This chapter provides an overview of voucher processing and the voucher life cycle and discusses how to:
Enter invoice information for online vouchers.
Use source documents to create vouchers online.
Schedule and create voucher payments for online vouchers.
Complete voucher attributes.
View voucher summary information.
View voucher error information.
Run on-demand voucher processes as a batch request.
Note. Since the online voucher component is used to enter all voucher styles, but behaves differently depending on the voucher style, this chapter provides sections that discuss how the Voucher component works generally. Discussions about how to enter and update each voucher style specifically are provided in other chapters in this PeopleBook.
See Also
Entering and Processing Vouchers Online: Specific Voucher Styles
Entering and Importing Spreadsheet Vouchers
Once you have set up all your control information, established your Payables control hierarchy, and entered approved vendors in the system, you are ready to enter vouchers into the system.
This section discusses one method of entering vouchers into the system: using the online Voucher component (VCHR_EXPRESS). The pages in this component are the equivalent of electronic voucher forms on which you can record invoice information from your vendors in the Payables database. You can also quickly copy line item information from purchase orders and receivers from Purchasing tables.
We also provide the Voucher Build Application Engine process (AP_VCHRBLD) for creating vouchers. This process builds and edits voucher records from various sources, including the Quick Invoice Entry component (VCHR_QUICK_PNL) and the Spreadsheet Voucher workbook. The Voucher Build process, the Quick Invoice Entry component, and the Spreadsheet Voucher feature are discussed elsewhere in this PeopleBook.
This section lists prerequisites and discusses:
Voucher process flow.
Voucher life cycle.
Voucher styles.
Voucher validation.
Processing initiated by the Voucher component.
(USA) Vouchers for HIPAA payments.
See Also
Entering and Importing Spreadsheet Vouchers
The following flowchart illustrates the processing routes a voucher can follow. It includes optional stages of voucher processing, such as creating control groups and applying matching rules to approve a voucher:
Voucher processing flow
Vouchers go through several stages from initial entry to payment to posting. Payables tracks these stages using a variety of statuses that relate to various actions and processes that can be run on a voucher:
Entry status.
Match status.
Approval status.
Budget status.
Document tolerance status.
Post status.
Payment status.
Payment post status.
This table illustrates the values—before and after processing—for each voucher status:
Status Type |
Process |
Initial Status |
Post-Processing Statuses |
Entry Status |
Voucher Entry |
Open |
Deleted Recycle Postable |
Match Status |
Matching |
To Be Matched |
Exception Manually Overridden Manually Set to Credit Note Matched Match - Dispute No Match |
Approval Status |
Voucher Approval |
To Be Approved |
Pending Approval Approved Denied |
Budget Status |
Budget Processor (Budget checking) |
Not Checked |
Valid Error |
Document Tolerance Status |
Document Tolerance Checking |
Not Checked |
Valid Error |
Post Status |
Voucher Posting |
Not Posted |
Posted |
Payment Status |
Pay Cycle Payment Selection subprocess |
Not Selected |
Selected for Payment |
Payment Status |
Pay Cycle Payment Creation subprocess |
Selected for Payment |
Paid |
Payment Post Status |
Payment Posting |
Not posted |
Posted |
When you first enter a voucher into Payables, it has an entry status of open. When you save the voucher for the first time, the system validates the input with information provided by default from the control hierarchy to ensure correct entries. If the voucher passes all validations, it goes into a postable state. The system generates accounting entries when the Voucher Posting process (AP_PSTVCHR) selects the voucher for posting. At this time, the voucher is available for distribution to the general ledger using the Journal Generator Application Engine Process (FS_JGEN).
If one or more of the validations fail, a couple of events can happen. For some edits, the system does not allow you to save the voucher until the error condition is corrected. For example, if you do not enter a date on the voucher header, you cannot save the voucher.
For other edits, you may choose less restrictive error handling, such as recycle, which lets you save the voucher. However, you cannot post or pay the voucher until you correct the error. You set these rules at the business unit level of the control hierarchy and may override them at other levels: voucher origin, control group, vendor, and voucher. With duplicate invoice checking, for example, you may choose recycle error handling, which means that the system accepts the suspect vouchers but does not enable them to be posted or paid. To post and pay these vouchers, you must update the voucher with correct information.
Until a voucher has been reviewed for approval, or unless it is preapproved, it has an approval status of pending. After that, a voucher can be approved or denied. A voucher cannot be paid unless it has been approved. However, if your business unit definitions enable you to, you can post a voucher even though it has not been approved for payment.
When you post a voucher in Payables, the system creates balanced accounting entries to record the liability and sets the post status to posted. When a voucher is in a posted state, you can make only limited changes to it. Essentially, you can change only descriptive information that does not affect the numbers on the voucher. To change the numbers on a posted voucher, you must first unpost the voucher to create reversing entries. This action puts the voucher back into a postable state, as if it had never been posted. You can then change the necessary fields.
A voucher can have one or more payment records selected for payment based on their scheduled pay date and other parameters. The payment status is unselected, selected for payment, or paid.
Note. If you are using budget checking (through the Commitment Control feature), you cannot post or pay a voucher until it has successfully passed budget checking.
See Also
Defining Voucher Error-Handling Options
Budget-Checking Payables Transactions Using Commitment Control
Processing Document Sequencing in Payables
Running Voucher and Payment Posting
Payables features various voucher styles, each of which addresses a particular objective:
Adjustments |
Enter adjustment vouchers for credit or debit memos, or for relating one voucher to another. This style is also used for debit memo adjustment vouchers created by the Matching Application Engine process (AP_MATCH). |
Journal Voucher |
Enter vouchers for adjusting accounting entries. |
Prepaid Voucher |
Enter prepayments (down payments, progress payments, or deposits). |
Register Voucher |
Accrue an individual voucher for which the expense distribution is not known or not yet approved. |
Regular Voucher |
Enter standard vouchers (this is the default setting). This style is also used to enter purchase order vouchers and vouchers that require matching to purchase orders and receiving documents. |
Reversal voucher |
Create a new voucher with reversal accounting entries and back out encumbrances. |
Single Payment Voucher |
Enter a voucher for a one-time vendor without having to define the vendor in the system. |
Template Voucher |
Create a voucher that can be used as a template for generating regular vouchers that share voucher data. |
Third-Party Voucher |
Enter vouchers for charges other than merchandise charges—for example, freight-only vouchers. |
This chapter describes the online voucher pages and how to enter regular vouchers online. The other methods of voucher entry and voucher styles are described in separate chapters of this PeopleBook.
See Also
Entering and Importing Spreadsheet Vouchers
When you save vouchers, many edits and processes occur automatically. Any problems that Payables detects with a voucher are brought to your attention so that you can fix them immediately.
The system performs a series of validation checks to ensure that you have completed all the fields correctly. Some of the validations that occur are:
Duplicate invoice checking.
Verifying the existence of a vendor ID.
Verifying the existence of an invoice date and invoice ID.
Balancing header amounts against voucher line amounts for both transaction and base currency amounts.
Balancing voucher line amounts against distribution line amounts for both transaction and base currency amounts.
Ensuring that the user ID approving the voucher is the same as the user logged on.
Validating accounting distribution field values and combinations and error processing.
Where appropriate, validating the calculation and proration of nonmerchandise charges, such as sales and use taxes, value-added taxes (VAT), freight charges, and miscellaneous charges.
Validating the bank ID, bank account number, and DFI ID.
Other edits specific to particular voucher styles, payment terms, and other circumstances are discussed in the sections or chapters that deal with those styles and circumstances.
Processing steps that occur when you save a voucher include:
Assigning a voucher ID for auto-numbered vouchers.
You can preassign voucher IDs on the Add search page, as long as they are unique. In fact, if the auto-numbering option is disabled for the business unit, using the Add search page is the only way to enter vouchers. Only the auto-numbered vouchers are assigned a voucher ID at save time.
Determining whether the status of the control group should be updated.
Setting one-time vendors to inactive status.
Calculating and prorating the discount amount, if any.
Prorating sales tax, use tax, freight, and miscellaneous charges, as applicable.
Calculating and prorating VAT and sales and use tax (SUT) amounts.
Converting the transaction amount to the base currency.
Determining payment net and discount due dates.
Determining the scheduled payment date.
Creating payment records.
Performing withholding processing, as applicable.
Creating payment records for manual payments recorded on the voucher.
Checking the voucher match status.
Voucher component-initiated processing specific to particular circumstances (such as integration with third-party tax applications or federal payment schedule processing) is discussed in the chapters that cover those circumstances.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) is a set of regulations from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. One of HIPAA’s primary concerns is to restrict the use of individually identifiable health information to protect the privacy of healthcare consumers. In addition to the privacy rules, HIPAA includes regulations that establish national standards for the format and structure of electronic communications between covered entities.
Payables generates HIPAA payments for only two transaction handling codes: Payment Only, and Payment + Advice.
HIPAA entails communication protocol and standards for several business documents. Payables supports Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Format 820 (OUTBOUND), specifically designed for HIPAA required fields and values. To fully employ HIPAA functionality, you must use a third-party vendor to process the generated electronic funds transfer (EFT) file and transform it to the HIPAA 820 EDI format.
The HIPAA information you define at the vendor level (in the HIPAA Information collapsible region on the Vendor Information - Payables Options page) appears by default on the HIPAA page in the Voucher component if the payment method for the voucher has an EFT layout of HIPAA. The system performs validation during online voucher entry and as part of the Voucher Build process, which checks for the HIPAA payment designation and marks such vouchers as Payment Separate.
See Also
(USA) Entering HIPAA Information
(USA) Defining HIPAA Information
Setting Up Files for Electronic Funds Transfers
Before entering vouchers into the system, you must:
Set up all control information.
Establish your Payables control hierarchy.
Enter approved vendors in the system.
Specify user preferences for online voucher entry on the Define User Preferences - Payables Online Vouchering page.
See Also
Setting Up Payables Business Units
Defining Payables User Preferences
Setting Up Draft, Payment, and Voucher Processing
This section provides an overview and discusses how to:
Access the Voucher component.
Create vouchers online.
Define payment terms.
Enter nonmerchandise charge details.
View purchase order and receiver references.
Associate receivers to voucher lines.
Associate receiver lines to voucher lines for matching.
Enter voucher line tax information.
This section discusses the following:
Voucher component's dependencies on voucher style and other factors.
Voucher balancing.
Voucher Component's Dependencies on Voucher Style and Other Factors
The Voucher component looks and acts differently for each voucher style. It also displays different fields and provides different processing depending on:
Tax environment (sales and use tax, VAT, Indian excise and customs duty, installed third-party tax applications, and so forth).
Your installation options (such as whether you are a U.S. federal agency, for example).
Various processing and display options you can select at each level of the Payables control hierarchy.
For this reason, the description of the Voucher component that follows here includes page elements that you may not see or use for a particular voucher style or that you may not see or use in your implementation of Payables. Whenever a page element has such dependencies, these are documented, except in the case of tax environment. The tax environment—whether VAT, sales and use tax, or Indian excise, sales tax, or customs duty—is usually reflected in the field labels themselves.
For discussions of specific voucher styles, see the chapters that discuss those styles.
The Voucher component has various functions that enable you to view and correct balance discrepancies.
Balancing groupbox: displays totals of separate voucher regions—header, lines, and charges and taxes—enabling you to quickly identify the unbalanced area.
Calculate buttons: located at the header and Balancing groupbox level, these buttons enable you to perform on-demand balance calculations.
Highlighted fields: displays out of balance information highlighted in red in two areas of the voucher component:
Fields at the header and line level.
Fields in the Balancing groupbox.
When the voucher is in balance, the system displays an amount of 0.00 in the Total fields located at the header level and in the Balancing groupbox.
We discuss three common out-of-balance scenarios.
The first scenario is a regular voucher with the header out of balance to the distribution lines. In this example, a regular voucher has a header total of 1500.00 USD, but distribution lines totaling 1505.00 USD. The system displays discrepancies between the header and the lines in the Difference field at the header level, and the Difference Amount field in the Balancing region.
The next scenario is a regular voucher with the distribution lines out of balance to the invoice line. This regular voucher has a header total of 2000.00 USD, an invoice line total of 2000.00 USD, but the distribution lines total 2002.00 USD. When the invoice lines and distribution lines are out of balance, the system displays the discrepancy in the Difference groupbox, located between the Invoice Line and Distribution Lines regions.
The third scenario is a purchase order voucher with distributions that balance to the line, but the voucher has multiple lines that do not balance to the header. The purchase order voucher has a header total of 2100.00 USD, but the invoice line total and the distribution lines total 500.00 USD. The Difference field at the header and in the Balancing region level display the 1600.00 USD discrepancy between the header amount and the lines amount. The Difference field at the invoice and distribution line level displays a 0.00 USD discrepancy between the merchandise amount and the distributed amount, but it appears highlighted in red, as the voucher is out-of-balance. The Balancing region displays the difference amount of 1600.00 USD.
