Abra v7.8 and Check Printing

The purpose of this communication is to provide important information to customers who are upgrading to v7.80, and whose employer Bank Account number contains more than 12 digits.

Previous to version 7.8, Employer bank account numbers up to 15 characters were displayed at the bottom of the check in the MICR line. New ANSI specifications allow for up to a 15-character number in the account number field. With the upgrade to Abra Suite v 7.8, the last 3 characters of the account number may be truncated for customers using Blank check stock.

A patch is available from Support Plus Online, which will allow the full 15 characters to display. This patch is only for customers using Blank Check Stock whose company bank account number is greater than 12 digits. If customers are using Custom Payment forms and blank stock, they will need to install the patch and recreate their Custom Payment forms.

To obtain the patch, please visit the SupportPlus Online at www.sagespecialized.com/support.

• Log in with your user id and password.
• Select the US Sage Abra HRMS Products button.
• Click on Product and Documentation, Sage Abra Suite 7.x and select the “12164 ANSI MICR for Custom & Blank Checks Truncating v 7.8x” patch to download.
• Unzip the patch and follow the steps outlined in the Readme.txt file.

For any Pay Group using a custom check payment form, a new custom form will need to be created and that custom form must be selected under Payroll > Rules > Pay Group Setup. Select Employer and detail the Pay Group(s). Click on the Forms tab and select the new Custom Payment Form for Check Stock.

NOTE: For customers using Pre-printed Check Stock, the ANSI changes are not included in v7.8 in order to allow customers to use up existing stock and order ANSI-compliant stock before applying the changes. When ready to begin using ANSI-compliant pre-printed stock, a patch file is waiting on Support Plus Online called, “ANSI Preprinted Check Compliance ? 11838.”