Defining the Processing Rules

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The Credit Union Profile – Teller tab contains the credit union’s Teller Administration options. To access the Credit Union Profile - Teller tab, under Administration on the Portico Explorer Bar, click Profiles. On the Profiles top menu bar, click System, then click Credit Union. The Credit Union Profile window appears. Click the Teller tab.

Credit Union Profile - Teller

The following fields and check boxes appear in the Teller Administration section on the Teller tab:

Field/Check Box Description
Level

Indicates if the credit union uses Teller Administration, and if so, which level. The valid options are:

0 - Does not use Teller Administration. System default.

1 - Uses Teller Administration-Basic. Supports the following transactions: ADG, ADH, ADJ, ADK, ADP, ALB, ALC, ALD, ALG, ALM, ALP, ALT, and ALX. The credit union can sell money orders and traveler's checks, redeem U.S. Savings Bonds, use product codes instead of general ledger account numbers, clear on-us checks, and customize some Teller Administration transactions.

3 - Uses Teller Administration-Expanded. Supports the following transactions: ADC, ADD, ADG, ADH, ADJ, ADK, ADL, ADP, ADV, ALA, ALB, ALC, ALD, ALG, ALL, ALM, ALP, ALR, ALS, ALT, ALX, ATB, ATC, ATJ, ATK, ATO, ATR, ATS, ATT, and ATX. The credit union can perform all the Teller Administration-Basic transactions plus balance batches of transactions and customize additional screens.

This is a branch-level field.

(Portico Host: 904 Transaction - LEVEL field)

Transaction Category The category for a Teller Administration transaction. Transaction categories are credit union-defined and identify credit union employees or transactions that are grouped together based on job functions. You can design Teller Administration transactions based on transaction categories. The category specified in this field is the default category for that branch. If a transaction category does not appear in this field on the teller's Teller Information window, the system will allow the teller access to any transaction assigned to the default category. This option is valid for both Teller Administration - Basic and Expanded. This is a branch-level field. (Portico Host: 904 Transaction - TXN CAT field)
Transactions per Batch

Indicates the number of transactions that make up a batch. Once the teller has completed this number of transactions, the system will automatically close the batch and open a new batch. The teller will run an adding machine tape of the member source documents that make up a batch and balance the tape total to the system-calculated total to determine if the transactions were entered correctly. You can specify the number of transactions per batch at the branch level. The valid options are: 10-99 - Transactions. The Level field must specify 3. This field must be 0 if the Level field specifies 1. This field is only valid for Teller Administration - Expanded. This is a branch-level field.

(Portico Host: 904 Transaction - TXN\BAT field)

Purchase Limit

Indicates the maximum amount of cash that can be used to purchase monetary instruments such as money orders, traveler's checks, cashier's checks, credit union checks, operating checks, gift cards, and gift checks. If the cash amount meets or exceeds this amount, the system will include the transactions on the 841 Report in compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act. While the Purchase Limit field is a branch-level field, Portico will use the field value in branch 000 to determine if the cash purchase should appear on the 841 Report. The valid options are 0 – 99999 for Teller Administration - Basic and Teller Administration - Expanded. This is a branch-level field.

(Portico Host: 904 Transaction - PUR LMT field)

Maximum Adjustment Amount

Indicates the maximum opening or closing over and short adjustment allowed without requiring a teller override. The maximum adjustable amount can vary depending on the branch. This field is only valid with Teller Administration - Expanded. The valid options are 0 – 9999999. The Level field must specify 3. This field must be 0 if the Level field specifies 1. This is a branch-level field.

Length: 7 numeric

(Portico Host: 904 Transaction - MAX ADJ field)

Verify Cash

If selected, the credit union's tellers must count the cash in their drawers each morning and enter the cash and currency amounts on the Open tab. System default. This field is valid only for Teller Administration - Expanded.

(Portico Host: 904 Transaction - VER CSH field)

Print Batch Information

If selected, the system should print a summary of the batch totals on the receipt. System default. The Receipts field in the Options section on the Credit Union Profiles - Print tab must specify C or D. This field is only valid with Teller Administration Expanded.

(Portico Host: 904 Transaction - PRT BAT field)

Retain Denominations

If selected, the cash and currency amounts entered on the Balancing and Close tab, Open tab, and Vault Balancing tab are retained and will be displayed on the Open tab when the teller who previously closed the drawer reopens it. This field is only valid with Teller Administration - Expanded. This is a branch-level field.

