MODCHQ - SET UP AND MAINTENANCE Ó UNCTAD – SITE (V1.15) 10.28 ASY++ Gate The ASY++ Gate provides the mechanism by which a National system can function.  It allows for the  transfer  of  master  files  and  information  from  Headquarters  to  all  ASYCUDA  offices  and  the return of statistical information to Headquarters. The  ASYCUDA  National  Transit  system  relies  on  the  ASY++  Gate  for  the  passing  of  messages between  offices  to  control  the  dispatch  and  receipt  of  goods  in  internal  transit.  Messages  are prepared and received from within ASYCUDA++ modules   MODTRS and   MODBRK  and  passed via the ASY++ Gate. See Section 7of this Reference Document. Effective use of the ASY++ Gate and  MODGTW   provides  an  extremely  powerful  tool  within  the ASYCUDA++ system. Testing Declaration Processes In building ASYCUDA++ or testing functions on your trial or development system, you will often have a need to process a batch of test declarations to create a bank of test data from processed transactions. One example could be to have a transaction database against which to test statistical data extractions. You can process test declarations one by one, using the normal creation process, or you can use a macro to partly automate the declaration creation. A quicker method is to use ASYCUDA’s test utility – Module MODTST. This module allows you to ‘Store’, ‘Register’ or ‘Assess’ a batch of randomly prepared declarations. When   opening   a   menu   option   you   are   prompted   to   enter   a   number   for   the   total   of   random declarations that you wish to process. Note that the test process works by picking up the first stored declaration within the   ASY/SAD   subdirectory   of   your   client   machine.   The   program   uses   that declaration as the starting point, and then selects, at random from the reference tables,  data  elements  such  as  company,  broker,  country,  currency  and  tariff codes for each subsequent declaration. The  uses  and  functioning  of  the  ASY++  Gate  is  fully  covered  in  the Technical documentation that should be studied for a full understanding of it’s potential. Fig. 10. 22  ‘MODTST:Functions’