See Also
Entering and Processing Vouchers Online: Specific Voucher Styles
Managing Voucher Line Tax Information with Taxware and Vertex
Processing Value Added Tax (VAT) in Payables
(USF) Processing Payables for U.S. Federal Agencies
Action |
Select to run the Voucher Build process after you have saved a voucher, and create the voucher. |
Page Name |
Object Name |
Navigation |
Usage |
VCHR_EXPRESS1 |
Accounts Payable, Vouchers, Add/Update, Regular Entry, Invoice Information |
Enter or view invoice information, including invoice header information, nonmerchandise charges, and voucher line and distribution information. |
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VNDR_LOOKUP_WRK |
Click the Advanced Vendor Search link on the Invoice Information page. |
Enter search criteria to retrieve vendor address information. Note. Selecting an address here does not automatically change the vendor location to any default location associated with the address. The system uses different defaults for the vendor location value. Change the default location value using the Location field on the Invoice Information page. |
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VCHR_COMMENTS_TXT |
Click the Comments link on the Invoice Information page. |
Enter internal voucher comments. |
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VCHR_DT_CALC_SBP |
Click the Basis Date Calculation link on the Invoice Information page. |
(USF) Define the date calculation basis for U.S. federal prompt payment due date requirements and enable enforcement of valid reimbursable periods for project-related vouchers. |
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VCHR_TERMS_EXP |
Click the Transfer to Payment Terms button on the Invoice Information page. |
View or change the default payment and discount terms for the voucher. |
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VCHR_FRGHT_SEC |
Enter a freight amount and select the Transfer to Freight Detail button on the Invoice Information page. |
Allocate the freight charges for the voucher at a more detailed level. |
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VCHR_MISC_SEC |
Enter a miscellaneous charge amount on the Invoice Information page and select the Transfer to Misc. Chrg Details (transfer to miscellaneous charges details) button. |
Allocate the miscellaneous charges for the voucher at a more detailed level. |
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VCHR_SALETX_SEC |
Enter a sales tax amount on the Invoice Information page and select the Transfer to Sales Tax Detail button. |
Allocate the sales tax amount at a more detailed level. |
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VCHR_USETAX_SEC |
Click the Transfer to Use Tax Detail button on the Invoice Information page. |
Specify the use tax to apply to this voucher. |
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VCHR_LINE_MISC_CHG |
Click the Non-Merchandise Summary link on the Invoice Information page. |
View the miscellaneous amounts allocated to each voucher line. On this page you can also change the allocation for a particular voucher. |
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VCHR_VAT_HD_EXP |
Click the VAT Summary link on the Invoice Information page. Click the Transfer to VAT Header link on the Invoice VAT Summary Information page. |
Review and, if applicable, override the voucher's VAT settings. |
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VCHR_LINE_VAT_SEC1 |
Click the Invoice Line VAT link in the Invoice Lines scroll area on the Invoice Information page. |
Review and, if applicable, override VAT defaults for the distribution line. |
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DISTRIB_LN_VAT_SEC |
Click the VAT link on the VAT tab in the Distribution Lines scroll area on the Invoice Information page. |
Review and, if applicable, override VAT defaults for the distribution line. |
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VCHR_VAT_SM_EXP |
Click the Transfer to VAT Summary link on the Invoice Information page. |
Review the VAT amounts summarized by VAT rate. This page provides a preliminary view of the VAT calculations based on the parameters that have defaulted (or been manually updated), as well as the amounts entered. You can also link from this page to the VAT header, line, and distribution line defaults pages. |
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VCHR_PO_INFO |
Click the Purchase Order and Receiver Info link in the Invoice Line group box on the Invoice Information page. |
View references to purchase orders and receivers. View any comments associated with the purchase order or receiver header or line from which the voucher and voucher line information has been copied. |
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VCHR_RECV_MTCH |
Click the Associate Receiver(s) link in the Invoice Lines group box on the Invoice Information page. |
Edit any of the receiver lines associated with the voucher line and delete a receiver line. |
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RECEIVER_LOOKUP |
Click the Associate Receiver Lines link on the Associate Receiver page. |
Manually associate receiver lines to the voucher line for matching. |
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VCHR_LINE_TAX |
Click the Sales/Use Tax link in the Invoice Lines group box on the Invoice Information page. |
Review and, if applicable, override tax settings for the voucher line. |
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VCHR_LINE_TXGEO |
Click the Override Tax Location link on the Invoice Line Tax Information page. |
Define a new tax location for vouchers. Taxware or Vertex users only. |
The Voucher component in Payables uses deferred processing. If you are adding a new voucher, you can use the fields on the add and search page for the component to prepopulate the new voucher and reduce the amount of prompting and editing you need to do on the new voucher. Note also that:
The voucher style you select on the add and search page determines how the system displays, edits, and processes the voucher.
The default voucher style is Regular.
The selected voucher style also determines what nonmerchandise and tax-exempt fields appear on the add and search page. These fields are Miscellaneous Amount, Freight Amount, Sales Tax Amount, Tax Exempt, and VAT Amount. The selected business unit determines if the latter three fields display.
Important! When copying purchase order vouchers, do not enter gross, nonmerchandise, and tax-exempt amount information in the fields on the add and search page. Be sure to use the Copy PO functionality on the Invoice Information page, which ensures that the system provides these amounts by default into the appropriate fields and creates the correct voucher lines.
The system prepopulates the control group on the add and search page with the earliest assigned group for the business unit and user ID.
Payables functionality performs duplicate invoice checking using the information you add on the add and search page.
If the system finds any vouchers that appear to be duplicates, it issues a warning before you enter the Invoice Information page. It also performs duplicate invoice checking when you save a voucher. However, the more information you enter on the add search page, the more likely you will catch a duplicate invoice before you create another duplicate voucher.
Payables uses default information from the voucher origin table and information from other default levels to determine how the system processes the voucher.
Each user who enters vouchers must be assigned to an active voucher origin. If the user is not assigned to a voucher origin or the voucher origin is inactive, the user cannot save the voucher. Also, you cannot change the voucher origin of a voucher once it is entered into the system.
The system automatically populates ChartField values defined at the vendor location level into the voucher distribution lines.
Entering the estimated number of invoice lines in the Estimated No. of Invoice Lines field enables you to enter lines on the Invoice Information page without repeatedly having to click the Add button in the Invoice Lines scroll area.
Any lines that you leave blank are automatically deleted when you save.
When you enter gross amount and nonmerchandise amount values on the add and search page, the system populates the difference by default on the first voucher line and distribution line.
Note. If you are adding a voucher, the Invoice Information page appears when you have entered data on the add and search page and clicked Add. If you are accessing a voucher that already exists in the system, then the Voucher - Summary page appears when you have entered the search information and clicked Search.
Access the Invoice Information page.
Vendor and Name |
Select the vendor by entering the vendor ID or short name. After you press TAB to exit either field, the system retrieves and populates the voucher with the full vendor name, primary address, default location information, and payment terms. In addition, the system uses default information from the vendor table in conjunction with information from other default levels (business unit, origin, and control group) to determine how the system processes this voucher. |
Location |
Override the default location by selecting a new location. The vendor location controls much of the default voucher processing. |
Address |
Override the default address by selecting a new address. |
Advanced Vendor Search |
Click to search for vendors using partial names and wildcard symbols. Note. If you find that the referenced vendor does not exist on the vendor table and you want to add the vendor, you do not have to cancel the voucher on which you are working. Access the Vendor Search page by clicking the vendor link and then selecting the Add Vendor button. This takes you to the Vendor Information component, enabling you to add the vendor to the system. After saving the new vendor, close the newly opened browser session to return to the Vendor Search page. Once you are back on the Vendor Search page, select the new vendor. |
Lease Number |
Enter the lease number for a lease payment voucher. This field displays only when you have also installed the Real Estate Management module. |
Pay Terms |
Select the payment terms. These terms are populated from the Payables default hierarchy. Click the Payment Terms button to access the Payment Terms page, where you can override the defaults or change associated information. |
(USF) Pay Schedule |
Indicate a federal payment schedule type for this voucher. The system uses this information to group this voucher with others and assign it to the appropriate payment schedule. Select from the following:
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Group |
Select a control group for the voucher if applicable. The default is the earliest assigned group for the business unit and user ID. If there are no assigned groups for your user ID, the Group field does not appear. |
Invoice Information
Invoice Number |
Enter the invoice number or some other control number from the voucher's supporting document. The system uses this number as a reference for duplicate invoice checking if you have selected it to be one of your match criteria. Note. For evaluated receipt settlement (ERS) vouchers built by the Voucher Build process, the invoice number is appended with the ERS invoice sequence number suffix. |
Related Voucher |
Journal vouchers only. Use this field to associate the journal voucher to the voucher whose accounting entries you are correcting. |
Click the Finalize Document icon to finalize the predecessor PO. This icon also appears in the Invoice Lines scroll area as theFinalize Line icon, which you can click to finalize the predecessor PO line. |
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Click the Undo Finalize icon to undo the finalization of the predecessor PO. This icon also appears in the Invoice Lines scroll area as the Undo Finalize Line icon, which you can click to undo finalization of the predecessor PO line. |
Misc Amount (miscellaneous amount), Freight Amount, and Sales Tax |
Enter any miscellaneous charge amount, freight amount, or sales tax amount. To allocate these charges at a more detailed level, click the icons next to these fields to access detail pages (the Miscellaneous Charges, Freight Charges, and Sales Tax Charges pages). It is best to enter any amounts on the voucher page first before accessing the detail page. When you save the voucher, the system allocates the charges you enter to the voucher lines based on the defaults that you set in the Procurement Control component for the Payables business unit. Note. If you override the default tax information on the Invoice Line Tax Information page and then change the sales tax amount in this field, the overridden tax information will revert to the default. Enter a tax amount here before you update any tax information on the Invoice Line Tax Information page. See Entering Non-Merchandise Charge Details. See (IND) Processing Excise Duty, Sales Tax, and Customs Duty for India in Payables. |
VAT (value-added tax) |
If this is a VAT-applicable voucher subject to exclusive VAT, enter the gross VAT amount. Click the VAT icon to access the Invoice Header VAT Information page if you need to review and override the voucher's default VAT settings. When you click this link, the system retrieves the VAT defaults based on your VAT setup and entered vendor and vendor location information. Note. If your voucher is in a VAT environment and you do not enter any of the VAT pages for your voucher before saving it, the process to retrieve the VAT defaults is triggered automatically at save time. |
Total and Currency |
Enter the full amount of the voucher, including merchandise and service amounts (entered on the voucher lines), freight, and tax. Enter the gross amount to ensure balancing between the voucher header and voucher lines. You can enter gross amounts only up to the limit specified on your Payables user profile. See (IND) Processing Excise Duty, Sales Tax, and Customs Duty for India in Payables. |
Balance |
The amount that you are currently out of balance. To arrive at this figure, the system compares the sum of the voucher lines and the entered gross amount (less tax and other miscellaneous charges). |
SUT Exempt |
Select this check box if you want to override the default sales and use tax setup for this voucher and make it exempt from taxation. |
Use Tax |
The system calculates the use tax either from:
Click the icon to the right to access the Use Tax Charges page, where you can specify how to allocate the use tax charges. |
Comments |
Click to enter comments for a voucher to explain payment schedules, issues with the vendor, or anything else you need to document the invoice. Any comments you enter in this field are meant for your reference only. Warning! For claim vouchers, the system populates this field with identification information necessary for processing. Do not edit or delete any existing information in this field. |
Displays the accounting control date, which is based on the settings defined in the Payables default hierarchy. You can override it here on the voucher. |
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Dispatch Method |
Debit Memo adjustment vouchers only. Select a dispatch method for this debit memo adjustment voucher. This field is only available if the voucher style is Adjustment and the voucher source is Match Adjustment. You can override the dispatch method defined in the Debit Memo Options collapsible region on the Vendor Information Payables Option page. Options include Blank, EDI/XML, Email, Fax, Phone, and Print. |
Packing Slip |
Enter a packing slip number from the supplier's invoice. The packing slip number can be used by the Matching process to associate the voucher to the receiver if the document association rule is set up to use this criteria. This field also appears for vouchers with the ERS or Quick Invoice source type. See Viewing and Updating Document Association Rules. See ERS Vouchers. |
When you have finished entering your voucher and saved it, you have three options for processing it:
Perform budget-checking, matching, document tolerance checking, asset loading, posting, and journal generation on this and other vouchers in batch from the batch request pages for those processes.
Process the voucher on demand, directly from the Invoice Information page, using the Action field.
Process this and other vouchers in batch from the Voucher On-Demand Processes batch request page using on-demand process groups.
The first option is generally the most efficient, but the second option is handy when you must process a voucher immediately, on demand. The third option is convenient when you want to perform multiple sequential processes—such as matching, asset loading, voucher posting, and journal generation—on a batch of vouchers.
If you want to process a voucher on demand from the Invoice Information page:
Save the voucher.
Select an on-demand process group in the Action field.
Click Run to initiate processing.
While the voucher is being processed, the fields on the Voucher component will be grayed out and unavailable for entry. Click Refresh to view the processing status of the voucher on the Voucher Summary page.
