It appears that the bulk of the problems with the payroll interface have now been solved. As stated previously, most of the issues that have been encountered are data related. Here is a rundown of what needs to be done to get the interface to run successfully.

1. The rule code table must be populated to include the PRX rule code. This is documented in the Payroll Interface Rule Code document at payroll interface code . PRX is the rule code that was prototyped and agreed upon. A script has been sent to your campus technical staff to load this table if it has not already been populated.

2. FTMSDAT must be populated with the approriate values. See the GURFEED document on the above link for more details. A script has been sent to your campus technical staff to load this table if it has not already been populated.

3. Employees must be entered into Banner as vendors. Enter missing employees using the FTMVEND form.

4. The interface code needs to be corrected to use PRX instead of XPR. The last delivered version of the interface uses the rule code XPR instead of the previously documented PRX. This must be corrected in the code. Instructions have been sent to your campus technical staff for this correction.

Also, if you have not entered payroll summary information for previous months, you will need to work with your technical support staff to modify the transaction dates in GURFEED for prior months payroll feeds before the data is fed so that the transaction dates match the payroll dates. Otherwise, the transaction date will be the date the feed is actually run, not the check dates for the payroll. (3/3/2003)