Default settings for file types

Každý typ súboru (systémový aj vlastný) má predkonfigurované nastavenia optimalizované pre daný formát. Tieto nastavenia sa automaticky aplikujú pri nahratí súboru.

How do default settings work?

When you upload a file and select the file type, the system automatically loads the default settings for that type. These settings determine how the file is processed—from text encoding to column mapping. You can edit them at any time for a specific uploaded file without changing the default settings for the file type.

System file types (e.g., PayPal, Wise, Amazon) have settings optimized by the Biatec team. You can create and configure custom file types according to your needs.

Settings Overview

Setting Description Example values
Encoding Character set of the input file. The setting auto automatically detects encoding auto, utf-8, windows-1250, iso-8859-2
Delimiter The character that separates columns in a CSV file , (comma), ; (semicolon), \t (tab)
Date format Order of day, month, and year in date columns DMY (12/31/2024), MDY (12/31/2024), YMD (2024-12-31)
Header row The row number where the column header is located. Rows before the header are ignored 1 (default), 8 (Amazon), 0 (no header)
Column mapping Mapping of columns from the input CSV to output fields (date, amount, VS, note...) Column 1 = Date, Column 3 = Amount, Column 5 = VS
Transaction filters Rules for filtering transactions by type, amount, or text Income only, Expenses only, Exclude fees
Account rotation Mod11 account number rotation for compatibility with POHODA On / Off
Virtual account Generate a virtual account number for the counterparty if missing in the transaction On / Off
Transliteration Conversion of non-Latin characters (Cyrillic, Greek) to ASCII for individual fields Off, Abbreviated (ISO 9), Phonetic (BGN/PCGN)
VS mode (GPC) Variable symbol conversion method for GPC output Digits only, Convert characters, Remap
VS mode (XML) Variable symbol display method in SEPA XML output All characters, Numbers only, Convert characters, Remap

Auto-detection of encoding

System file types have a default encoding autothat automatically detects the encoding of the input file:

  1. BOM UTF-8 (bytes EF BB BF) → UTF-8
  2. BOM UTF-16LE (bytes FF FE) → UTF-16LE
  3. Test UTF-8 → if the text does not contain suspicious characters → UTF-8
  4. Windows-1250 test → if the text does not contain suspicious characters → Windows-1250
  5. Fallback → ISO-8859-2

If auto-detection does not select the correct encoding, you can change it manually in the settings of the uploaded file.

System vs. custom file types

Property System types Custom types
Created By the Biatec team By users
Available to All users Only for the creator
Edit settings No (only for uploaded files) Yes (both template and file)
Encoding auto (auto-detection) As per settings
Account rotation Enabled (for all) As per settings
Tip: If you regularly process files with the same modifications (e.g., different column mappings, specific filters), create your own file type . You’ll save time on every subsequent upload—the settings will be applied automatically.

Examples of system types

File type Encoding Delimiter Date Header
Generic CSVautoautoauto1
PayPalcar,DMY1
Wiseauto,YMD1
Amazonauto,YMD8
GoPay XMLutf-8-YMD-
Adyenauto,YMD1
Cdiscountauto;DMY1
Kauflandcar,YMD1
Tatrabanka CC XMLutf-8-YMD-

Note: "-" means that the setting is not used for that type (e.g., XML files do not have a separator).

Setting Inheritance

Settings are inherited in the following order:

  1. File type — default settings (template)
  2. Upload — settings are copied from the type to the file upon upload
  3. File editing — the user can change settings for a specific file

Changing the settings of an uploaded file does not affect the default settings of the type or other uploaded files of the same type.