Use our SEPA XML GENERATOR App in order to test your SEPA File
If you are working in accounts or finance and you have generated or are editing a SEPA xml (Extensible Markup Language) file for a Credit Transfers or Direct Debits through maybe NotePad, Oxygen or maybe XMLSpy. You can then test your SEPA xml file against the SEPA xml files you can create on our software application, SEPA XML GENERATOR.
The Steps involved in order to generate a SEPA Test File within SEPA XML GENERATOR
Really you need to analyse the format and lines or schema within your files and then compare the files created on SEPA XML GENERATOR. So, first you must register for a FREE account, then once you receive an email from the SEPA XML GENERATOR team you will then be able to login and add your company details.
See the Company Settings tab within SEPA XML GENERATOR
Then you can then add one maybe two customers or clients, insert basic data including, Name, BIC, IBAN, Amount, Country Code – keep things as simple as possible. Ensuring the simplicity of the data entered in order to verify the veracity of the file.
Then click the Generate a File button, select your customer or customers, select a date and then generate your free and test xml file! You can then take that file and upload it onto your bank and see if the file is accepted by your bank.
Your bank is an excellent environment to test your files, there are two steps involved. Step one, you upload the file, your bank will assess the file format and ensure it is valid. The system will automaticially tell you if the SEPA xml file fails and sometimes your banking system will tell you why the file failed.
Also, many banks will email you a report as to why your file failed, such as this example:
So, your online Bank is the best environment to test your test sepa files.
And if your uploaded test SEPA the answer is positive, then you are half way there. You can then take your old SEPA xml files and then compare the format and schema that is on the SEPA file test which was generated by SEPA XML GENERATOR. Print off your files and you will be able to analyse and compare each line of code.
Ask your Bank for a sample SEPA Test File
Otherwise you can always ask your bank for a sample SEPA file to allow you to test. At SEPA XML GENERATOR we have obtained sample SEPA text files from numerous Banks throughout Europe and from there we have created SEPA profiles for banks such as:
CaxiaBank in Spain:
Credit Suisse and transfers in Swiss Francs
Test a sepa file today, register with SEPA XML GENERATOR today…