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                     Distribution Convert/Interface

Distribution Convert/Interface

UPDATED BY

AR507     AR560     AR97.2    AR99.2    BL123     PBIP.1

FIELD NAME           DESCRIPTION/VALID VALUES                    UPDATED BY

AID-COMPANY          Numeric 4                                   AR97.2  AR99.2
Company              Required. Transaction company number.       BL123   PBIP.1

AID-CUSTOMER         Alpha 9  (Right Justified)                  BL123   PBIP.1
Customer             Required. Customer number to which this
                     distribution belongs to.

AID-TRANS-TYPE       Alpha 1                                     AR97.2  AR99.2
Transaction Type     Required. Transaction type from which       BL123   PBIP.1
                     this distribution originated. Valid
                     values are:

                     C = Credit Memo
                     D = Debit Memo
                     I = Invoice

AID-TRANS-NBR        Alpha 10  (Right Justified)                 AR97.2  AR99.2
Transaction Number   Required. Transaction number from which     BL123   PBIP.1
                     this distribution originated from.

AID-PROG-SEQ-NBR     Numeric 5                                   AR97.2  AR99.2
Sequence Number      Required. Sequence number used for          BL123   PBIP.1
                     uniqueness.

AID-GL-COMPANY       Numeric 4                                   AR560   AR97.2
General Ledger       General ledger company to which this        AR99.2  BL123
Company              distribution record belongs. Required       PBIP.1
                     field.

AID-ACCT-UNIT        Alpha 15                                    AR97.2  AR99.2
Accounting Unit      The general ledger accounting unit for      BL123   PBIP.1
                     this distribution. Required field.

AID-ACCOUNT          Numeric 6                                   AR97.2  AR99.2
Account              The general ledger account for this         BL123   PBIP.1
                     distribution record. Required field.

AID-SUB-ACCT         Numeric 4                                   AR97.2  AR99.2
Subaccount           The general ledger subaccount for this      BL123   PBIP.1
                     distribution record.

AID-ORIG-AMT         Signed 15.2                                 AR97.2  AR99.2
Transaction Amount   The amount of the distribution in           BL123   PBIP.1
                     transaction currency. Required field.

AID-UNITS            Signed 15.2                                 AR97.2  AR99.2
Units                Quantity of units represented by the        BL123   PBIP.1
                     amount of this distribution record.

AID-DESCRIPTION      Alpha 30  (Lower Case)                      AR97.2  AR99.2
Description          The description of this distribution.       BL123   PBIP.1

AID-ACTIVITY         Alpha 15                                    AR97.2  AR99.2
Activity             The activity associated with the            BL123   PBIP.1
                     distribution.

AID-ACCT-CATEGORY    Alpha 5                                     AR97.2  AR99.2
Category             The account category for the activity.      BL123   PBIP.1

AID-TAX-CODE         Alpha 10                                    AR97.2  AR99.2
Tax Code             A user-defined code representing a          BL123   PBIP.1
                     taxing authority and tax rate. Must be a
                     valid tax code record.

AID-ORIG-TAXABLE     Signed 15.2                                 AR97.2  AR99.2
Original Taxable     The taxable amount of the original          BL123   PBIP.1
Amount               distribution transaction.

AID-JRNL-BOOK-NBR    Alpha 12
Journal Book Number  The journal book number for the
                     distribution.


AID-JBK-SEQ-NBR      Numeric 10                                  AR99.2
Journal Book         The journal book sequence number
Sequence Number      assigned to a journal book transaction
                     when it is added or interfaced to the
                     Lawson system. Used only when  Auto
                     Journal Book Seq Nbr is set to Yes in
                     GL10.1 (Company).


AID-LINE-TYPE        Alpha 1                                     AR97.2  BL123
Line Type            This field contains the type of             PBIP.1
                     inventory on this line.

                     G - Goods
                     S - Services
                     G = Goods
                     S = Services

AID-COMMODITY        Alpha 8                                     AR97.2  BL123
Commodity            The Intrastat commodity code.               PBIP.1
                     Represents a category of goods. Must be
                     defined in IN03.1 (Commodity
                     Maintenance).


AID-WEIGHT           Signed 9.3                                  AR97.2  BL123
Weight               This field contains the unit weight of      PBIP.1
                     the item based on the stocking UOM
                     (kilogram for the European Community).

AID-SECONDARY-QTY    Signed 13.4                                 AR97.2  BL123
Secondary Quantity   This field contains the secondary           PBIP.1
                     quantity, which is tracked if the
                     Intrastat Classification Nomenclature
                     requires a second quantity for the
                     commodity code. This quantity is a memo
                     quantity only. It is not used for
                     valuation.

AID-SEC-UOM          Alpha 4                                     AR97.2  BL123
Secondary Unit of    This field contains the unit of measure     PBIP.1
Measure              for the secondary quantity.

AID-TAX-POINT        Alpha 1                                     BL123   PBIP.1
Tax Point            Indicates when the tax amount is
                     calculated for the distribution, if
                     applicable. Valid values are:
                     I = Invoice
                     P = Payment

                         ARIDISTRIB FILE INDEX

NAME      KEY FIELDS    DESCRIPTION / SUBSET CONDITION           USED IN

AIDSET1   COMPANY       The path is used to keep records unique  AR507   AR560
          TRANS-TYPE    and for the primary processing.          AR97.1  AR97.2
          TRANS-NBR                                              AR99.2
          PROG-SEQ-NBR