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Alder Books Reconciliation: Fixed-width GL feed column map

Fixed-width GL feed column map for Alder Books Reconciliation. The documented column map for gl-feed-fixed-width.txt: 7 fields with 1-based start position, length, end position and type, adding up to the declared 120-character record. It also states the padding rules and that amounts carry two implied decimal places.

json

application/json

1.5 KB
Document Set
accounting
Industry
finance
Source Kit
accounting-reconciliation
Synthetic
true
As Of
2026-09-08
Fields
7

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Specifications

Document Set
accounting
Industry
finance
Source Kit
accounting-reconciliation
Synthetic
true
As Of
2026-09-08
Fields
7
Record Length
120
Encoding
UTF-8

Testing contract

Reference control
Scenario
Build a fixed-width reader from this map and use it to parse the feed.
Expected result
The 7 field definitions tile the record with no gap and no overlap: the first starts at 1 and the last ends at 120, and the lengths sum to 120. A reader built from the map parses all 66 feed records without a residue.

What is a .json file?

JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight, text-based data-interchange format representing objects, arrays, strings, numbers, booleans, and null. It is language-independent, human-readable, and the dominant format for web APIs and configuration. It requires a single well-formed root value.

How to use this file

Use an example JSON file to test parsers and serializers, schema validation, Unicode and number-precision handling, and API request or response processing.

How to use this file for testing

“Alder Books Reconciliation: Fixed-width GL feed column map” is a deterministic Novus Examples fixture for Data import. Realistic faker-generated datasets with documented schemas for testing import and ETL flows.

Documented properties for this file: 7 fields · UTF-8. Compare results against paired or grouped companions on this page when present (clean↔damaged, searchable↔scanned, or format twins) so scores stay reproducible across runs.

Download the file once, keep the path stable in CI or local scripts, and treat the spec table as the contract: dimensions, seeds, field lists, and roles are intentional. Corrupt or invalid samples are labelled as such, expect parsers to fail loudly rather than silently accept them.

Data fixtures document their exact quirks (delimiters, encodings, null handling, schema, and row counts) in the spec table. Point your parser or importer at the file and assert it handles the documented edge cases; clean and deliberately-messy siblings make before/after diffs straightforward.

Code examples

import json

with open("gl-feed-layout.json") as f:
    data = json.load(f)
print(type(data), len(data))

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