As previously stated, ‘Third party system’ is to provide the XML import files that contain the Job Costing Timesheet data, in accordance to the XML document format detailed in this section. The MS ACCESS application and file transfer functionality developed by Third party software provider to create this XML document must be capable of the following:
1. Send the XML Document to the ‘IN’ folder on the integration server INCOMING Folder Path, as specified in the Integration default settings
2. Allocate a unique XML number for EACH file created
3. Re-creation of previous XML documents that have been rejected and need to be re-processed. These rejected files will be placed in the ‘ERROR’ folder on the integration server ERROR Folder Path, as specified in the Integration default settings
4. Identify and flag, timesheet entries in the ‘Third Party’ database that have been ‘sent’, ‘processed’, ‘rejected’ in accordance with the Folder path settings