Set Up Payment Steps

To use payment management, you must set up steps for payment documents and define payment steps for each payment status. For example, "Creation of documents," "Documents created,” and "Creation of payments." For more information, see Set Up Payment Statuses.

To set up payment steps

Choose the icon, enter Payment Slip Setup, and then choose the relevant link.
Select a payment class, and then choose the Steps action.
In the Name field, enter a name for the payment step. You can enter a maximum of 50 alphanumeric characters.
Choose the Edit action.

On the Payment Step Card page, fill in the fields as described in the following table.

Field	Description
Name	The payment step name that you entered on the Payment Step page.
Previous Status	The previous status, from which the step was last executed. The default value is 0. When the previous status is equal to the next status, the status is not modified after it is executed. Therefore, this payment step is optional and can be executed indefinitely.
Previous Status Name	The name of the status selected in the Previous Status field.
Next Status	The status at which this payment step ends.
Next Status Name	The name of the status selected in the Next Status field. This field cannot be modified.
Action Type	The type of action to be performed by this step. Ledger: If you specify Ledger, you must define the additional ledger information on the Payment Step Ledger page. Report: If you specify Report, you specify which report in the Report No. field. File: * If you specify File, you specify the type of file in the Export Type field: Report or XMLPort. * For SEPA Credit Transfer files, specify XMLport, and then set the Export No. field to 1000. * For SEPA Direct Debit files, specify XMLport, and then set the Export No. field to 1010.
Report No.	The identification number for the report. This field is available if the Action Type field is set to Report.
Export Type	The export type for the file. This field is available if the Action Type field is set to File. For example, see Export Payments.
Export No.	The identification code for the selected export type. This field is available if the Action Type field is set to File.
Verify Lines RIB	Select to verify that the Relevé d'Identité Bancaire (RIB) key value specified on the payment slip line has been correctly reported.
Verify Due Date	Select to verify that the due date on the billing and payment line has been correctly reported.
Source Code	The source code that is linked to the payment step. This field is available if the Action Type field is set to Ledger.
Reason Code	The reason code that is linked to the payment step. This field is available if the Action Type field is set to Ledger.
Header Nos. Series	The number series code that must be used to assign numbers to the header for a new payment slip. This field is available if the Action Type field is set to Create New Document.
Correction	Select to mark the payment entries as corrections. This field is available if the Action Type field is set to Ledger.
Realize VAT	Select to indicate that unrealized VAT should be reversed and VAT should be declared for this payment step. This field is available if the Unrealized VAT Reversal field on the Payment Class page is set to Delayed.
Verify Header RIB	Select to verify that the RIB key value specified on the payment slip header has been correctly reported.
Acceptation Code<>No	Select to verify that the acceptance code for each payment line is not a number.

Choose the OK button.

If the action type of the payment step is Ledger, you must set up additional ledger information for the payment step.

To set up ledger information for a payment step

On the Payment Step Card page for the payment step, choose the Ledger action.
On the Payment Step Ledger page, choose the New action.

Fill in the fields as described in the following table.

Field	Description
Sign	The type of posting entry.
Description	The entry description.
Accounting Type	The accounting type that is used for posting the entry.
Account Type	The account type for posting the entry. This field is available if the Accounting Type is Setup Account.
Account No.	The account number to which the entry is posted. The account number displayed here depends on the type selected in the Account Type field. This field is available if the Accounting Type is Setup Account.
Customer Posting Group	The code for the customer posting group to which the entry is posted. This field is available if the Accounting Type is Payment Line Account, Associated G/L Account, or Header Payment Account.
Vendor Posting Group	The code for the vendor posting group to which the entry is posted. This field is available if the Accounting Type is Payment Line Account, Associated G/L Account, or Header Payment Account.
Root	The root for the general ledger accounts group. This is used if the Accounting Type is G/L Account / Month or G/L Account / Week.
Memorize Entry	Select to indicate that the ledger entries created in this step will be retained and applied to newly posted entries. If you select this check box, the Detail Level field is not available.
Application	The method for applying the entries. If you have cleared the Memorize Entry check box, and have set this field to None, the Detail Level field is available.
Detail Level	The method for posting the payment lines.
Document Type	The type of document assigned to the ledger entry.
Document No.	The method for assigning the document number to the ledger entry.

Choose the OK button.

Set Up Payment Steps

To set up payment steps

To set up ledger information for a payment step

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