociateddropdownbox,asshownbelow.Ifyoudonotwanttomapafieldfromyourfile,leavethecorrespondingdropdownboxsettoSelectColumn.RequiredfieldsdifferforeachImporttype,aremarkedwithasasterisk(*),andappearatthetopoftheSystemFieldNamesdropdownbox.TIP:Selectedfieldswilldisappearfromthelistofavailablefields.Thispreventsyoufromaccidentallycreatingduplicatemappings.
12. Whenyouhavefinishedmappingfields,clickthecontinuebutton.
13. Onthenextscreen,shownbelow,enteranameforthemappingyoujustcreatedintheMappingNamefield.YoucanselectthismappingatalaterdatefromtheChooseSavedMappingdropdownboxtoquicklymapafileusingthesamecolumnstructure.TIP:Youarerequiredtosaveyourmapping.Evenifyouneverexpecttouseitagain,storingitwillsavetimeifthereisanerrorprocessingyourfileandyouneedtouploaditagain.
14. EnteraDescriptionforthemapping.(Optional)
15. Clickthesave&continuebutton.
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16. TheApproveFileImportforProcessingscreenappears,asshownbelow:
Thetopline(inwhite)containstheADPPaymentssystemfieldnames,inalphabeticalorder.
Thesecondline(ingray)appearsonlyifyourfilehasaheaderrow,andcontainsthefieldnamesinthatheaderrow.
Thefollowing5lines(inwhite)containthefirst5datarowsfromyourfile.Youcanscrollthroughtheminthetable.
17. DoublecheckthatyourmappingcorrectlymatchedfieldsinyourfiletoADPPaymentssystemfields.
a. Ifyouseeanerror,clickthebacktomappingbuttontoreturntothemappingscreen(Step11.),correctanyerrors,andproceed.
b. Whenyouresatisfiedwiththemapping,clicktheapprovebatchbutton.
18. Whenthefileissuccessfullyuploadedandqueuedforprocessing,youllseeanonscreensuccessmessage,asshownbelow.(Ifthereareerrors,youllseeanonscreenmessageindicatingthecorrectionsthatneedtobemade.)
19. ClicktheimportcenterlinktoreturntotheImportCenterdashboardandviewthestatusofyourfile.
20. YouwillseeyourfileinoneoftheImportCentertables.
ImportsQueuedforProcessing:Ifyourfileisinthistable,itiswaitingtobeprocessed.Checkbacklaterforafinalstatus.
ImportsNeedingAttention:Allorpartofthefilehasnotbeenprocessed.ClicktheViewErrorslinktoviewproblems.TIP:SeeTroubleshootingImportBatchErrorsinChapter8oftheADPPaymentsUserGuideforinstructionsonhowtotroubleshootNeedsAttentionbatches.
ProcessingImports:Yourfileiscurrentlybeingprocessedbythesystem.
CompletedImports(shownbelow):Yourfilehasbeenprocessedbythesystemandallrowsweresuccessfullyimported,allcustomersoritemswereadded,paymentswereprocessed,andschedulesweresaved.
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