1. Canadian Payroll Year-End Processing (T4) Guide
  2. Setting Up Integrated File System (IFS) Directories

Setting Up Integrated File System (IFS) Directories

Extracting the XML file involves exporting the XML file that you create on the AS/400 (iSeries) to an XML document on the user's PC using either the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) or the IFS on your AS/400, iSeries, or System i5 server. To use FTP, see Transferring and Submitting the XML Workfile.

The IFS functionality allows users that do not have access to FTP on their production machines to export the XML file. Additionally, the PC Import/Export functionality that some users might be familiar and comfortable with uses IFS.

See Set Up Import/Export in the Technical Tools Guide for more information about setting up Import/Export and IFS directories.

When you set up the IFS for year-end Canadian payroll processes, be aware of the following:

  • Some companies prefer to create a directory for each user, using their User ID as the directory name.

  • Make it easy to identify this directory as the one you use for extracting and transmitting Canadian Year-End related XML documents. For example, a simple name such as t4xml or T4XML.

  • When you share an IFS directory using an IBM iSeries API, you must enter X00000819 for the Coded Character Set ID (CCSID) parameter so that the system translates any special French characters correctly into the XML file.