You can produce one-page confirmations for most deal-related actions and send a print or file version of the confirmation to counterparty. You can print confirmation letters manually or choose to produce them automatically when you confirm a deal.

Confirmation templates define the layout of your deal confirmations. You can create your own template, copy an existing template, or use the standard templates provided with Treasury (FX Initial, NI Initial, FRA Settlement).

You can create different confirmation templates for a particular deal type or deal action. For example, you can create a confirmation template to confirm an initial option deal and another template to confirm the exercise details for the option deal.

You can create more than one template for a deal action, but you can set only one template as the default.

Creating Confirmation Templates

You use the Confirmation Templates and User Views window to create confirmation templates.

To create a confirmation template

1. In the Template Name field of the Confirmation Templates and User Views window, enter a unique template name

2. In the Action Type field, select the deal action that you want to apply the template to. For a complete list of deal actions by deal type, see: Deal Amount Types and Deal Actions by Deal Type.

3. In the Column Description fields, enter the text of the confirmation template. Each row in the column description field corresponds to a row of text in the confirmation template. For example, the text that you enter in row one appears on the first line of the confirmation template.

4. If you want to insert common variables, such as the counterparty account number, into your confirmation template, follow these steps:

   • Insert your cursor where you want to insert the variable and choose the list of values.

   • Select the variable that you want from the list in the Select Columns to Copy window, and then choose the Copy button.

5. If you want to copy one line of information to another, select the line that you want to copy and choose the Copy Layout Fields button.

6. If you want to erase all the information in the Column Description fields and start again, choose the Delete Template Details button.

7. If you want the template font to be fixed-width, choose the Fixed option. If you want the font to be proportional, choose the Proportional option.

8. When you have entered all the information for your template, choose the Make Template button.

9. If you want this template to be the default for the selected deal action type, select the Default Template check box.

10. Save your work.

11. To view a list of your default templates, choose the Show Default Templates button. The Default Templates window appears.

Copying Existing Confirmation Templates

Use the Confirmation Templates and User View window to copy an existing confirmation template and use it as the basis for a new template.

To copy an existing confirmation template

1. In the Confirmation Templates and User View window, enter a template name and an action type for the template you want to create.

2. Choose the Copy Existing Template button. A warning appears, stating that all of the existing template details will be deleted. Select Yes to proceed. The Choose an Existing Template to Copy window appears.

3. Select the template you want to copy and choose the Copy button.

4. Change the template as needed and choose the Make Template button.

5. Save your work.