(Portico Host: 904 Transaction - RET DEN field)

Auto Teller Close

If selected, Portico will automatically close tellers left open at the end of the day. Leaving a teller open at night can result in a few inconveniences and issues. General ledger entries do not occur on the correct date, member transactions can be effective dated with a previous date, and if a teller is left open at month end it can throw financial reports out of balance. The auto teller close option will automatically close tellers left open at the end of the day, eliminating these concerns. This field is only valid with Teller Administration - Expanded. This is a branch-level field.

Auto teller close will not transfer any funds between the teller drawer and the over and short location during the close process. It will force balance the teller by placing any system-calculated adjustment amount in the Non-Denominational Amount field on the Balancing and Close tab. If there is no adjustment amount, the teller will close with no entry to the Non-Denominational Amount field. The next morning when the teller opens, the system balance from the end of the previous day will be the opening balance for the current day. Depending on whether the Verify Cash and Retain Denominations check boxes are selected on the Credit Union Profile – Teller tab, the teller can verify the teller drawer balance during the open process or after the open process has been completed.

(Portico Host: 904 Transaction - AUTO CLOS field 1)

Reporting Analytics: Auto Close Teller Flag (All Header Processing Rules subject in the Credit Union Rules\All Credit Union Rules folder)

Auto Branch Close

If selected, Portico will automatically generate a branch close report eliminating the need for an employee to manually complete this task. The branch summary report combines all the teller activity into one report and gives the credit union grand totals for check deposits and other such categories. The system-generated branch summary report will be generated each day automatically and available for your credit union in Nautilus Essentials the next day. This field is only valid with Teller Administration - Expanded. This is a branch-level field. The 992 Report Rules must be setup to use the auto branch close report option.

(Portico Host: 904 Transaction - AUTO CLOS field 2)

Reporting Analytics: Auto Close Branch Flag (All Header Processing Rules subject in the Credit Union Rules\All Credit Union Rules folder)

Report Transaction Activity Cutoff Time

Teller journal transactions occurring after this time will be reported in back-office. The valid options are:

0000 - No time selected. No Transactions will be reported. System default.

0001 thru 2400 where 0001 is 1:00 a.m. and 2400 is midnight in Central Standard Time. Any transactions that occur after the time indicated will be reported on the Teller and Branch Close Report 992 and the Cumulative Teller Transactions After Branch Close Report 993.

This is a branch-level field.

Length: 4 numeric

(Portico Host: 904 Transaction - AUTO CLOS field 3)

The number of days of history the system retains for the Teller Administration journals (Teller Journaling – Inquiry tab and Teller Journaling – Txn Recap tab) is specified in the TA Teller Journaling field in the Journaling section on the Credit Union Profile - History/Reversals tab (Portico Host: 904 Transaction - TL JRNL field). The maximum number of days the system will retain history is 90 days. This field is only valid with Teller Administration Expanded.

The JV Message Format field in the Statement Options section on the Credit Union Profile - Member tab must specify Y to indicate that credit union-defined statement descriptions are allowed on journal voucher transactions (Portico Host: 905 Transaction - JV MSG field). Teller Administration financial transactions perform Adjustments – Share Deposit from General Ledger tab and Adjustments – Share Withdrawal to General Ledger tab and use the credit union-defined product code descriptions as the statement messages.

The JV Override check box in the Processing Options section on the Credit Union Profile - Accounting tab must not be selected to indicate that override teller IDs are not required to perform the Adjustments – Share Deposit from General Ledger tab and Adjustments – Share Withdrawal to General Ledger tab (Portico Host: 905 Transaction - JV OVRD field). Teller Administration financial transactions perform the Adjustments – Share Deposit from General Ledger tab and Adjustments – Share Withdrawal to General Ledger tab for share deposits and withdrawals.

The Receipts field in the Options section on the Credit Union Profile - Print tab must specify C or D to print a transaction summary at the bottom of the receipt (Portico Host: 905 Transaction - RECEIPTS field). Teller Administration prints the From and To descriptions for the product codes on the transaction summary.

The Check Format field in the Options section on the Credit Union Profile - Print tab must specify B, C, D, or E (Portico Host: 904 Transaction - CHK FORMAT field).