Figure: Dialog box for recording of a report file
By default, BL Banking checks when the program starts whether a report file needs to be created for the current month and notifies you so that you do not miss the submission deadline. This message can be disabled in the System settings.
Open the Create AWV report file dialog box by opening the context menu for the relevant month in the AWV reports overview and select the menu item of the same name. In the dialog box, export the notification file to a directory on your computer or to a drive on your internal network. Submit this file electronically via the reporting portal of the Deutsche Bundesbank (German Federal Bank). Detailed information is available online at www.bundesbank.de under Service – Reporting systems – External sector – Electronical submission.
If there are incomplete or invalid notifications under the selected month in the overview, it is not possible to create a report file. First, complete or delete the affected notifications under the selected month.
Most of the options in the dialog box Create AWV report file apply to report files in XML format, which is the default. If you use the simple CSV format, you only need to select the Export directory. You can choose the format for AWV notifications under System settings – AWV notifications.
Enter the directory here, into which you want to export the report files. By clicking the Browse button the files dialog opens, which allows you navigate to a storage location on your computer or to a drive on your internal network.
The filename of the XML-File to be submitted is composed of the character string awzel, the current report month und the reporting number (formerly "company number") of the sender, e.g. awzel_202606_12345678.xml. The reporting number is described in section Create participant.
From the drop-down list you can select an already existing participant as the sender or by clicking the New button you can open a dialog box and then create a new participant, as described in section Create participant.
This field only needs to be filled, if the creator of the AWV notification file is not identical with the sender. Otherwise keep the field empty. The creator and the sender, as well as the reporter, may be different contacts within the same company or completely separate AWV participants.
This checkbox is only selectable if there are notifications for more than one reporter in the selected month. By default, only one file is created per month. In this case, there is one sender for several reporters. Check this box only if you want to split the notifications. This is useful, for example, if you manage several companies in BL Banking.
If you have checked the box to split the notifications for this month, you can select the first reporter from the drop-down list, click Finish, and then repeat the process of creating the notification file for the next reporter. If you do not select any reporters, files are automatically created for all reporters of the month. In this case, the file names contain the reporting number of the reporter.
This filed is optional and can be used for messages of the sender.
Figure: Dialog box for recording of a report file