Export and Generate EFT

As part of the Action Board suite, you can export and generate Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) files. Before you begin, make sure EFT file destinations are set up. Regardless of the file destination selection, the steps are the same for exporting and generating EFT files.

When processing EFTs in Action Board, follow the standard EFT process:

1. Export the remittance advice that explains what is being paid to your vendors.
2. Generate the EFT payment file that is sent to your bank to process the transfer of funds.
   

Action	Purpose	Output	Data Filter
Export EFT Files	Create remittance advice	Vendor-facing file	EFT batch
Generate EFT Files	Create bank file	Bank submission file	Bank account

*To review payment details, open the Journal Check. This shows the full transaction information for each line.

Export EFT files

The payments in this Action are filtered by EFT batches.

1. Go to Action Board.

2. Build a batch using payments set up for electronic processing.

3. Select Export EFT Files from the Action menu.

4. Select the batches for which you want to export EFT remittance files.

5. Click Process. Once processing completes, the status updates to EFT Exported.

6. Once processing completes:
   • If using external file storage: The EFT remittance files are available in Azure Storage Explorer.
   • If using internal file storage: Click Download Export Files to open the file storage window.

7. In the storage explorer window, select the EFT remittance files (hold Shift to select multiple files) and select OK to download them.

Generate EFT files

The payments here are filtered by bank account. You can only generate EFT files after exporting the remittance files.

1. Select Generate EFT Files from the Action menu.

2. Select the bank accounts for which you want to generate EFT files.

3. Click Process.

4. Once processing completes:
   • If using external file storage: The EFT payment files are available in Azure Storage Explorer.
   • If using internal file storage: Click Download Export Files to open the file storage window.

5. In the storage explorer window, select the EFT payment files to download (hold Shift to select multiple files) and select OK to download them.

6. After exporting and generating EFT files, you can post the payments in Action Board.

Note: For external file storage, Business Central automatically creates a BusinessCentral.FileSystem.txt file as part of the EFT package, which can be ignored.

Downloading EFT files

• If using external file storage, the files are saved to Azure Storage Explorer. Note: You can only download EFT files for the company in which you are logged into.
• If using internal file storage, the files download via your web browser. All files from all companies are accessible.
• When downloading more than one file, the files are exported in a single .ZIP file.
  • If multiple company files are selected, the files will each appear in subfolders by company.
• To see previously exported EFT files, change the cutoff date.

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