## Documentation Index

Access the complete documentation index at:
https://www.zoho.com/au/books/help/llms.txt

Use this file to discover all available documentation pages before proceeding.

# Generate ABA File

ABA files (Australian banking association) are used by major financial institutions in Australia to make payments from one bank account to one or multiple accounts. Once you’ve generated an ABA file in Zoho Books, you can upload it in the respective bank’s portal to make the payment.

To generate an ABA file in Zoho Books:

*   Go to **Purchases** from the left side bar and click **Bills**.
*   Select the bills that you want to pay using an ABA file.
*   Click the **Generate ABA File** button at the top of the page.

![Generate ABA file](/books/help/images/bills/generate-aba.png)

*   Enter your **Bank Details**, **Payment Date** and **Reference#** in the following screen.

**Insight:** If you’ve already added your bank details in the Banking module, you can select them from the dropdown.

![Generate ABA file](/books/help/images/bills/generate-aba-2.png)

*   In the transaction details section, you can add your vendor’s bank details by clicking **Add Now** under the vendor name. You can also [add the vendor’s bank details](/au/books/help/bills/generate-aba.html#vendor-bank) in the vendor details page.
*   Enter the **Bank Name**, **Account Number** and **BSB Number** and click **Save**.

If the vendor’s bank details have already been added in the vendor details page, it will be automatically populated in the **Generate File** section. However, you can add it from the vendor details account dropdown.

![Add New](/books/help/images/bills/add-new-vendor-details.png)

Once you’ve entered all the details, you can click **Generate** to generate the ABA file or click **Generate and Record Payment** to generate the file and record payment for the bills

**Warning:** If you click only **Generate**, the ABA file will be generated, but the payment will not be recorded. You’ll have to record the payment manually again.

![Transaction Details](/books/help/images/bills/transaction-details.png)

## Add Vendor Bank Details in Vendor Details Page

You can add the vendor’s bank details in the vendor details page of an existing vendor. Here’s how:

*   Go to **Purchases** from the left sidebar and click **Vendors**.
*   Select a vendor for whom you want to add the bank details.
*   Click the **More** option on the top right corner of the page and select **Add Bank Details** or click the **+** icon next to **Bank Account Details**.

![Add Bank Account](/books/help/images/bills/add-bank-account.png)

*   Enter the **Bank Name**, **Account Number** and **BSB Number** (Bank State Branch).
*   Click **Save**.

![Bank Details](/books/help/images/bills/bank-details.png)