The process groups available depend on your user ID and whether or not your voucher requires the processing. If budget-checking isn't applicable to a voucher, for example, the Budget Checking process group will not be available. Process groups that may be available include:
Budget Checking (BUDGET_CHK).
Document Tolerance (DOC_TOL).
Matching (MATCHING).
Matching, Doc Tolerance, Budget Check (MTCH_DT_BC).
Voucher Post (PST_VCHR).
Journal Generate (PST_VCHRGL).
Voucher Post Load AM (POSTAPAM).
Journal Gen, Load AM (POSTAPGLAM).
See Setting Up On-Demand Processing.
See Running On-Demand Voucher Processes as a Batch Request.
Other Header Information
(USF) Basis Date Calculation |
Click to access the Date Calculation page, where you can enter information that enables you to schedule the payment for this voucher on a U.S. federal prompt payment basis. You can also use the Date Calculation page to enable enforcement of valid reimbursable periods for project-related vouchers. See Applying Prompt Payment Protocols. See Enforcing Valid Reimbursable Periods for Project-Related Vouchers. |
Doc Seq (document sequencing) |
Click to access the Document Sequence page, where you can view or override the document sequencing settings. This link appears only if you have implemented document sequencing. |
Non Merchandise Summary |
Click to access the Non-Merchandise Charges Summary Information page, where you can view the miscellaneous amount allocated to each voucher line for each charge code. This page is useful only after you enter or copy voucher line information. |
Withholding |
Click to access the Withholding Detail page, where you can view or override the default withholding details for the voucher. This link appears only if the voucher is associated with a vendor setup for withholding. If you are adding a voucher and enter the vendor on this page rather than the add and search page, the link appears when you press TAB to move out of the Vendor field. See Reviewing and Entering Withholding Information for Vouchers. |
VAT Summary |
Click to access the Invoice VAT Summary Information page, where you can view the calculated VAT totals for the invoice by VAT code. You can also link from the VAT Summary page to the VAT default pages if you need to review or override VAT defaults for the voucher. Note. If the voucher is in a VAT environment and you do not enter any of the VAT default pages for the voucher before you save it, the process to retrieve VAT defaults is triggered automatically at save time. |
Calculate (calculate on-demand balancing) |
Click to perform on-demand balancing calculations and check if the voucher is in or out of balance. The system displays an amount of 0.00 in the Total field when the voucher is in balance. These buttons are located at the header and line level and in the Balancing groupbox. |
If you are creating a prepayment voucher and you are a U.S. federal agency with Enable Federal Payments selected on the Installation Options - Payables page, the Advance Payment Option group box appears. When you select Use Advance Payment in that group box, you are required to associate the prepayment with a purchase order.
Note. The voucher component does not copy lines from the associated purchase order when you enter the PO Number here.
See Handling Advances for Federal Agencies.
Use the following fields for copying from a source document. The voucher style determines which fields appear here:
PO Unit (Purchasing business unit) and Purchase Order |
If you want to copy all of the lines from a purchase order into the voucher, enter the Purchasing business unit and the PO ID for the purchase order you want to copy. Then click the Copy PO (copy purchase order) button. This option is available only if you are creating a regular voucher, template voucher, or third-party voucher. Important! When copying a purchase order into a voucher, do not begin by entering nonmerchandise and tax-exempt information on the add and search page. Use the Copy PO button to ensure that the system provides these amounts by default to the appropriate fields. |
Voucher ID |
If you want to copy all of the lines from another voucher into the voucher, enter the voucher ID number that you want to copy. Then click the Copy to Voucher button. To copy individual voucher lines, enter a vendor and click the Copy from Worksheet link. This option is available only if you are creating an adjustment or third-party voucher. |
Voucher to be Reversed |
If you want to reverse a voucher, select the voucher ID number of the voucher you want to reverse, and click the Copy to Voucher button. The system copies all information related to the selected voucher (such as voucher lines, distribution lines, freight/miscellaneous charges/sales tax, and VAT information) into the reversal voucher. This option is available only if you are creating a reversal voucher. |
Reverse Remaining Vchr Balance (reverse remaining voucher balance) |
Select to reverse only the unpaid voucher balance. This option is available only if you are creating a reversal voucher. |
Adjust PO/Restore Encumbrance (adjust purchase order/restore encumbrance) |
Select to restore the encumbrance and to adjust the purchase order matched quantity or amount. This option is available only if you are creating a reversal voucher, and if the related purchase order has not been reconciled. If the related purchase order on the voucher line has been reconciled, this check box is clear and unavailable for entry on the voucher line of the Invoice Information page. |
Worksheet Copy Option |
If you want to search for individual source documents to copy, to select a range of source documents, or to review individual source documents, select one of the options in this field to access the appropriate Copy Worksheet:
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Use the Invoice Lines scroll area to enter information for each line on the invoice: the merchandise amount, unit price, quantity, and description. Initially, at least one line automatically appears; enter as many additional lines as needed. The system assigns a line number to each voucher line that you add to ensure that each voucher line is unique. The system also automatically calculates the line and distribution amounts based on the gross amount less taxes, freight, and miscellaneous invoice charges.
For example, if you enter a gross amount of 100.00 EUR in the Invoice Lines scroll area and a sales tax of 10.00 EUR, the first line amount of 90.00 EUR appears by default, as does the first distribution for the first voucher line. If you update the first voucher line to an amount of 70.00 EUR and insert a new voucher line, the amount for the second line of 20.00 EUR appears by default.
Note. Rebalancing and calculations are affected by deferred processing.
Note. You may not enter or adjust voucher lines after a voucher has been payment posted.
Note. You cannot combine replacement type return-to-vendor (RTV) vouchers with credit or exchange type RTV vouchers (vouchers having credit and replacement type lines, or exchange and replacement type lines). Doing so causes match exceptions, as these differing voucher types are created with dissimilar statuses. The Voucher Build process builds replacement RTV debit memos with a To Be Matched status, so that the matching process correctly updates the matched amounts between the purchase order, the receiver and the voucher. However, the system receives credit and exchange RTV vouchers already configured with a Matched status. They do not need to be run through the matching process as their totals do not affect quantities that need to be matched.
Distribute by |
Select a distribution method: Amount: You must enter the merchandise extended amount for the voucher line. You may also enter the quantity, unit price, and UOM (unit of measure) on the voucher line and a quantity on the distribution line for informational purposes only. If you change the value in the merchandise Extended Amount field, the Unit Price field is recalculated. Note. Any changes in the extended amount will be reflected in the distribution. The system adjusts the distribution line that has the maximum distribution line number. If you reduce the amount below the original PO amount, then the only adjustment is to set the amount to zero on the distribution line which has the maximum distribution line number. In this case, you must still adjust the distribution amounts so that they tie back to the voucher line amount. In addition, any change to the merchandise amount will be accompanied by a corresponding change to unit price. If the original distribution method on the purchase order was quantity and you change the method to amount, then the distribution as well as the voucher line information remains unchanged. Even under the amount distribution method, the voucher line quantity should equal to the sum of distribution line quantity. If they are not equal then an error message is issued. Qty (quantity): The system calculates the merchandise amount on the invoice lines and distribution lines based on the quantity and unit price. You must enter the quantity, unit price, and UOM. The Extended Amount field is not available for entry. Select the Force Price option if you want to force the unit price based on the entered merchandise amount. This option is described below. Note. If you change voucher line quantity, the system does not adjust the distribution lines in response. Therefore, if you change the voucher line quantity, you must adjust the corresponding distribution level quantity. There is a validation to check if the voucher line quantity is equal to the sum of distribution quantities. In addition, if you change the quantity on the copy worksheet (either PO or receiver), then the changed quantity is copied onto the voucher line whereas the distribution still retains the original PO quantity. You should manually adjust the distribution quantity such that the sum of distribution quantity equals the voucher line quantity. If the original distribution method on the purchase order was amount and if you change the method to quantity, then the system recalculates the distribution amounts using the quantity on the distribution line and the unit price on the voucher line. There is also an option of forcing the price that is available under this method. Selecting this option will force the system to calculate the price based on the extended amount. When you select this option, the unit price field is grayed out. |
SpeedChart |
Enter a SpeedChart. When you press TAB to move out of the edit box, prorated amounts and distribution ChartFields appear on the voucher distribution lines. If the SpeedChart was defined with no proration percentages, you must enter the distribution amounts yourself. Speedchart is not available on the reversal or prepaid voucher, as these voucher styles do not enable you to add voucher lines. See Defining SpeedCharts. |
Use One Asset ID |
Select to override all assets on the voucher line to use the same asset ID. Selecting this option causes the system to update all of the asset IDs for all asset-applicable distribution lines under the voucher line to NEXT, each Sequence Number to 1, and the Profile ID to the profile ID of the first distribution line. You can override these values on individual distribution lines. |
View PO/Receiver (view purchase order/receiver) |
Click to access the View Source PO/Receiver Information page, where you can view information about the source purchase order or receiver, including comments of various types, including header, line, and ship-to comments. This link appears only if you have Purchasing installed on the same database. |
Associate Receiver(s) |
Click to access the Associate Receiver page and Associate Receiver Lines page, where you can manually associate individual receivers with the voucher line for three-way matching. This link is active only if you have copied purchase order or receiver information onto the voucher using the Copy Worksheet Option field and the purchase order requires matching, or if the vendor is set up for receipt-only matching. |
Item |
You may enter an item ID reference code and a line item description of up to 30 characters. If you also have Purchasing installed, you can use an existing item from the Purchasing item table. When you press TAB to move out of this field, the system populates the Description field with the associated description. |
Sales/Use Tax |
Click to access the Invoice Line Tax Information page, where you can override the default tax settings for the voucher line. |
Invoice Line VAT or VAT and Intrastat |
Click to access the Invoice Line VAT Information page, if you need to review and override the default VAT and Intrastat settings for the voucher line. The VAT and Intrastat link appears only on VAT-applicable adjustment vouchers. Note. If your voucher is in a VAT environment and you do not enter any of the VAT pages for your voucher before saving it, the VAT defaulting process is triggered automatically at save time. |
Force Price |
Select if you want to force a change to the unit price to achieve the entered extended amount. Use when the sum of the merchandise amounts on the distribution lines don't match, usually because of rounding. Selecting Force Price enables you to change the extended amount and have the unit price recalculated to achieve that extended amount. Note. This check box is available only if you are distributing by quantity and copying from either a purchase order or a receiver. You must refresh the page to enable the Force Price check box. |
Related Voucher |
For reversal and adjustment vouchers, displays the voucher ID of the voucher line being reversed or adjusted. |
Work Order Management Resources
If this invoice line is for a Work Order Management external resource, use these fields to enter the actual resource procurement cost. You then transfer the information back to Work Order Management to help determine the actual cost.
These fields appear only if your organization has installed Work Order Management. If the system populates these fields with data copied from a purchase order, you cannot edit the information.
Important! If you are creating a non-purchase order voucher for items already entered in the Inventory application, do not enter work order information here. Doing so creates a duplicate charge situation, as Payables and Inventory will individually
send work order charges for the same item to Work Order Management.
If you create new (meaning, not already entered in Inventory) non-purchase order vouchers associated to a work order, you
can choose to distribute the invoice line by quantity or amount, but you must specify values for the Quantity, UOM (unit of measure), and Unit Price fields on the related invoice lines.
Maintenance Work Order |
Select the specific work order for the invoice line. |
Task Number |
Select a work order task for the invoice line. Available tasks depend on the selected maintenance work order. |
Resource Type |
Select Labor, Material, or Tools. |
Resource Line No (resource line number) |
Select a specific resource line number for this invoice line. Available resource line numbers depend on the selected resource type. |
See Understanding Source Document Copy Functionality.
For each voucher line that you enter, you must also enter the distribution information in the Distribution Lines grid. Each voucher line must have one or more distribution lines.
Note. You may not enter or adjust distribution lines after a voucher has been payment posted.
You can enter projects information on distribution lines, and the project information that you capture on vouchers is available to Project Costing. By entering multiple distribution lines, you can add multiple project lines for each voucher line to categorize project costs. If you have implemented Project Costing during installation and add project information to a distribution line, you need at minimum to add the projects business unit, project ID, activity ID, and resource type. The other fields are optional. If you have not installed Project Costing, you are not required to enter a projects business unit.
See Understanding Integration with Payables.
Fields on this tab that are not documented here are optional ChartFields delivered with Payables. These fields share the same validation error processing upon saving the voucher as do the fields described here.
Important! ChartFields that display here depend on how you configure options on the Standard Chartfield Configuration page.
See Completing the Standard ChartField Configuration Page.
