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Edit and Load Specifications

Assets and Liabilities (AL) File
Revised January 5, 2000

Edit Rules for each Funds Asset Record

A.  Execute all edit from the General Section of the Edit and Load Specifications ( Errors 011 and 035).

B.  If Record Type field is not found in record type code column of record type table matching submission ("AL") and year fields (from header record) to submission and yr number columns
Write Error 541 on edit error message report.

C.  If Fund field is not found in fund code column of fund table matching institution and year (from the header record) to institution code and yr number columns  and Fund field is not found in fund code column of fund except table matching submission  ("AL"), institution and year fields (from the header record) to submission, institution code and yr number columns
Write Error 500 on edit error message report
and process no further edits in this file for this record.

D.  If Record Type (edit 541) and Fund (edit 500) fields in submission are valid and Record Type and Fund are repeated within the file
Write Error 501 on edit error message report.

Edits for Record Type value of "A".
E.  For Record Type field value of "A", if first character in any of the following fields is not zero (0) or negative sign (-) or if remaining characters in field are not numeric, write the corresponding error from the table below on edit error message report
 

Field Name Error Number
Cash and Cash Equivalents Error 529
Investments Error 510
Accounts Receivable Error 511
Notes Receivable Error 512
Due from Other Funds Error 513
Prepaid Expenses and Deferred Charges Error 514
Inventories Error 515
Buildings Error 516
Construction in Progress Error 517
Land Error 518
Improvements other than Building Error 519
Moveable Equipment and Library Books Error 520
Other Assets Error 521
Total Assets Error 522

F.  For Record Type field value of "A", a valid Fund (edit 500), for each numeric field (except Total Fund Assets) that is numeric (edits 529, 510, 511, 512, 513, 514, 515, 516, 517, 518, 519, 520, 521) and non-zero, if combination of Field Name (from Submission Document), Fund field, institution (from header record) and year (from header record) is not found in asset_fund table as a combination of asset object name, fund code, institution code,  and yr number columns
Write Error 524 on edit error message report.

G.  For each record with Record Type field value of "A" with valid Fund (edit 500), if Total Fund Assets field is numeric (edit 522) and the following fields are numeric:

Cash and Cash Equivalents (edit 529),
Investments (edit 510),
Accounts Receivable (edit 511),
Notes Receivable (edit 512),
Due from Other Funds (edit 513),
Prepaid Expenses and Deferred Charges (edit 514),
Inventories (edit 522),
Land (edit 518),
Improvements other than Buildings (edit 519),
Buildings (edit 516),
Moveable Equipment and Library Books (edit 520),
Construction in Progress (edit 517),
Other Assets (edit 522)

and Total Fund Assets fields is not equal to sum of items above
Write Error 523 on edit error message report.

H.  For Record Type field value of "A", a valid Fund (edit 500), if combination of Fund field, institution (from header record) and year (from header record) is found in fund asset table as a combination of fund code, institution code, and yr number columns
Write Error 543 on edit error message report.

Edits for Record Type value of "L".

I.  For Record Type field value of "L", if first character in any of the following fields is not zero (0) or negative sign (-) or if remaining characters in field are not numeric, write the corresponding error from the table below on edit error message report.
 
 

Field Name Error Number
Accounts Payable Error 530
Notes Payable Error 531
Bonds Payable Error 532
Other Plant Indebtedness Error 533
Accrued Liabilities Error 534
Deposits Error 535
Deferred Revenues Error 536
Due to Other Funds Error 537
Other Liabilities Error 538
Total Liabilities Error 539

J.  For Record Type field value of "L", a valid Fund (edit 500), for each numeric field (except Total Liabilities) that is numeric (edits 530, 531, 532, 533, 534, 535, 536, 537, 538) and non-zero, if combination of Field Name (from Submission Document), Fund field, institution (from header record) and year (from header record) is not found in liability fund table as a combination of liability object name, fund code, institution code,  and yr number columns
Write Error 567 on edit error message report.

