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Home / Services and Requests / Interface – File Feeds / Vendor TINS Hold / Release Transaction Feed Layout

Vendor TINS Hold / Release Transaction Feed Layout

  • All fields with an asterisk are required for the transaction(s) to process.
  • Record length is 150 for the batch header transaction ($$#).
  • Record length can be 150 or 230 for the 06X transaction.

Header Record

This must be the first record in the file.

FIELD NAMEFORMATREQCOLDESCRIPTION
Transaction CodeA3*1–3Value: $$#
Batch ReferenceA6*4–96-character batch reference that has been approved by FAMIS for this process. The format may be AAANNN or AAAANN. Certain combinations are reserved for FAMIS and may not be used in a data feed.
Batch DateN8 10–17Current date in YYYYMMDD format. Must be in the current processing month
Batch DescriptionA35*18–52Description of batch
List OptionA1*53Y – program will list transactions
N – program will not list transactions ** N is the typical value
User CodeA2*54–55Value: AP
Transaction CountN5 56–60# of transactions in batch (optional)
Transaction AmountN9.2 61–71Total amount of transactions in batch. Right justify, zero fill, decimal is implied as the last two digits (e.g., $456.22 should be coded as 00000045622 (optional)
BlankA12 72–83Blank
BankA5*84–88Any valid bank
Hold FlagA1*89Value: N
Accounting Feed FlagA1*90Value: Y
Voucher Feed FlagA1*91Value:  Y*
Accept Balance FlagA1*92Value: Y
Override Budget FlagA1*93Value: Y or N (default – Y if blank)

Transaction Record

This record is used to put a vendor on state hold and also to release a vendor from state hold.

Only the Agency issuing the hold can release the hold. A hold record in FAMIS must exist to use the release fields.

Transaction Record 129

FIELD NAMEFORMATREQCOLDESCRIPTION
Transaction CodeA3*1–3Value: 129
Vendor IDA11*4–14FAMIS vendor ID – refer to the FAMIS Vendor Information Manual for detailed information on establishing a vendor ID
TINS Hold FlagA1*16-16Y – put the vendor on hold
N – release the vendor from hold
Send to TINSA1 15 – 15Y to send hold or release to TINS
Hold ReasonA3*17 – 19Required to put a vendor on  hold; must exist at the state (TINS)  
Agency issuing HoldA3 20 – 22Agency issuing the hold (required for hold)
Effective DateA8 23 – 30Date hold is effective in YYYYMMDD format (required for hold)
Liability AmountA13 31 – 43Amount the vendor owes the agency. Right justify, zero fill, decimal is implied as the last two digits (e.g., $456.22 should be coded as 00000045622) (required for hold)
Release FlagA1 44 – 44Y – release the hold
Release DateA8 45 – 52Release date in YYYYMMDD format) (required for hold)
NoteA50 53–102Notes (does not get sent to TINS)

FAMIS_INTERFACE_Feed-Vendor-TINS-Hold.docx

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