Amount |
Enter the amount that you want to charge to the ChartField values that follow. The total of all amounts you enter on the distribution lines for a voucher line must equal the merchandise amount on the parent voucher line. An error message appears if there is an imbalance. |
Quantity |
Enter the number of units purchased that should be associated with the distribution line. This field is required if you are distributing by quantity. It is optional if you are distributing by amount. If you have entered a quantity on the voucher line, the total of all quantities entered on the distribution lines for that voucher line must equal the quantity on the parent voucher line. If you are entering a voucher line for a fixed asset that you will send to Asset Management, you must enter a quantity for the asset. |
GL Unit (General Ledger business unit) |
Identifies the General Ledger business unit that will be charged with the expense coded on the distribution line. The default value is the General Ledger business unit of the Payables business unit under which the voucher is being entered. If you change the value to charge a different General Ledger business unit, the system creates interunit accounting entries. This occurs during voucher and payment posting. In this case, ChartField validation occurs based on the ChartFields of the General Ledger business unit. Note. When you enter interunit vouchers on the Invoice Information page, the value for the Budget Status field on the Voucher Summary page changes from Valid to Not Budget Checked. You must run the budget checking process to reset the status to Valid to make the voucher eligible for posting during Voucher Post. |
Entry Event |
Enter the entry event code for the voucher if applicable. This field's display is dependent on your organization's configuration of the Standard ChartField Configuration page. |
Account |
Enter an account. When you save the voucher, the system validates the account you enter along with any other ChartField values. If the account you select has been set up as a statistical account, the Amount and Quantity fields on the invoice line become inactive and any values you may have already entered are deleted. If the Installation option is enabled, the Altacct field appears next to the Account field in the grid. |
OpenItem |
If the account you enter has been set up as an OpenItem account, you must enter an open item reference. Select a reference by prompting. If you enter a reference for an account that is not an open item account, an error message appears on save edit. You must remove the invalid reference before you can save the voucher. |
Project ID |
Enter a project identifier. This field appears if you do not have Project Costing installed on your database. |
Budget Date |
Displays the budget date of the distribution line, if the Commitment Control feature is enabled. You define which field the system uses for the budget date on a voucher in the Source Transactions component when you set up the Commitment Control feature in General Ledger. You can also specify at the installation options whether the default budget date is the accounting date of the voucher or of the predecessor document (purchase order). |
Affiliate |
If the vendor is an interunit vendor, this field is not editable and the affiliate code appears by default. |
GL Unit (general ledger business unit) and Currency |
Identifies the general ledger business unit that is charged with the expense coded on the distribution line, as well as the currency in which it will be charged. |
Exch Rate (exchange rate) |
Appears automatically based on the default rate type from the market rate tables. You may override this value on the Voucher Attributes page. This field appears only when the distribution general ledger business unit is different from the voucher's general ledger business unit, or when the voucher is saved. |
This page displays statistical quantity information.
If you are distributing by quantity, you may distribute that quantity using a statistics code. The system converts the distribution line quantity from the distribution line UOM to the standard UOM associated with the Statistics Code field. The converted quantity is stored in the Statistic Amount field. The Statistic Amount and Unit of Measure fields are inactive.
If you enter a statistic account on a voucher line, you must refresh the page by clicking the Refresh button (access key: ALT+0) so that the merchandise amount and quantity fields on the invoice line are unavailable and zeroed out. You must enter a statistic amount. If you want to enter the statistic amount in a UOM that is different from the standard UOM associated with the statistic account, you may do so. After you enter the statistic amount, enter the corresponding UOM. The system converts the statistic amount that you enter back to the standard UOM associated with the statistic account. The Statistics Code field becomes unavailable for entry.
Whether you are using a statistic account or a statistics code, if the system cannot find a conversion formula between the two units of measure in the unit of measure conversion table, an error message appears. If you receive this error message:
If you are using a statistic account, the system resets the UOM to the standard UOM for the account, and you must modify the Statistic Amount field manually so that it corresponds to the standard unit of measure.
If you are using a statistics code, the system does not calculate a statistic amount; you must delete the Statistic Code field value or enter another one.
Asset |
Select to enter asset information for the distribution line. All the fields on this tab become active when you select the Asset check box. |
Business Unit (Asset Management business unit) and Profile ID |
Enter a business unit and a profile ID to indicate that the distribution line is related to an asset. These fields are required. Note. You cannot assign the same asset ID to different profile IDs. |
Asset ID |
Enter an asset ID. Otherwise, the field value NEXT appears by default. This value indicates that the next asset ID value in the Asset Management system is assigned automatically. When you accept NEXT as the default, you can use the Sequence Number field to make more than one distribution line share the same automatically incremented asset ID. The system validates that a unique asset ID has only one profile ID associated with it for a given voucher line. Note. You cannot perform asset transfers in Payables. You can make ChartField changes in Payables, but you must also have your asset manager make a corresponding change in the appropriate Asset Management page. |
Sequence Number |
If you have accepted the default asset ID value of NEXT, you can enter a sequence number to indicate an asset grouping of voucher distribution lines. If the asset ID is NEXT, you can enter any numeric value in this field. The unique combination of NEXT in the Asset ID field and the sequence number you enter here cause a unique asset ID to be generated when the information is processed by Asset Management. For example, if you have four distribution lines for assets that you want to assign to two separate asset IDs, you can specify an asset ID of NEXT and a sequence number of 1 for the first two lines and an asset ID of NEXT and a sequence number of 2 for the next two. Each group of two lines is assigned its own asset ID number. Leave this field blank if you entered a known asset ID. If the asset ID is NEXT and the Sequence Number field is blank, the system generates a unique number. If you selected the Use One Asset ID check box for the voucher line, the system populates the Asset ID field with NEXT and the Sequence Number field with 1 for each asset-applicable distribution line, and causes Asset Management to assign all distribution lines to the same Asset ID. |
Cost Type |
Select the cost type for the asset: A: Allowance for ADV Depr. C: Cost type. G: Grant reimbursements. M: Margin. P: Scrap on asset. R: Revaluation. S: Sale of assets. V: Reserve for ADV Depr. |
See Sending Information to Asset Management.
VAT Tab
This page appears only for business units enabled for VAT.
Click the VAT link to access the Invoice Distribution Line VAT Information page, if you need to review or update the VAT control settings for the distribution line.
Note. If your voucher is in a VAT environment and you do not enter any of the VAT pages for your voucher before saving it, the VAT defaulting process is triggered automatically at save time.
See Reviewing and Overriding Voucher Distribution Line VAT Defaults.
The system automatically defaults values entered for miscellaneous charges, freight charges, VAT, and taxes on the add and search page into the appropriate fields. You can edit these amounts.
In addition, field display in this group box varies depending on entered add and search page values. For example, when you use a Prepaidvoucher style, the system disables the Misc Charge Amt (miscellaneous charge amount), Freight Amount, and Sales Tax Amount fields. And if you select a VAT-applicable business unit, the system enables VAT fields on the voucher.
Note. The system exhibits different behavior when calculating VAT depending on whether you are in the Add mode or the Update/Display mode. When you enter a VAT amount using the add and search page, the system populates the VAT line amount on the Invoice Information page, and if edited, correctly recalculates this amount. However, when you modify an existing voucher VAT amount using the Update/Display mode, the system does not recalculate the VAT line amount. Instead, it displays the difference between the header and line amounts in Difference Amount field.
Misc Charge Amount (miscellaneous charge amount) |
Displays the miscellaneous charge amount. |
Freight Amount |
Displays the freight charge amount. |
Sales Tax |
Displays the sales tax charge amount. |
Total Amount Due |
Displays the combined total of the miscellaneous, freight, and sales tax charge amounts. |
Tax Exempt Flag |
Select to disable entry into the Sales Tax and Use Tax fields. |
Use Tax |
Displays the total use tax charge amount. |
VAT |
Displays the entered VAT amount. |
VAT Not on Invoice |
Displays VAT amounts not included on the invoice. |
Calculate (calculate on-demand balancing) |
Click to calculate the combined total of the miscellaneous, freight, and sales tax charge amounts subtracted from the total amount due. The total appears in the Invoice Lines field; this amount should be equal to the subtotal amount on the vendor's invoice. |
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Click to access the Miscellaneous Charges page, and define miscellaneous charges. |
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Click to access the Freight Charges page, and define freight charges. |
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Click to access the Sales Tax Charges page, and define sales tax charges. |
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Click to access the Use Tax Charges page, and define prorated or nonprorated use tax charges. |
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Click to access the Invoice Header VAT Information page, and define VAT defaulting information for this voucher. |
Access the Payment Terms page.
Payment Terms ID |
Controls how the voucher is paid, including the discount date and discount amount. Payables supports both single and multi-payment (installment) terms. You define payment terms on the Payment Terms - Multi Payment or Payment Terms - Single Payment pages. The default setting on the voucher is based on the payment terms established for the vendor location for this voucher. Multi-payment terms generate multiple scheduled payment records when you save the voucher by allocating the total payment amount for the voucher over these scheduled payments, according to the percentages established in the terms definition. With multi-payment terms, you can also generate installment payment records (and review them and edit them, if necessary) in advance of committing them by saving the voucher. You can always edit the voucher immediately after saving, but this alternate method may offer more peace of mind. |
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Click the Schedule Payments icon to generate payment records in advance of saving the voucher. For multi-payment terms, this prepopulates multiple schedule payments records (installments). For single payment terms, this calculates and populates the Net Due Date, and the Discount Amount, and the Discount Due Date, if the terms are discount-applicable. You can also do this by clicking the Schedule Payment button on the Payments page. |
Due Date Control |
Either accept the default due dates, or enter user-specified amounts. Select from the following: Terms: This is the default setting. When you select this value, the Basis Dt Type (basis date type) field is available for entry but the Discount Due Date and Due Date fields are not. User: When you select this value, the Discount Due Date and Due Date fields are available for entry and you can modify them. The Basis Dt Type field is unavailable for entry. |
Enter the date for the system to use to calculate the discount due date and payment due date for the voucher. This field controls the basis date on which the payment terms are based. Values are: Acct Date (account date): The accounting date determines the payment basis date. Doc Date (document date): The date the voucher is entered, which determines the payment basis date. If you select this value, the document date appears in the Basis Date field. Inv Date (invoice date): The invoice date determines the payment basis date. Recpt Date (receipt date): The receipt date determines the payment basis date. Ship Date: The ship date determines the payment basis date. User Date: The user-defined date entered in the Basis Date field determines the payment basis date. Note. Just because you can select an alternate basis date source does not necessarily guarantee that the particular date is currently available for the voucher. For example, the receipt date and ship date values would typically be available only if the invoice had first been matched to the purchase order and/or receiver. If you select a basis date value for which there is no corresponding date value populated, a warning appears asking you whether you would like to use the invoice date as the override basis date. If you select Yes, you can save the voucher and generate scheduled payment data. Until a voucher is posted and/or paid, you can always update the voucher for the intended basis date if it becomes available. |
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Basis Date |
Select the date used to calculate the discount due date and payment due date for the voucher. This basis date is not the same as the federal payment basis date on the Date Calculation page. |
Discount Due Date |
If you select User in the Due Date Control field, enter a discount due date. |
Due Date |
If you select User in the Due Date Control field, enter a due date. |
Discount Amount Control |
You can either accept the default discount amounts, or enter user-specified amounts. Select: Terms: This is the default setting. When you select this value, the Account At field is available for entry but the Discount Amount field is not. User: When you select this value, the Discount Amount field is available for entry and you can enter the amount for the discount in the Discount Amount field. |
Account At |
Determines whether the discount is accounted at gross or net. Select: Net: Any discounts not taken are accounted for as discounts lost. Gross: Any discounts taken are accounted for as discounts earned. |
Basis Amt (basis amount) |
Displays the amount upon which the discount is calculated. This amount is the total of the merchandise amount for each line with the Apply Discount check box selected. |
Discount Amount |
If you select User in the Discount Amount Control field, enter a discount amount. |
Apply Discount |
Select to make individual voucher lines discount-applicable. |
Note. Payment terms for a third-party voucher cannot include a discount. For third-party vouchers, the payment terms default from the Prepay/Third Party Pay Terms option selected for the SetID on the Payables Options - Payment Options page.
See Also
Access the Miscellaneous Charges page.
Note. The fields on this and the other nonmerchandise charges detail pages (Freight Charges page, Sales Tax Charges page, and Use Tax Charges page) are similar. Rather than documenting all four pages, we have documented the Miscellaneous Charges page as an example of these detail pages.
Use this page to allocate your miscellaneous charges to multiple charge codes. The total of the separate miscellaneous charges you enter must equal the total miscellaneous amount entered on the Invoice Information page.
Note. You can add multiple charge codes on the freight and miscellaneous charges detail pages, but you can enter only one charge code on the sales tax and use tax detail pages.
Prorate |
The charge code appears based on the defaults that you have set on the Procurement Control - Non-Merch Charges page. If the default is to prorate the freight, the Prorate check box is selected. This field is unavailable for entry. |
Charge Type |
For each miscellaneous charge amount that you add, you must select a charge code. you define these codes on the Misc Charge/Landed Cost Defn page and set up the default charge codes for the Payables business unit on the Procurement Control - Non-Merch Charges page. If you select a nonprorate charge code, the system uses the allocation option you selected on the Non-Merch Charges page to either allocate the charge to the distribution line or expense it to the header. |
Account and other ChartFields |
If you add a prorated charge code, no ChartFields appear on this page. If you add a nonprorated charge code and allocate, the system requires an account. The value appears by default from the Accounting Entry Template. You can override the account. If you are expensing, the account and other ChartField values appear by default based on the inheritance rules. You cannot modify balanced ChartFields. |
See Also
Defining Miscellaneous Charges and Landed Costs
Setting Up Nonmerchandise Charges
Creating Accounting Entry Templates
Access the Non Merchandise Charges Summary Information page.
