Front-End System Interface (FESI)

About Conversion Files

1. The conversion data consists of three special files (conversion files) that are required for new customers only when they convert to PPS. These conversion files contain employee year-to-date, current data that must be uploaded from the Agency’s system to PPS. The complete file, including all data elements definitions and specifications, is available on the NFC Web site. Go to the NFC Web site (www.nfc.usda.gov) and select the HR and Payroll Clients page from the MyNFC drop-down menu. Click the Publications tab. Then under Supporting Documentation, click the FESI Code Catalog. Agencies may elect to also upload personnel history, unemployment, indebtedness, travel, and other data. In addition to the three conversion files, the position, personnel, and payroll data files included in this document under Position File, Payroll/Personnel Documents File - Personnel Action Processing, and Payroll/Personnel Documents File - Payroll Document Processing must also be uploaded. All fields are not required in these files. The FESI Data Element Information on the Web identifies those data elements that are required along with the conversion files. This section includes the (year-to-date, current) record layouts.

The FESI file (position, personnel, and payroll) and the conversion file (year-to-date, current) are separate files and cannot be transmitted together.