BNY Mellon

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Greenboard – BNY Mellon Nexen Connection Instructions (Morningstar SFTP)

Step 1: Initiate a connection between Morningstar and your custodian relationship manager (BNY Mellon)

• Email your BNY Mellon relationship manager to initiate the request access to Morningstar's SFTP server to post their BNY Mellon - Nexen files for data aggregation
• Morningstar will create an SFTP account and folder named "BNYNexen"
• Morningstar will provide the SFTP credentials, please confirm who we should send the credentials to and provide an email address.
• You will need to provide the Morningstar SFTP credentials to BNYM (see step 2)

Step 2: Notify BNY Mellon of SFTP Details

• Please reach out to their BNYM Relationship team to request that the Secure FTP (SFTP) Distribution from NEXEN be activated.
• The BNYM Relationship team will collect setup information including your contact information and the SFTP credentials provided by Morningstar.

Step 3: BNY Mellon Enables SFTP Distribution

• You’ll be notified once the SFTP Distribution function is active.

Step 4: Create NEXEN Folder and Reports

In your Nexen portal, create a folder containing the following reports:

• “Asset and Accrual Detail”
• “Transaction Detail”

Step 5: Schedule File Distribution

• You will schedule the folder to run on a daily basis and be distributed via Secure FTP method to Morningstar's SFTP server. The file names can be the default.

Step 6: Email support@greenboard.com

• Please share the Morningstar SFTP server credentials provided by Morningstar ByAllAccounts with support@greenboard.com and we will complete the setup steps.