Back to Invoice |
Click to return to the Invoice Information page. |
Refresh |
Click to reallocate the unapplied amount to the other voucher lines. |
Apply |
Clear this option to remove a particular charge for a given voucher line. |
See Also
Entering Non-Merchandise Charge Details
Access the View Source PO/Receiver Information page.
Line Match Option |
Select a matching option for the line: Full Match: requires matching. No Match: does not require matching. |
PO/Receipt Header Comments and PO/Receipt Line Comments |
Use these group boxes to view any comments associated with the purchase order or receiver line from which the voucher line information has been copied. The original comments were entered with the purchase order or receiver in Purchasing. The Comment Type field indicates whether the comment is a ship-to comment, PO header comment, and so forth. |
Send to Vendor |
Indicates whether this comment has been sent to the merchandise vendor through PO Dispatch. |
See Also
Creating Purchase Orders Online
Access the Associate Receiver page.
Amt Only (amount only) |
Displays as checked if the purchase order is an amount only PO. For amount only POs you can modify the Merch Amt (merchandise amount) field, but you can not modify the Quantity to Match (PO UOM) field. |
Delete |
Manually delete receiver lines associated with the voucher line by deleting a row. This field does not appear when you are creating adjustment or reversal vouchers. |
Quantity to Match (PO UOM) (quantity to match (purchase order unit of measure) |
Edit the quantity in the purchase order unit of measure to be matched for any of the receiver lines currently associated with the voucher line. You cannot modify this field if the receiver is associated with an amount only PO. Note. A warning message appears if the sum of the quantity to be matched does not equal the voucher line quantity. |
Merch Amt (merchandise amount) |
Enter the merchandise amount for amount only POs to be matched for any of the receiver lines currently associated with the voucher line. |
Merchandise Amount Received |
Displays the amount received for the receiver line. |
Associate Receiver Lines |
Click to access the Associate Receiver Lines page, where you can manually associate receivers to the voucher line for matching. This link does not appear when you are creating adjustment or reversal vouchers. |
Access the Associate Receiver Lines page.
Using the search function provided, you can display all receivers related to the purchase order schedule line specified on the voucher line.
Recv Dt Opt (receiver date option) and Recv Date (receiver date) |
You can further narrow your search by selecting from the following values and then specifying a receiver date: No Date: The date of the receiver is not included in the search. The default setting. <=: The system searches for receivers dated before or on the date specified in the Recv Date field. =: The system searches for receivers with a date equal to the date specified in the Recv Date field. >=: The system searches for receivers dated after or on the date specified in the Recv Date field. |
Search |
When you have entered the search criteria, select this button and the system returns all receivers related to the specified search criteria and the purchase order on the voucher line. |
Select |
Select the receiver or receivers you want to associate with the voucher line and click OK. The system associates the selected receiver or receivers' details to the voucher to be used when matching the voucher. |
Access the Invoice Line Tax Information page.
The fields on this page display values that are passed to the voucher line through the Payables default hierarchy. If the voucher was created by copying a purchase order, purchase order values override the Payables default hierarchy, so the voucher inherits sales and use tax data from the purchase order. When you create a new voucher, all of the fields on this page can be overridden for the voucher line.
This page includes different fields than those described here if you have installed and enabled a third-party tax application, like Taxware or Vertex.
See Managing Voucher Line Tax Information with Taxware and Vertex.
Sales/Use Tax Destination |
Indicates the location for which a sales or use tax is applicable. This value is defined as a ship to location, but it does not have to be the same as the ship to location defined in the Payables control hierarchy. |
Sales/Use Tax Applicability |
Indicates the tax that applies to the tax destination. Select one of the following options: Exempt: Item is exempt from sales tax. Exonerated: Purchaser is exonerated from sales tax. Sales Tax: Apply sales tax. Enter the gross sales tax amount on the voucher header. Use Tax: Apply use tax. Do not enter the tax amount on the voucher header. |
Ultimate Use Code |
Enter a code to override the default tax rate that is based on the ship to location. This field is available for entry only if an ultimate use code is defined for the ship to location on the Ship To Sales/Use Tax Default page. |
Tax Code SUT (sales and use tax code) |
The tax code that applies to this voucher line. A tax code consists of a group of tax authorities. For example, if a certain locality has a city tax, trade use tax, county tax, and state tax, you can create four tax authorities and group them into a single tax code. The tax code that defaults here depends on a number of factors. See Understanding PeopleSoft-Only Sales and Use Tax Processing. |
Calculation Parameters
Include Misc Charges (include miscellaneous charges) |
Select to indicate that any additional charges must be taxed and added to the net-extended amount before calculating sales/use tax. |
Include Discount |
Select to have the system calculate any applicable discount and subtract it from the net-extended amount before calculating sales/use tax. Note. If the discount is lost, the system does not automatically recalculate and adjust any tax amounts. |
Include Freight |
Select to indicate that any freight amount must be taxed and added to the net-extended amount before calculating sales/use tax. |
Include VAT |
Select to indicate that any VAT amount must be taxed and added to the net-extended amount before calculating sales/use tax.
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Note. The values in these fields default from the tax code in a PeopleSoft–only tax calculation environment and from the Ship To Location if you are using a third-party tax application.
See Also
Managing Voucher Line Tax Information with Taxware and Vertex
This section provides an overview of source document copy functionality and discusses how to:
Copy purchase order information.
Copy receiver information.
Copy voucher information.
Copy template information.
This section discusses:
Source document copy functionality.
Defaulting logic.
Copying sales and use tax information from source documents.
Procurement card payment method considerations.
Work order data integration.
Source Document Copy Functionality
Depending on your set up and business needs, you may create online vouchers by entering invoice information manually. In some cases, you may also want to copy existing information (from a purchase order, receiver, or another voucher) into the voucher you are creating. Payables enables you to copy entire source documents, or portions of them, saving data entry time and reducing potential input errors.
The types of documents that you can copy depend on the voucher style that you select. The Copy from a Source Document group box on the Invoice Information page changes depending on the voucher style you select. The group box offers only the types of source documents that you are allowed to copy for that voucher style.
This table lists source transactions available for a particular voucher style:
Voucher Style |
Source Transactions Available to Copy |
Regular |
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Adjustments |
Voucher. Note. The nonmerchandise charges are copied into the voucher only if you copy the entire voucher. They are not copied if you copy select lines. |
Claim Note. You cannot manually create claim vouchers, but you can update existing claim vouchers. |
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Journal |
None. |
Prepaid |
None. |
Register |
None. |
Reversal |
Voucher. |
Single-payment |
None. |
Template |
Note. When copying a voucher into the template voucher, the nonmerchandise charges are copied only if you copy the entire voucher. They are not copied if you copy select lines. |
Third-party |
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When you copy individual source documents to a voucher, the voucher inherits the source document header, line, and distribution information. When you copy multiple purchase orders or multiple receipts to a voucher, the voucher inherits the first instance of the source document's header information. As an example, if you copy multiple lines from different purchase orders to a voucher, the first purchase order's header information will be copied to the voucher.
Note. The match rule control and accounting template from the purchase order is copied to the voucher similar to other header fields.
Copying Sales and Use Tax Information From Source Documents
Whenever you copy purchase order information to a voucher, you copy over only the sales and use tax codes and other processing parameters, not the calculated amounts. The calculated amounts on the voucher may therefore differ from those on the purchase order if, for example, a tax rate has changed for a tax code between the time a purchase order was entered and the time you copy it to the voucher.
See Setting Up Sales and Use Taxes and Value-Added Taxes (VAT).
Procurement Card Settlement Method Considerations
Procurement cards (PCards) are used by authorized staff to buy small purchases of regularly consumed supplies and services, such as supplies (office, maintenance, computer), conference/registration fees, subscriptions, repairs, services, and so on. The card provider makes settlements for all transactions made with PCards directly to suppliers. The organization then makes a single monthly payment to the card provider.
Purchasing has added PCards settlement functionality to requisitions and their associated purchase orders, enabling organizations to streamline the payment process. Using PCards reduces the amount of paperwork involved in receiving invoices, creating vouchers and mailing or dispatching payments individually to suppliers.
Payables handles PCard transaction settlements differently than other payments. The system processes PCard settlements through the PCard interface, as follows:
The card provider is paid immediately by a prepayment voucher.
Each cardholder's individual transactions are then paid by a regular voucher that clears the outstanding prepayment.
The prepayments are submitted monthly; one or more regular vouchers will clear the prepayment.
As PCard settlements must be processed through the PCard interface, the system prevents purchase orders or receivers marked with this payment method from being copied to a voucher or a quick invoice, or selected by the voucher build association logic. The system excludes purchase orders and their associated receivers marked for PCard settlement from displaying on these pages:
Associate Receiver Lines (RECEIVER_LOOKUP).
Copy Worksheet for purchase orders (VCHR_LINE_PO_WRK).
Copy Worksheet for receiver lookup criteria (VCHR_LINE_RECV_WRK).
Invoice Information (VCHR_EXPRESS1).
Quick Invoice (VCHR_HEADER_QV).
Payables integrates with Work Order Management to record the actual cost of external resources. If your organization installs the Work Order Management application, this integration occurs during the following scenarios:
When you copy purchase order or receiver associated with a work order into a regular voucher or a Quick Invoice voucher.
When you manually enter work order data into a regular voucher.
When the Voucher Build process creates vouchers with copied work order-associated purchase orders from the following voucher sources:
EDI
ERS
Quick Invoice
RTV
XML
At voucher save, the system retrieves default distribution data from Work Order Management and automatically populates the distribution line level. This information includes Project ChartField information, and is not editable.
If you are associating a non-purchase order voucher to a work order, enter the work order data using the Invoice Information or Quick Invoice pages.
Important! If you are creating a non-purchase order voucher for items already entered in the Inventory application, do not enter work order information on these pages. Doing so creates a duplicate charge situation, as Payables and Inventory will individually send work order charges for the same item to Work Order Management.
Run the Payables to Projects Cost Collection Application Engine program (PC_AP_TO_PC), which retrieves the distribution and line information from Voucher Line table and creates entries in the Project Transactions table (PROJ_RESOURCE).
See Also
Voucher Build Processing Logic for Associating Voucher Lines with Purchase Order and Receiver Lines
Page Name |
Object Name |
Navigation |
Usage |
VCHR_EXPRESS1 |
Accounts Payable, Vouchers, Add/Update, Regular Entry |
Select the type of source document you want to copy. |
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VCHR_LINE_PO_WRK |
Select Purchase Order Only in the Worksheet Copy Option field on the Invoice Information page. |
Select the lines from one or more purchase orders for copying to the Invoice Information page. |
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VCHR_LINE_RECV_WRK |
Select PO Receipt or Non PO Receipt in the Worksheet Copy Option field on the Invoice Information page. |
Select the lines from one or more receivers for copying onto the Invoice Information page. |
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VCHR_TP_VCHR_WRK |
Select Voucher in the Worksheet Copy Option field on the Invoice Information page. |
Select the lines from one or more merchandise vouchers for the third party voucher you are entering. You can select this option only if you are creating template, third-party, adjustment, or reversal vouchers. |
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VCHR_TEMPLATE |
Select Template in the Worksheet Copy Option field on the Invoice Information page |
Copy information from a template voucher |
Access the Copy Worksheet (purchase order) page.
Note. To copy a purchase order, you can enter the PO Unit and Purchase Order on the Invoice Information page and click Copy PO, or you can select Purchase Order Only in the Worksheet Copy Option field to access the Copy Worksheet page for purchase orders.
Note. You cannot copy from a purchase order that is associated with a PCard transaction.
Note. When you use the PO worksheet copy functionality, the system always uses the first listed PO to derive payment term information, regardless of whether you define only one PO or multiple POs. It does not derive payment term information from the Payables default hierarchy.
PO Lookup Criteria
PO Business Unit |
Search for purchase orders by purchasing business unit. You must enter a purchasing business unit. |
View Matched/Cancelled Only |
Select to limit the search to include matched and cancelled purchase orders only. You must have authority to copy matched and cancelled purchase orders. You set this up in Defining User Preferences. |
PO Number From and PO Number To |
Enter a PO number in the PO Number From field to search for individual purchase orders. Search for a range of purchase orders by entering PO numbers in the PO Number From and the PO Number To fields. You must also enter a purchasing business unit. |
PO Line Number From and PO Line Number To |
Enter a PO line number in the PO Line Number From field to search for individual purchase order lines by . Search for a range of purchase order lines by entering PO line numbers in the PO Line Number From and the PO Line Number To fields. You must also enter a PO number. These fields are not available if you select a range of PO numbers. |
PO Date Option and PO Date |
Enter the PO Date Option field in conjunction with the PO Date field to limit your search to purchase orders that fall within a selected date range. |
Additional Search Criteria
This section initially appears as collapsed; you must expand this section to access these optional fields. You can specify additional criteria with PO lookup criteria or with only the PO Business Unit defined. However, any information you define in this groupbox overrides the values specified in the PO Lookup Criteria groupbox.
