in the Alt File Location field to select an alternate file location. If you choose the second option, leave the Alt File Location field blank and use the File Upload Manager to upload the input file to the Costpoint database.Use this screen to import your unit usage from an input file. You can then post your units usage without accessing the Manage Unit Usage screen unless you choose to make a modification. The upload accommodates comma-separated value and fixed-length file formats. Document and posting information found on Manage Unit Usage is also available in this screen. A table window displays any errors found during the upload. This allows you to make adjustments to your input file and/or Costpoint and then execute the upload process again.
Use this screen to upload unit usage that is posted before billings are calculated and before service center allocations are computed.
in the Alt File Location field to select an alternate file location. If you choose the second option, leave the Alt File Location field blank and use the File Upload Manager to upload the input file to the Costpoint database.Use the fields in this block to create a new parameter ID or to retrieve a previously saved parameter ID. A parameter ID represents a set of screen selection parameters. After you have saved a parameter ID and its related parameters, you can retrieve them using Query.
You can use the retrieved parameters to produce reports and run processes more efficiently and with greater consistency. The saved parameters are also useful and necessary when you want to run the process as part of a batch job. Many users save a unique set of parameters for each different way they run a report or process. When you select a previously saved parameter ID or parameter description, the associated saved screen selection parameters automatically display as selection defaults. The page setup and print options are also included in the saved parameter ID if there are any. You can change any of the associated selection defaults as necessary.
Enter, or click 
to select, a parameter
ID of up to 15 alphanumeric characters. Choose characters for your parameter
ID that help identify the type of selections you made in the screen, such
as PERIOD or QUARTERLY.
When you save your record, all the selections made in the screen are stored with the parameter ID. Later, you can retrieve the parameter using Query.
You can use the parameter to run the process more efficiently because you can select the parameter ID with its previously defined screen selections. After the default selections display in the screen, you can override the defaults.
Enter, or click to select, a parameter
description of up to 30 alphanumeric characters.
Enter, or click to select, a valid fiscal year in which to upload the input file.
Enter, or click to select, a valid period in which to upload the input file.
Enter, or click to select, a valid subperiod in which to upload the input file.
In this group box, enter information about the source document for the units being uploaded.
Enter the document number that you want to use to identify the input file. You can leave this field blank and the screen assigns the next sequential document number from the Configure Billing Settings screen. An error occurs if this document number has already been used.
Enter the description of this document. This is a required field.
Enter, or click 
to select, a date for this document. The system date defaults. This is a required field.
Costpoint always posts units to the Manage Units Usage History tables (UNITS_USAGE_HS and UNITS_USAGE_LN_HS), but you can use this group box to include additional tables where the unit usage should be posted.
Select this check box to post the unit usage to the Manage Open Billing Detail (OPEN_BILLING_DETL) table. This enables the unit usage information to be included on bills and in revenue calculations.
Select this check box to post the unit usage to the Manage Allocation Journal table (ALLOC_BASIS_JNL), where the Compute/Print Pool Rates process allocates cost to it.
Enter, or click to select, a valid manual service center to which you want to post. This field is available only if you selected the Post to Service Center check box.
In this group box, enter information about the file that to be imported.
Enter the location of the input file you are importing. There are two ways to do this:
In the Alt File Location field, enter, or click to select, the alternate file location where the input file is located. Alternate file locations are set up in the Manage Alternate File Locations screen.
or
From the Global Menu, click Process ยป File Upload. On the File Upload Manager dialog box, click Browse and use the dialog box to select the file you want to upload. If you select the Overwrite? check box, Costpoint will overwrite any file of the same name that already exists in the Costpoint database. Click Upload when you are finished. If you use this method, leave the Alt File Location field blank. For more information about the File Upload Manager, see the File Upload Manager topic in the Getting Started Guide.
Enter, or click to select, the name of the file that you want to import.
Use the drop-down list to select the format of the file that you want to import. Valid options are:
Comma-Separated Values
Fixed-Length
Comma-separated value files contain data separated by commas with character fields surrounded by double quotes. Fixed-length files contain data positioned in a set range of columns for each particular field.
Use the drop-down list to select the action that is performed if the values of the input file are larger than the Costpoint database allows. Valid selections are:
Always Truncate
Never Truncate
If the file format is Comma-Separated Values, both selections are available. If the file format is Fixed-Length, the Never Truncate selection defaults and this field is disabled.
Click 
to import your units usage.