Overview

 

Due to the sensitive nature of electronic transfers, it is important to ensure that both your organization and your bank are set up to receive and process ACH files properly.  A pre-notification is a zero-dollar transaction that is transmitted and processed to ensure you have the proper information for your bank for transmission, as well as having the proper information for the other party.  In other words, a pre-notification is a test transaction sent before the transmission of live data..

 

Creating a pre-notification

 

ACH Universal will treat all zero-dollar amounts imported or entered manually as a pre-notification.  A credit pre-notification is different from a debit pre-notification so make sure you use both if you will be using both credit and debit.

 

File Level Import

 

When importing transactions as a file, ACH Universal will treat all $0 amounts as pre-notifications.  It will create a debit or credit pre-notification based on your default selection during Account Setup.

 

You can import or enter all other types of transactions as you normally would.

 

During transmission, on the Transmit to Bank screen you will see the number of pre-notifications listed in the summary information in the "Pre-No" column.

 

Manual Entered Pre-notification

 

Similar to transactions, a pre-notification can also be entered manually.

 

From the main menu, select Edit, then Add Record(s).

 

Fill out all fields exactly as you would for a dollar transaction, except Amount must be 0.  Click OK.  A dialog box will be displayed to confirm that you intended to create a pre-notification.  (This is to verify that the amount intended to be 0 and was not left blank unintentionally).  Click Yes to create the pre-notification.

 

You can import or enter all other types of transactions as you normally would.

 

During transmission, on the Transmit to Bank screen you will see the number of pre-notifications listed in the summary information in the "Pre-No" column.