Get only the PO lines that contain the following information |
Select to include only the PO lines that contain the data specified in the additional search criteria. This field is set as the default. |
Get all PO lines for any PO that contains the following information |
Select to include all purchase order lines for purchase orders that contain the data specified in the additional search criteria. |
Item ID, Item Description, Quantity, Unit Price, Merch Amt (merchandise amount), Vendor Item ID, Mfg Item ID (manufacturing item identification), and Contract ID |
Enter data to further refine your search. You can enter data in more than one field. When you search for quantity, unit price, or merchandise amount, you should also enter at least one of the following fields: Item ID, Item Description, Vendor Item ID, Manufacturing ID or Contract ID. |
Search and Copy
Search |
Click Search to populate the Select PO Lines scroll area with the purchase orders that match your search criteria. This button is not available until you enter a purchasing business unit. |
Copy Selected Lines |
Click Copy Selected Lines to copy selected purchase orders lines onto the voucher. This field is not available until you select Search to display PO lines. Note. If the Copy Matched and Closed PO option is selected for your user preferences and you create a voucher that references a PO that has a matched line (because an earlier voucher also referenced the PO) and an unmatched line, then when you copy the PO to the voucher, the matched PO line will copy with both the amount and the quantity at zero. |
Reset |
Click Reset to remove the Select PO Lines scroll area and clear selection criteria. |
Select All |
Click to select all of the lines for all purchase orders displayed. |
Clear All |
Click to deselect all of the lines for all purchase orders displayed. |
Select PO Lines
Select |
Select individual purchase order lines by selecting this check box in the appropriate row. |
Quantity Vouchered |
Displays the quantity on the PO line. This field can be modified if the PO line is not an amount only PO line. If you change the quantity vouchered, this value and the extended amount (quantity × unit price) are carried forward to the voucher line. However, you must change the distribution line manually on the Invoice Information page to match both the quantity and the extended amount. |
Merchandise Amt (merchandise amount) |
Displays the merchandise amount on the PO line. This field can be modified if the PO line is an amount only PO line. |
Select All |
Click to select all of the lines for a single purchase order. Each purchase order that the system returns has a Select All button. You must click the button for each purchase order to select its lines. |
Clear All |
Click to deselect all of the lines for a single purchase order. Each purchase order that the system returns has a Clear All button. You must click the button for each purchase order to deselect its lines. |
See Also
Pages Used to Define Application-Specific User Preferences
Access the Copy Worksheet (receiver) page.
Note. You cannot copy from a receipt on a purchase order that is associated with a PCard transaction.
Receiver Lookup Criteria
PO Business Unit |
Search for purchase orders by purchasing business unit. You must enter a purchasing business unit, a receiving business unit, or both. Note. This field appears only if you selected PO Receipt in the Worksheet Copy Option field on the Invoice Information page. |
PO Number |
Enter a PO number to search for individual purchase orders. You must also enter a purchasing business unit. Note. This field appears only if you selected PO Receipt in the Worksheet Copy Option field on the Invoice Information page. |
PO Dt Opt (purchase order date option) and PO Date |
Enter the PO date option in conjunction with the PO Date field to limit your search to purchase orders that fall within a selected date range. Note. This field appears only if you selected PO Receipt in the Worksheet Copy Option field on the Invoice Information page. |
Receipt Unit |
Search for the receipts by receiving business unit. You must enter a purchasing business unit, a receiving business unit, or both. |
Receipt Number From and Receipt Number To |
Enter a receipt number in the Receipt Number From field to search for individual receipts. Search for a range of receipts by entering receipt numbers in the Receipt Number From and the Receipt Number To fields. You must also enter a receiving business unit. |
Receiver Line From and Line |
Enter a receiver line number in the Receiver Line From field to search for individual receiver lines. Search for a range of receiver lines by entering receiver line numbers in the Receiver Line From and the Line fields. You must also enter a receipt number. These fields are not available if you select a range of receipt numbers. |
Receipt Date Option and Receipt Date |
Enter the Receipt Date Option field in conjunction with the PO Date field to limit your search to receipts that fall within a selected date range. |
Ship To, Packing Slip, Pro Number, Bill of Lading, and Carrier ID |
Enter data in these fields to further refine your search. You can enter data in more than one field. You must enter a Receipt Unit if you use these fields to limit your search results. |
Additional Search Criteria
This section initially appears as collapsed; you must expand this section to access these optional fields. You can specify additional criteria with receiver lookup criteria or with only the Receipt Unit defined. However, any information you define in this groupbox overrides the values specified in the Receiver Lookup Criteria groupbox.
Get only the Receipt lines that contain the following information |
Select to include only the receiver lines that contain the data specified in the additional search criteria. This field is set as the default. |
Get all Receipt lines for any Receipt that contains the following information |
Select to include all receiver lines for receipts orders that contain the data specified in the additional search criteria. |
Item ID, Item Description, Quantity, Unit Price, Merch Amt (merchandise amount), Vendor Item ID, Mfg Item ID (manufacturing item identification), and Contract ID |
Enter data to further refine your search. You can enter data in more than one field. When you search for quantity, unit price, or merchandise amount, you should also enter at least one of the following fields: Item ID or Item Description. |
Search and Copy
Search |
Click Search to populate the Select Receiver Lines scroll area with the purchase orders that match your search criteria. This button is not available until you enter a purchasing or receiving business unit. |
Copy Selected Lines |
Click Copy Selected Lines to copy selected receiver lines onto the voucher. This field is not available until you select Search to display receiver lines. |
Reset |
Click Reset to remove the Select Receiver Lines scroll area and clear selection criteria. |
Select All |
Click to select all of the lines for all receipts displayed. |
Clear All |
Click to deselect all of the lines for all receipts displayed. |
Select Receiver Lines
If you are searching for purchase order receipts, you can view both purchase order and receiver information for each receiver returned by your search. If you are searching for non purchase order receipts, only the receiver information appears.
Select |
Select individual receiver lines by selecting this check box in the appropriate row. |
Quantity |
Displays the unmatched quantity (in the voucher unit of measure) on the receiver line. This field can be modified if the receiver line is not an amount only line. If you change the quantity, this value and the extended amount (quantity × unit price) are carried forward to the voucher line. However, you must change the distribution line manually on the Invoice Information page to match both the quantity and the extended amount. |
Merchandise Amount |
Displays the merchandise amount on the receiver line. This field can be modified if the receiver line is an amount only line. |
Select All |
Click to select all of the lines for a single receipt. Each receipt that the system returns has a Select All button. You must click the button for each receipt to select its lines. |
Clear All |
Click to deselect all of the lines for a single receipt. Each receipt that the system returns has a Clear All button. You must click the button for each receipt to deselect its lines. |
Access the Voucher Worksheet page.
Vendor ID |
Search for vouchers by vendor. The vendor's short name appears when you select the vendor. Note. For third-party vouchers, there is an edit check to ensure that you do not enter the same vendor that you entered on the Invoice Information page. |
Voucher ID |
Search for individual vouchers. The voucher's invoice number appears when you select the voucher ID. |
From Voucher Line and To Voucher Line |
Enter a voucher line number in the From Voucher Line field to search for individual voucher lines. Search for a range of voucher lines by entering voucher line numbers in the From Voucher Line and the To Voucher Line fields. You must also enter a voucher ID. |
Voucher Date Option and Voucher Date |
Enter the Voucher Date Option field in conjunction with the Voucher Date field to limit your search to vouchers that fall within a selected date range. |
Currency |
Search for vouchers by voucher currency. |
Additional Search Criteria
This section initially appears as collapsed; you must expand this section to access these optional fields. You can specify additional criteria with receiver lookup criteria or with only the Receipt Unit defined. However, any information you define in this groupbox overrides the values specified in the Voucher Lookup Criteria groupbox.
Get only the Voucher lines that contain the following information |
Select to include only the voucher lines that contain the data specified in the additional search criteria. This field is set as the default. |
Get all Voucher lines for any Voucher that contains the following information |
Select to include all voucher lines for vouchers that contain the data specified in the additional search criteria. |
Item ID, Item Description, Quantity, Unit Price, and Merchandise Amount |
Enter data to further refine your search. You can enter data in more than one field. When you search for quantity, unit price, or merchandise amount, you should also enter at least one of the following fields: Item ID or Item Description. |
Search and Copy
Search |
Click Search to populate the Voucher Information scroll area with the voucher lines that match your search criteria. |
Copy Selected Lines or Copy Entire Document |
Click to copy voucher information onto the voucher. This button is not available until you select Search to display returned voucher information results. When the system retrieves multiple vouchers, you can copy selected voucher lines. When the system retrieves only one document, you can copy the entire document. |
Reset |
Click Reset to remove the Voucher Information scroll area and clear selection criteria. |
Select All |
Click to select all of the lines for all vouchers displayed. |
Clear All |
Click to deselect all of the lines for all vouchers displayed. |
Voucher Information
Unpaid |
Displays the unpaid balance of the voucher being adjusted. This field is displayed only if you are creating an adjustment voucher. The system issues a warning if the adjustment amount is greater than the unpaid balance of the voucher being adjusted. |
Reverse Qty/Amt (reverse quantity/amount) |
If the voucher you are adjusting references a purchase order, select this check box to reverse matched quantities or amounts for the purchase order. This field is available only if you are creating an adjustment voucher. |
Select |
Select individual voucher lines by selecting this check box in the appropriate row. |
Adjust Matched Values, Restore Encumbrance or Adjust Mtch Value/Encumbrance |
This field is available only if you are creating an adjustment voucher and the original voucher has an unreconciled related purchase order. The field label and action of this field change depending on the following factors:
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Select All |
Click to select all of the lines for a voucher. Each voucher that the system returns has a Select All button. You must click the button for each voucher to select its lines. |
Clear All |
Click to deselect all of the lines for a voucher. Each voucher that the system returns has a Clear All button. You must click the button for each voucher to select its lines. |
Access the Voucher Template page.
Note. You must enter a vendor ID on the Invoice Information page before you can access the Voucher Template page by selecting the Worksheet Copy Option.
Template ID |
Select a template ID. If only one template ID is defined for the vendor, that template ID will prepopulate this page field. |
Copy from Template |
Click Copy from template to copy the appropriate invoice header, line, and distribution information from the source template voucher onto the voucher you are adding. This action returns you to the Invoice Information page. |
This section discusses how to:
Enter payment information for vouchers.
Define payment options.
Override late charge information.
Enter draft settings for draft payments.
Entering vendor bank account and EFT layout information.
Enter HIPAA information.
Page Name |
Object Name |
Navigation |
Usage |
VCHR_PAYMENT_PNL |
Accounts Payable, Vouchers, Add/Update, Regular Entry, Payments |
View the payment schedule for a voucher and override payment settings. On this page, you can change the payment schedule, schedule multiple payments, schedule direct payment to an alternate vendor or vendor location, record a manual payment, and create an express payment. |
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PAY_OPT_SEC |
Click the Holiday/Currency Options link on the Voucher - Payments page. |
Override the default bank holiday processing options and currency options for the payment. |
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PAY_TO_BANK_SCHED |
Click the Vendor Bank Account link on the Voucher - Payments page. |
Set the pay to bank account for the remit to vendor. |
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LATE_CHRG_SBP |
Click the Late Charge link on the Voucher - Payments page. |
Override late interest charge information. |
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PYMNT_VCHR_MSG |
Click the Messages link on the Voucher - Payments page. |
Enter a payment message text or select a predefined payment message code to include on the payment remittance advice. |
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APD_MATURIT_DT_SEC |
Click the Drafts link on the Voucher - Payments page. This link is active only for a draft payment method. |
Specify draft settings for a draft payment method. |
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LC_AP_INQ1 |
Click the View Related Links icon next to the Letter of Credit ID field on the Voucher - Payments page or the Voucher Attributes page. |
View details about a letter of credit. |
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LC_AP_INQ2 |
Click the View Related Links icon next to the Letter of Credit ID field on the Voucher - Payments page or the Voucher Attributes page. |
View details about a letter of credit document. |
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AP_EFT_LYT_SEC |
Click the Layout link on the Voucher - Payments page. |
Enter information to settle a payment through Financial Gateway or Pay Cycle Manager functionality. |
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VCHR_HIPAA_SEC |
Click the HIPAA link on the Voucher - Payments page. |
(USA) Enter information for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) compliance. The link and page appear only if the voucher's payment method has an EFT layout of HIPAA. |
Access the Voucher - Payments page.
Payables schedules payments for a voucher when you save the voucher. At that time, the system processes the voucher fields against the Payment Terms table to determine the net due, discount due, and scheduled due dates for the payment.
Note. Remember that if the vendor is on hold, the system does not select the voucher for payment until you remove the payment hold status for the vendor.
