The CTRP Accrual Batch File is a TEXT file with fields delimited (separated) by commas. The file can have any name. However, we recommend using the following file naming conventions:NCI Protocol Number_date.txt
(with the date format: YYYYMMDD)
Example File Name
NCI-2012-00XXX_20090430.txt
The total number of characters in the file name including the file path must be less than or equal to 260. Use the file extensions .txt
(for a single file) or .zip
for compressed .txt files.