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Positive Pay Export

This FAQ will go over the Positive Pay Export options in Paradigm.

Bank Account Set Up

The Positive Pay format can be set up by going to General Ledger > Chart Of Accounts > open the bank account and then set the export format.


Using The Positive Pay Export

To use the “Positive Pay Export”, go to the Bank Account Register and set the date range, then click “Positive Pay Export”.


A pop up will be shown to select the date and will show how many checks were found.

Positive Pay Export Formats

  • This is a comma separated column list used when doing a Positive Pay Export.
  • The following columns are supported: CHECKNUMBER,AMOUNT,PAYEE,DATE,ACCOUNTNUMBER,ISSUE,ISSUEORVOID,VENDORID
  • If you want to include column headers, add the desired name after the column name, separated with a colon:
    • CHECKNUMBER:CheckNum
    • The resulting string might look like this: CHECKNUMBER:CheckNum,AMOUNT:Amt,PAYEE:Payee
Available Formats
  • Format #0: CHECKNUMBER,AMOUNT,PAYEE,DATE
  • Format #1: ACCOUNTNUMBER,DATE,CHECKNUMBER,AMOUNT,PAYEE
  • Format #2: ACCOUNTNUMBER:BankAccountNumber,AMOUNT:CheckAmount,CHECKNUMBER:CheckNum
    • ,DATE:CheckDate,ISSUEORVOID:IssueOrVoid,PAYEE:PayeeName
  • Format #3: CHECKNUMBER,PAYEE,AMOUNT,DATE
  • Format #4: VENDORID,PAYEE,DATE,CHECKNUMBER,AMOUNT
  • Format #5: CHECKNUMBER,AMOUNT,DATE,PAYEE
  • Format #6: CHECKNUMBER,DATE,PAYEE,AMOUNT
  • Format #7: CHECKNUMBER,AMOUNT,ISSUE,DATE,VENDORID,ACCOUNTNUMBER
  • CUSTOM: Enter the columns needed.

Export Page

A Positive Pay Export page can be set up in Paradigm.

This can be used to export bank account data in the Positive Pay format, the following formats are available:

  1. Format #0 (Default): CheckNum,CheckAmount,Payee,CheckDate
  2. Format #1: BankAccountNumber,CheckDate,CheckNum,CheckAmount,Payee
  3. Format #2: BankAccountNumber,CheckAmount,CheckNum,CheckDate,IssueOrVoid,PayeeName. This format also includes a header line.
  4. Format #3: CheckNum, PayeeName, CheckAmount, CheckDate
  5. Format #4: Vendor ID, PayeeName, Date, Check Number, Amount
  6. Format #5: CheckNum, CheckAmount, CheckDate, PayeeName
  7. Format #6: CheckNum, CheckDate, PayeeName, CheckAmount

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