Note. If a payment has been reconciled, the fields on this page are grayed out and unavailable.
Header
Pay Terms |
Modify the payment terms. |
Schedule Payment |
Click this button to schedule the payment before you save the voucher. This function enables you to preview the payment due dates and discount (if any). With multi-payment terms, you can also generate installment payment records (and review and edit them, if necessary) in advance of committing them when saving the voucher. You can always edit the voucher immediately after saving, but this alternate method may offer more peace of mind. |
HIPAA |
Click this link to access the HIPAA page, where you can enter HIPAA information for the voucher. This link appears only if the voucher's payment method has an EFT layout of HIPAA. |
Payment Information
Scheduled Payment |
Displays the scheduled payment number. |
Remit to, Location, and Address |
Displays the appropriate remit to vendor for the payment based on the remit to vendor established for the vendor on the Invoice Information page. This value defaults from values established at the vendor location level. Whereas in most cases you remit directly to the vendor that sent you the voucher, the system enables you to override the default choices for remit to vendor, location, and address. For example, if a vendor requires that payments be sent to its company corporate office rather than to a local office address, you can select the location to which the payment should be sent. You can also change the remit to vendor to pay one vendor for the vouchers of another, as is the case with factoring relationships, for example. |
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Click the Alternate Names icon to enter alternate names for the remit-to vendor. |
(USF) Schedule ID |
U.S. federal payment schedule ID. This field is populated only after you have run the Pay Cycle process for the payment. |
Gross Amount |
Enter the payment amount for the scheduled payment if you do not take a discount. If you have multiple payments scheduled for the voucher, the sum of the gross amounts for each of these payments must equal the gross amount of the voucher on the Invoice Information page. |
Discount |
Enter the amount of the discount that can be taken on the scheduled payment. If you have multiple payments scheduled for the voucher, the sum of all the discount amounts must equal the total discount amount available for the voucher. If you miss the discount due date and elect not always to take the discount, you cannot take advantage of this discount amount, unless you reschedule the payment with new dates. |
Select to access the Late Charge Information page, where you can review and override the system-assigned payment reason code and the late charge information that appears by default through the Payables control hierarchy. You can override the payment reason code after you have paid the voucher, but you cannot change the Late Charge Option or the Late Charge Code fields after payment. Only user-defined codes appear. Note. This page is available only if you have enabled late charge calculation on the Installation Options - Payables page. |
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Net Due |
Displays the net due date. When Payables automatically schedules payments, the system calculates the net due date by applying the appropriate net payment terms timing calculation for the payment terms on the Invoice Information page. If you have specified net delay days for the vendor or for the Payables business unit, the system adds that number of days to the date calculated from the payment terms to determine the net due date when the gross amount for the scheduled payment is due. |
Discount Due |
The system calculates the discount due date by applying the appropriate discount payment terms timing calculation for the payment terms on the Invoice Information page. If you have specified discount delay days for the vendor or for the Payables business unit, the system adds that number of days to the date calculated from the payment terms to determine the latest date that you can legitimately retain the discount amount for the scheduled payment. |
Discount Denied |
This check box is display-only and is set by the Pay Cycle process. When the Evaluate Discount Rate feature is enabled at the Installation Options level, the Pay Cycle process determines whether the discount should be taken. If the discount is not taken, the Discount Denied check box is selected. |
Scheduled Due |
Determines when to pay the scheduled payment. During the payment selection step of the Pay Cycle process, the system compares the pay through date (entered as part of your payment selection criteria) to the scheduled pay date. If the scheduled pay date is less than or equal to the pay through date, the scheduled payment is a candidate for payment. When Payables automatically schedules payments, the scheduled due date is set to one of these values:
Users authorized to schedule payments manually can manipulate these dates and amounts to tailor the voucher's scheduled payments to meet your organization's cash flow requirements. Note. When bank holiday processing is enabled, the system adjusts the scheduled due date forward or backward according to whether the due date falls on a work day, weekend, or holiday, depending on the parameters that are in effect. Note. Once the scheduled due date has been populated for a payment (either by calculation or by direct user entry), that payment is considered scheduled. The payment schedule is not updated for any subsequent changes in payment terms or basis date/amount data. You must first remove the data from the Scheduled Due date field if you want to reschedule an already scheduled payment. |
Accounting Date |
The accounting date is based on the settings defined in the Payables default hierarchy. |
Payment Method
Bank and Account |
Select the bank and bank account from which the payment is issued. This appears by default from the control hierarchy, but you may override these settings. |
Method |
Select a payment method: ACH: Automated Clearing House. BEF: Customer-initiated EFT draft. BOO: Customer-initiated draft. CHK: System check. DD: Direct debit. DFT: Vendor-initiated draft. EFT: Electronic Funds Transfer. GE: Giro EFT. GM: Manual giro. LC: Letter of credit. MAN: Manual check. WIR: Wire report. |
Drafts |
Click to access the Draft Maturity Dates page, where you can specify the draft maturity date options for the payment. This link is active only if you select a draft payment method. See Processing Drafts. |
Pay Group |
Select the pay group for this payment, where applicable. Pay groups are used as part of the pay cycle selection criteria. You can use them to better control which payment schedules are selected when. You define vendor pay groups on the Vendor Pay Group Codes page. |
Displays the payment handling code, which appears by default from the Payables control hierarchy. Each payment handling code has a sort sequence related to it that determines the order in which it prints. Checks are printed according to the sort sequence in ascending order: the lower the sort sequence number, the higher the sort priority. You must always have a payment handling code on a scheduled payment. You define payment handling codes on the Payment Handling Codes page. |
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Netting |
Displays the status for the netting auto selection process (TR_NET_ASEL): H (hold): Net payment is on hold for the netting auto selection process in Treasury. This payment schedule is available for the netting selection process to select it. N (not applicable): Netting does not apply to this payment. This vendor is not a netting vendor S (selected): Net payment is selected for payment. Payment has been processed by the netting selection process and is now ready to be processed by the Netting Close process in pay cycle processing. |
Message |
Enter a payment message of up to 70 characters to appear on the remittance advice (check stub). You can also click the Messages link to access the Payment Message page, where you can select message codes for predefined messages to appear on the remittance advice and specify the order in which they appear. You can repeat this for each scheduled payment. You define message codes on the Payment Messages page in the Procurement Options menu. |
Schedule Payment
Action |
Select the payment action:
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Pay |
This field is only enabled if you have set the payment action to Record. This field enables you to indicate that either the Full amount or the Discounted amount is being paid. |
Reference |
Enter a reference number when recording a manual payment. |
Payment Date |
The default is today's date. You can change it to reflect the date of the manual payment. |
Applied Voucher |
Displays the voucher ID of the prepaid voucher to which this regular voucher was applied. This field appears only on regular vouchers applied to prepayments. |
Payment Options
Hold Payment |
Select this option to place a payment on hold. The system stores the scheduled payment but the Pay Cycle process does not pay it. When you are ready to take the payment off hold, clear the check box. |
Hold Reason |
Select a code to explain the payment hold:
The reason codes are stored in a translate table. You can add more codes to the translate table using PeopleTools. |
Letter of Credit |
Displays the ID for the letter of credit. This field is only active for a payment method of LC. Click the View Related Links icon to view the Letter of Credit Details page and the Letter of Credit document page. See Letters of Credit. |
Separate Payment |
Select this check box if you do not want this payment to be grouped with other payments for the remit to vendor. |
(USF) Inbound IPAC |
Select to indicate that this voucher is to be applied to an inbound IPAC transaction. This places the voucher payment on hold with a Hold Reason of IPC, IPAC hold, until the inbound IPAC data has been staged and is ready for you to associate with the voucher. This field is available only if you have enabled federal payments on the Installation Options - Payables page. |
(USF) Select IPAC |
Click to access the Inbound IPAC Stage Selection page, where you can search for and select staged inbound IPAC transactions to associate with the voucher. This field is available only if you have enabled federal payments on the Installation Options - Payables page. |
Other Links
Payment Inquiry |
Click to access the Payment Inquiry page to view payment information. This link is active only if the voucher has been paid. |
Holiday/Currency Options |
Click to access the Holiday/Currency Options page, where you can change the default bank holiday processing and currency options for the payment. |
Express Payment |
Click to access the Express Payment page, where you can create an express payment. The system copies all relevant information on the voucher to the payment fields for creating an express payment. |
Vendor Bank Account/Layout |
Click to access the Vendor Bank Account/EFT Layout page, where you can select the bank account sequence number, payment settlement method, and EFT layout for a payment. |
Prepayment |
Select to search for and apply eligible regular vouchers to a prepaid voucher. This link is active only if you are entering a prepaid voucher. |
(USF) IPAC |
Click to access the IPAC page, where you can enter and review IPAC information for the voucher. This link is active only if you have enabled federal payments on the Installation Options - Payables page and the payment method you selected is defined as an IPAC EFT layout for the bank you have selected. See Processing Outbound Intra-Governmental Payment and Collection System Transactions in Payables. |
Payment Amounts Other Than Gross or Discount
If you want to enter a payment that differs from the gross or discount amounts, you must enter additional payment schedules that add up to one of those amounts. Do this by inserting new rows for the payment and scheduling those payments for a later date.
For example, if the gross amount is 100.00 EUR, and you want to enter a manual payment of 70.00 EUR, you must create two payment schedules for the voucher:
One for 70.00 EUR.
One for 30.00 EUR.
Change the gross amount on the existing payment schedule to 70.00 EUR, and then insert a new payment schedule row and enter a payment of 30.00 EUR to equal the gross amount of the voucher. The system does not allow you to save the manual payment of 70.00 EUR until the voucher balances to either the gross or discount amount.
Vouchers with Payment Terms that Include Rebate Processing
Some vendors provide a rebate rather than a discount for payments made early. You can set up such payment terms on the Payment Terms - Single Payment page.
When the Voucher component processes vouchers with rebate terms, it performs the following validations:
Accounting policy must be gross.
Discount due date and scheduled due date must be today's date.
All voucher lines must be set to discount applicable.
Only one scheduled payment per voucher.
There is no discount calculation when you save the voucher. Rebate calculation takes place in the payment selection step of the Pay Cycle process.
See Defining Single Payment Terms.
Access the Holiday/Currency Options page.
The system calculates bank holidays using the business calendar.
Holiday Options |
Select from the following: Not Applicable: The system does not take bank holidays into consideration when it calculates the payment due dates. Due After Holiday: The system takes any bank holidays into consideration when it calculates the payment due date and delays payment until after the bank holiday. If you select this value, you can also select the Allow due date in next month check box to enable the payment to be made in the next month. If you don't select this check box, and the payment date after a holiday does fall in the next month, the system schedules the payment before the holiday. For example, you would not select this value if you generally want payments to be made after a holiday but not in the next month when a holiday falls at the end of a month. Due Before Holiday: The system takes any bank holidays into consideration when it calculates the payment due date and makes the payment before the bank holiday. |
Days |
Enter the number of days after or before the holiday the payment can be made. |
Payment Currency |
Select the currency in which the payment is made. |
Rate Type |
Select the rate type for converting the invoice currency to the payment currency. |
Specify Rate |
Select if you want to enter a specific rate for converting the invoice currency to the payment currency in the Exchange Rate field. |
Paid |
If you enter a specific exchange rate, the amount in the payment currency is calculated and reported here. Note. This field is in deferred processing mode and a trip to the server is required to calculate the paid amount. You can invoke a trip to the server by clicking the Refresh button (access key: ALT+0). |
Access the Late Charge Information page.
Payment Reason Code |
Displays the system-assigned payment reason code; you can override this value after you have paid the voucher. You set up payment reason codes on the Payment Reason Codes page. The system-applied reason code that you attach to the SetID for this business unit on the Payables Options - Payments page defaults into this field. |
Late Charge Option |
Select either Compute Charges to have the system calculate late charges, or select Not Applicable. You cannot change this value after the voucher has been paid. |
If you choose to compute late charges at the voucher level, set the value here. You cannot change this value after the voucher has been paid. You set up late charge codes on the Late Interest Charges page. |
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Late Charge Amount |
Displays the amount of the late charge to be paid. |
Late Charge Denied |
If the system calculated late charge is below the minimum pay amount (as defined during late charge set up), the system does not pay the late charge. The late charge is denied. The system displays the denied amount in the Late Charge Denied field and the late charge amount becomes zero. When the late charge is above the minimum pay amount, it appears in the Late Charge Amount field and the Late Charge Denied field becomes zero. |
See Also
Access the Draft Maturity Dates page.
Draft Sight |
References the agreed upon payment terms between you and your vendor. These terms are similar to accounts payable and accounts receivable payment terms, except that it does not use discounts. You maintain your default sight codes at the business unit, voucher origin, and vendor levels of the control hierarchy. The system uses the draft sight code to calculate the maturity date. |
Maturity Date |
When you save a voucher with a payment method of draft, the system calculates the draft maturity date and the scheduled maturity date using the scheduled due date, draft sight code, and bank holiday processing options. You can override the Maturity Date field here, but the voucher payment schedule due date must be less than or equal to the maturity date. |
Scheduled Maturity Date |
When you save a voucher with a payment method of draft, the system calculates the draft maturity date and the scheduled maturity date using the scheduled due date, draft sight code, and bank holiday processing options. You can override the Scheduled Maturity Date field here, but the voucher payment schedule due date must be less than or equal to the maturity date. |
Group Code |
Use to group payment schedules manually into one draft. |
See Also
Access the Layout page.