K.  For each record with Record Type field value of "L" with valid Fund (edit 500), if Total Liabilities field is numeric (edit 539) and the following fields are numeric:

Accounts Payable (edit 530),
Notes Payable (edit 531),
Bonds Payable (edit 532),
Other Plant Indebtedness (edit 533),
Accrued Liabilities (edit 534),
Deposits (edit 535),
Deferred Revenues (edit 536),
Due to Other Funds (edit 537),
Other Liabilities (edit 538)

and Total Liabilities fields is not equal to sum of items above
Write Error 540 on edit error message report.

L.  For Record Type field value of "L", a valid Fund (edit 500), if combination of Fund field, institution (from header record) and year (from header record) is found in fund liability table as a combination of fund code, institution code, and yr number columns
Write Error 543 on edit error message report.
 
 

After processing of individual edits on each record:


M.  If there is any value in fund columns of fund or fund except tables matching only institution (from header record) and year fields (from header record) to institution code and yr number columns (note: for any value in submission column of fund except table) which (any value in fund columns) is not reported in Fund field of AL submission for at least for one of Record Type field value ("A" or "L")
Write Error 674 on edit error message report.

N. If sum of values of Due to Other Funds field for all records of Record Type value of "L" does not equal sum of values of Due from Other Funds field for all records of Record Type value of "A"
Write Error 624 on edit error message report.

O. For Fund field value of TA, if value of Total Fund Assets field for Record Type value of "A" does not equal value of  Total Liabilities field for Record Type value of "L"
Write Error 661 on edit error message report.

P. If any value in record type code column of record type table matching combination of submission, yr number and req sw columns to combination of  institution field (from header record), year field (from header record) and value 'Y' is not reported in Record Type field of AL submission
Write Error 660 on edit error message report.
 

Note: The Edit and Load Specifications for Actual Financial Data (AD) File take care about Summary Edits and Load sections.

Error Messages
 

Edit Code Edit Text Display Value
500 Fund  is not provided or is not valid for this file or not valid for institution. Fund
501 Fund is reported more than once. Repeated Fund
510 Investments contains non-numeric data. Investments
511 Accounts Receivable contains non-numeric data. Accounts Receivable
512 Notes Receivable contains non-numeric data. Notes Receivable
513 Due from Other Funds contains non-numeric data. Due from Other Funds
514 Prepaid Expenses and Deferred Charges contains non-numeric data. Prepaid Expenses and Other Charges
515 Inventories contains non-numeric data. Inventories
516 Buildings contains non-numeric data. Buildings
517 Construction in Progress contains non-numeric data. Construction in Progress
518 Land contains non-numeric data. Land
519 Improvements Other than Building contains non-numeric data. Improvements Other than Building
520 Moveable  Equipment and Library Books contains non-numeric data. Moveable Equipment and Library Books
521 Other Assets contains non-numeric data. Other Assets
522 Total Assets contains non-numeric data. Total Assets
523 Total Assets is not equal to Sum of Assets within the record. Total Assets
524 Invalid asset for Fund or Institution. Fund/Asset
529 Cash and Cash Equivalents contains non-numeric data. Cash and Cash Equivalents
530 Accounts Payable contains non-numeric data. Accounts Payable
531 Notes Payable contains non-numeric data. Notes Payable
532 Bonds Payable contains non-numeric data. Bonds Payable
533 Other Plant Indebtedness contains non-numeric data. Other Plant Indebtedness
534 Accrued Liabilities contains non-numeric data. Accrued Liabilities
535 Deposits contains non-numeric data. Deposits
536 Deferred Revenues contains non-numeric data. Deferred Revenues
537 Due to Other Funds contains non-numeric data. Due to Other Funds
538 Other Liabilities contains non-numeric data. Other Liabilities
539 Total Liabilities contains non-numeric data. Total Liabilities
540 Total Liabilities is not equal to Sum of Liabilities within the record Total Liabilities
541 Record Type value is not valid for this submission. Record Type
543 Record exists in table. Key from submission
567 Invalid liability for institution. Liability
624 Sum of Due to Other Funds for Record Type A not equal to Sum of Due from Other Funds for Record Type R. Sum of Due to Other Funds/Sum of Due from Other Funds
660 A required Record Type was not reported. Missing Record Type
661 Total Assets for Trust and Agency funds is not equal to Total Liabilities. Total Assets/Total Liabilities
674 A fund was expected to be reported in submission but was not. Fund

 

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Last updated January 5, 2000