If you are looking to make a test submission you will need to ensure that you have set your profiles to the applicable test mode.
The steps needed to make this change are below.
- Log in to the user page as a user with admin privileges.
- Go to the Administration Tab
- Select Bacs
- Select Applications
- Select the Application you are wishing to test.
- Under the Processing header change the Submission type.
- Hit save on the bottom right.
Screen shots of this process are below.
You have three options in this menu.
Live – Live submissions will transfer funds and generate reports.
Full Test – A Full Test will NOT transfer funds and will generate test input reports
Structural Test – A Structural Test will NOT transfer funds and will NOT generate any reports
If you are a bureau submitter you will need to change both your bureau application as well as your client applications to matching transaction types.
Any files that are already loaded into your system will retain the submission type they had at import, please import test data after you have made changes to the settings.
Please note you can only double check the submission type at the very end of the submission process. After you have selected submit you will see on the left the submission type, you can then select send to complete your submission.