To enable editing of the Bank Account Sequence Number and Layout fields, you must first specify a payment method of ACH: Automated Clearing House, BEF: Customer-initiated EFT draft, EFT: Electronic Funds Transfer, GE: Giro EFT, or WIR: Wire report.
Bank Account Sequence Number |
Displays a bank account sequence number. The system then automatically populates settlement method and layout code values, if defined. |
Layout |
Select an applicable layout code. The system displays codes depending on the bank code, bank account, and payment method defined on the Payments page. When you click Save, the system validates layout codes against those defined at the bank account level. |
Settle by |
Displays the settlement method of the selected layout, either Financial Gateway or Pay Cycle Manager. Note. You must select layouts settled through Pay Cycle Manager for federal payments, single payment vouchers, and (USA) HIPAA payments. |
Access the HIPAA page.
Entity Identified Code |
Enter a code to identify the organizational entity, physical location, property, or individual: 3rd Party or Payer. |
Reference Identifier Qualifier and Reference Identifier |
Enter a qualifier to indicate against which the payment is to be applied: Invoice, Master, or Plan, and a corresponding identifier number from the agency authorizing the payment. |
Identification Code Qualifier and Identification Code |
Enter a qualifier to indicate the code structure method of the Identification Code: D&B (Dun and Bradstreet), D&B + Sfx (Dun and Bradstreet plus 4-character suffix), Insurance, Plan ID, or Tax ID, and enter the corresponding code. |
Policy Information Type and Policy Information |
Enter Account, Contract, Invoice, or Policy to define the policy type, and additional information, such as the policy number. |
Contact Method and Contact Name |
Enter the preferred contact method: Email, Fax, or Telephone, and the contact person's name. |
Contact Information |
Enter specific contact information, such as email address. |
Start Date and End Date |
Enter the dates to define the duration of the policy. |
See Also
(USA) Vouchers for HIPAA Payments
This section discusses how to view and modify voucher attributes.
Page Name |
Object Name |
Navigation |
Usage |
VCHR_STATUS_IA |
Accounts Payable, Vouchers, Add/Update, Regular Entry, Voucher Attributes |
View and, if applicable, override the default transaction currency processing, the match status, the voucher approval setting, voucher processing options, tax group, and accounting instructions. Where applicable you can also pay unmatched vouchers and access SBI (Self Billing Invoice), prepayment, and Letter of Credit information on this page. |
Access the Voucher Attributes page.
The fields in the Voucher Processing group box enable you to select various voucher processing options. Depending on the status of the voucher and its stage in the voucher life cycle, not all of these options may be available.
Post Voucher |
Select to allow the voucher to post. The default for a voucher is derived from the control hierarchy: control group, origin, business unit. If the default is post, the check box is selected and the voucher is available to the voucher posting process, assuming that all other edit, approval, and control group criteria are met. To prevent the voucher from posting, clear this check box. |
Revalue Voucher |
This check box is selected by default and must remain selected if the voucher is to be picked up by the PS/AP Revaluation process (AP_REVALUE). |
Close Voucher |
Enables you to relieve any outstanding liability on a voucher without paying it to the vendor. You might opt do this to ensure proper payment on a disputed vendor invoice. The voucher posting process creates the accounting entries to close the voucher, and the reversals go back against the original expense account. This check box is not available if the voucher has not been posted. |
Delete Voucher |
Enables you to delete a voucher from Payables. For control purposes, you can do this only if the voucher is in an unposted state and no portion of the voucher has ever been paid. |
See Running Voucher and Payment Posting.
The values appear by default based on the Payables control hierarchy. You can override them.
Identifies the Accounting Entry Template that is associated with this voucher. The Accounting Entry Template controls the offset accounts, for example the sales tax, freight, and discount accounts. |
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Account At |
Determines how you view discounts. Select from: Net: Accounting at net assumes that you will always take a discount. If you don't, the discount is lost. Gross: If you account at gross, the discount is earned when you are able to take it. |
Status |
Displays the current matching status of the voucher. You can change the match status, but what you can change varies depending on where the voucher is in the matching process. For example, before running the matching process, you can change the matching status to No Match on a line by line basis; that is, you can indicate which lines require matching and which lines do not. The user ID does not require match override authority to switch between a matching status of Ready and a status of No Match. The match status values are: CreditNote: Marks the voucher as being matched with a credit memo adjustment voucher. Dispute: Indicates that the voucher is on hold from further matching processing. Exceptions: A voucher that fails the matching process initially has a status of Exceptions. In this case, you can select the Exceptions link on the Voucher - Summary page to transfer to the Match Exception Workbench Details page. Or you can override the match status here, provided your user ID has match override authority. Matched: Indicates that the voucher has successfully passed the matching process. No Match: Indicates that all voucher lines are flagged as Do Not Match. If no lines are flagged for matching, the system sets voucher matching to No Match. The system sets this value automatically when it copies voucher information from a purchase order or receiver. You can set this value manually as well. Overridden: Enables the voucher to pass matching by setting the match status to Matched, even though the voucher does not match specified purchase orders or receivers. If you had previously set the status to Overridden you may change it back to Exceptions. Ready: Marks the voucher as ready for matching, so that it can be processed the next time the matching process is run. If voucher lines exist that have been flagged as full match, the system sets the voucher matching status to Ready before the voucher can be saved. The system sets this value automatically when it copies voucher information from a purchase order or receiver. You can set this value manually as well. The user ID does not require match override authority to switch between a matching status of Ready and a status of No Match. |
Match Due Date |
Edit the match due date for this specific voucher. The Matching process selects only the vouchers that are ready to be matched as of that date. |
Pay UnMatched Voucher |
Select to pay an unmatched voucher. You must have authority, defined in user preferences, to do this. |
See Running the Matching Process.
The fields in the Transaction Currency group box enable you to view and override the default voucher transaction currency and the rate type (or user-defined exchange rate) that is used to convert the voucher transaction currency into the business unit's base currency when you post the voucher. You can override the default settings before posting the voucher.
Note. The exchange rate you view or enter here has no effect on the payment currency. To convert the invoice currency to a different payment currency, use the Holiday/Currency Options page, accessed from the Voucher - Payments page.
Source |
Select the source of the currency exchange rate: Tables: The system determines the currency exchange rate automatically using the PeopleSoft Financials exchange rate table. If the system is assigning the exchange rate using the PeopleSoft Financials exchange rate tables, the voucher transaction currency, rate type, and invoice date determine which rate the system uses to convert amounts to the business unit's base currency. User: Enter your own exchange rate (independent of the tables) in the Exchange Rate field. |
Currency, Rate Type, and Exchange Rate |
The currency and rate type appear by default from the control hierarchy of business unit, origin, control group, and vendor. You can override these settings here on the voucher. |
Approval |
Set the approval status of the voucher: Default from Higher Level: The system looks to the next level in the Payables hierarchy for the voucher approval setting. Pre-Approved: The voucher's approval status is set to approved. The voucher is not routed for approval and is immediately available for payment. Specify at this Level: Specify the Business Process and Rule Set to use for approving the voucher using the Virtual Approver. |
Note. A voucher must be approved before it can be paid.
See Approving Vouchers.
Self Billing Invoice
Enter a self-billing invoice number option and number.
See Processing Self-Billed Invoices.
Prepayment
Enter prepayment information.
Letter of Credit
Letter of Credit ID |
Select the letter of credit ID for the payment. This field is populated during voucher save based on the value in the L/C ID field on the Payments page. |
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Click the View Related Links icon to view the Letter of Credit Details page and the Letter of Credit document page. See Letters of Credit. |
Tax Group and Tax Payment Type Code |
Payables uses these fields to create payments, for example garnishment payments, for Payroll. |
This section discusses how to view voucher summary information.
Page Name |
Object Name |
Navigation |
Usage |
VCHR_SUMMARY_PG |
Accounts Payable, Vouchers, Add/Update, Regular Entry, Summary Appears only after you save the voucher. |
View important voucher information, summarized from the other three primary pages, such as voucher header information, various statuses, and payment terms. Also view voucher entry information, such as the voucher source, the date entered, the user ID that entered the voucher, and the date the voucher was last updated. |
Access the Voucher - Summary page.
Contract ID |
Displays the contract ID associated with this voucher. |
Entry Status |
Displays the phase of the voucher's processing. Values include Recycled, Approved, Open, and Postable. |
Match Status |
Values include Exception, Manually Overridden, Manually Set to Credit Note, Matched, Match - Dispute, No Match, To Be Matched. If there are match exceptions, click the Exceptions link to access the Match Exception Workbench Details page. |
Budget Status and Budget Misc Status (budget miscellaneous status) |
Displays the budget checking status of the voucher total amount and nonprorated miscellaneous charges, respectively, if you are using Commitment Control. Values include: Error in Budget Check: When this value appears, the Budget Check Exception link also displays. Click the link to access the one of following two exception pages and review the error:
Not Budget Checked Valid Budget Check See Budget-Checking Payables Transactions Using Commitment Control. |
Post Status |
Voucher posting status: Posted: the Voucher Posting process has run successfully. Unposted: the Voucher Posting process has not been run. |
ERS Type |
Indicates the source for the ERS (evaluated receipt settlement) voucher . See ERS Vouchers. |
Document Tolerance Status |
If Document Tolerance checking is enabled, the system displays the Document Tolerance Status field. Values are: V (valid): The voucher has passed document tolerance checking. N (not checked): The voucher requires document tolerance checking. If any amounts, quantities, or ChartFields are modified after the document tolerance is checked, the system resets the document tolerance status to Not Checked. E (error): Exceptions were generated for the voucher during document tolerance checking. Click the link to access the Document Tolerance page, and override document tolerance exceptions. |
Voucher Source |
Indicates the source used to create this voucher. |
Origin |
Displays the voucher origin. |
View Related |
Select from the following values and click Go to view related invoice information. The system opens the inquiry pages in new browser windows, so you can review both the invoice and the related information at the same time.
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Payables logs errors for any vouchers in recycle status—whether you entered the voucher online or built it through the Voucher Build process—and lists them on the Error Summary page in the voucher component. To find vouchers with errors, enter Recycle in the Entry Status field on the add search page. You can also use the Voucher Maintenance component to review and correct voucher errors and the Voucher Mass Maintenance component to correct batches of vouchers that share the same error. These components are designed expressly for voucher error review or modification.
This section discusses how to view voucher errors using the Voucher component.
See Also
Page Name |
Object Name |
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Usage |
VCHR_ERRORSMMRY_PG |
Accounts Payable, Vouchers, Add/Update, Regular Entry, Error Summary Appears only after you save the voucher. |
View any Voucher Build processing errors, matching errors, duplicate invoices, and out of balance and combination edit errors on the voucher. |
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VCHRHDR_ERRORS_SEC |
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View errors on the voucher header. |
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VCHRLN_ERRORS_SEC |
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View errors on a voucher line. |
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VCHRDST_ERRORS_SEC |
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View errors on a voucher distribution line. |
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VCHRMSC_ERRORS_SEC |
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View miscellaneous charge errors for a voucher. |
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VCHRSCH_ERRORS_SEC |
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View errors for a scheduled payment. |
Access the Voucher - Error Summary page.
Note. Five different scroll areas can appear on this page: Header Errors, Miscellaneous Charge Errors, Invoice Line Errors, Distribution Line Errors, and Scheduled Payment Errors. Only scroll areas that contain errors appear.
Field Name |
Displays the field where the error exists. |
Message |
Displays an explanation of the error. |
Viewing Voucher Errors from the Invoice Information page and Payments page
You can also view voucher errors directly from the Invoice Information page and Payments page.
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Click the Go to Review Errors icon to view a description of a voucher error:
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If your user ID has access to the appropriate on-demand process group, you can process a voucher on demand, directly from the Invoice Information page, after you save the voucher. You also have the option of running on-demand voucher processes from a batch request page. The advantage of this option over regular batch processing is that you can run a sequential group of processes on a batch of vouchers without having to enter multiple batch requests.
This section discusses how to run on-demand voucher process groups as a batch request.
See Also
Setting Up On-Demand Processing
Page Name |
Object Name |
Navigation |
Usage |
VCHR_STM_RQST |
Accounts Payable, Batch Processes, Vouchers, Voucher On-Demand Process |
Run on-demand process groups (predefined groups of multiple, sequential voucher processes) for a batch of vouchers. |
Access the Voucher On-Demand Processes page.
Voucher Process Option |
Select from the following:
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Initiate Entry Event Generator |
Select to initiate the FS_EVENTGEN Application Engine process to generate entry events when running the on-demand process group. |
Action |
Select one of the following on-demand process groups:
Note. The process groups available depend on your user ID. |