Overview

Getting started with Raymond James downloads is a two step process.

First, contact Raymond James at IT-DownloadAdministration@RJLAN.RJF.COM   to tell them you want to download into Advisors Assistant.  We have already been approved for downloads to our hosted system. You will be getting the RJDDT file.

Second, once you are set up on the Raymond James website, you will need to activate the optional module for the Raymond James download.  You received the instructions for this when you added the download to your Advisors Assistant modules.

What You Need To Know About The RJDDT File

Here is some important information you need to keep in mind.

•Downloading the file is one step.  That does not process it into Advisors Assistant.

•The file you download is always named RJDDT.DAT.  You must process it as soon as you download it, or at least before you download the next file. If you don't process the file, your next download will overwrite the file with the newer one and you will not have that data. (We have no control over this.  RJ is doing the downloading.

•If you overwrite a file before processing, you need to contact Raymond James to get the missing data.

•"Processing" means clicking on the Download Icon on the Investment Sidebar Menu and selecting Raymond James from the available downloads.  One of the first thing Advisors Assistant does is to rename the file so it will not get overwritten if the processing fails and you download the next day's file.

•The file is usually downloaded to C:\Pwrlink\download\folder

•The RJDDT.DAT file contains Transactions, Registration Information, Annuity Information, Positions, Security Information, and Prices.

•The file does not have parsed names, so each new account will go into unassigned accounts to beassigned manually using the Wizard.

Processing Raymond James File

To process the file, Click on the Download Icon on the Investment Sidebar Menu.  This will take you to the Download Module Main Screen.  Then click on Retrieve Files.  This will let you navigate to the location where you downloaded the file.  This is usually
C:\Pwrlink\download\folder

The processing is the same as any other module.  See the topic, Investment Downloads Overview for general information and videos.

Since there are no parsed names in the Raymond James file (parties associated with accounts in a manner we can add them automatically), it is necessary to manually assign the accounts to clients.  This is done ONCE for each new account.  Once assigned, the data will flow into the account from then on.  The videos on the investment downloads illustrate how easy this is to do.

Records Processed

The Raymond James module processes the following record types.  All of the various record types are sent in a single file, so you get one file each day.

•Activity - Transactions

•Address - Client Information and information on other parties

•Annuities - Funding source and policy

•Balance - Account Balance information

•Information - CUSIP change alerts

•Prices - Security Prices

•Reconciliation - Positions

 

See Also

Investment Downloads Overview