The 'Opening Dossier' transaction is used to turn the dossier predefined in the Dossier Splitting into an independent contract. Opening the transactions results in all data from Export Financing and from the Dossier Splitting to copied into the dossier. This also applies to the participants, sub-participants and collateral defined in the export financing. All the data can be changed and will only become permanent when the transaction for the dossier is saved. For example, if several dossiers are defined under the Export Financing, collateral can be assigned to a dossier as a whole or in part, and deleted from the other dossier.

To prepare the dossier for payouts, it must be defined in the transaction in what manner the dossier may be utilized, i.e., within what periods and to what extent payouts will be permitted. The utilization plan is entered on the “Drawdown Schedule” panel. The value proposed in the application is a utilization of the entire amount from the current date to final maturity. The user can changed this proposed value, and add additional utilizations by inserting a new row by clicking on [+] in top right-hand corner. Clicking [-] will delete a row. At least one utilization matching the dossier amount must be defined; any number of utilizations are permitted, provided they do not exceed the dossier amount. If items of collateral with cover type ECA (Export Credit Agency) or SERV Cover (Swiss export risk insurance) are recorded, then the earliest possible start date on the “Drawdown Schedule” panel is checked against the “First delivery date” and the “First disbursement date” on the “Cover details” panel.

When the transaction is saved, the dossier's status changes from 'In Change' to 'Normal', and it then becomes available for utilizations.

Select it from the menu item [Financing Products -> Export Financing -> Dossier/Drawdown -> Opening Dossier].