This chapter provides an overview of cashiering and discusses how to:
Open a cashiering office for a business day.
Process cashiering transactions.
Post delayed receipts.
Process the cashiering GL interface.
Void receipts.
Review details for individual receipts.
Review receipt activity.
Review totals by deposit ID.
Close a cashiering office for a business day.
Reopen a cashiering office for a closed business day.
This section lists common elements and provides an overview of cashiering.
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Click to view the first group of receipts. |
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Click to view the previous group of receipts. |
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Click to view the next group of receipts. |
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Click to view the last group of receipts. |
The cashiering operation is an important function that your institution performs. On a daily basis, the cashiering office collects and tracks a large number of transactions as students and other customers pay tuition, library fines, and fees. With the Student Financials cashiering program, you can perform a variety of transactions quickly, securely, and accurately. The system's inquiry and report features support your audit trails for maintaining integrity in the system. In addition, the system enables you to easily design how each transaction interfaces with the general ledger.
This section discusses how to:
Open a cashiering office.
Open valid registers.
Open valid cashiers.
Page Name |
Object Name |
Navigation |
Usage |
CSH_OPEN_OFFICE |
Student Financials, Cashiering, Cash Management, Open Offices, Open Cashier Offices |
Open a cashiering office. |
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CSH_OPEN_REGISTER |
Student Financials, Cashiering, Cash Management, Open Offices, Open Registers |
Open valid registers. |
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CSH_OPEN_CASHIER |
Student Financials, Cashiering, Cash Management, Open Offices, Open Cashiers |
Open valid cashiers. |
Access the Open Cashier Offices page.
Current Business Date |
Select the business date for which you want to open the cashiering office. The default value for the field is the system date. |
Business Date |
This heading displays business dates on which you opened the cashiering office. The system displays all of the business dates on which you opened the cashiering office unless you select a retrieval limit on the Cashiering Offices page during the setup of your cashiering office. For example, if you specify a retrieval limit of 5 for your cashiering office, the Business Date heading displays only the last five dates on which you opened the cashiering office. |
Open Cashier Office |
Click to open the cashiering office. When you click the button, the Current Business Date field becomes unavailable. |
Copy Registers and Cashiers |
After you open the cashiering office, you can click this button to copy information regarding the cashiers and registers from one business date to another. If you routinely use the same registers and cashiers from day-to-day, this button saves you the time and effort involved in having to manually select and open the registers and cashiers on the Open Registers and Open Cashiers pages. |
Note. If you do not specify a retrieval limit for your cashiering office during setup, the Business Date heading displays all business dates on which you opened the cashiering office. In time, this list of dates will become so long that it can degrade system performance when you open the Open Cashier Offices page.
See Also
Access the Open Registers page.
Register |
Select the register that you want to open for the business day. If you click the Copy Registers and Cashiers button on the Open Cashier Offices page, the system automatically selects and opens registers from the copied business day. |
Open |
Select to open the register for the business day. After you select the check box, it becomes unavailable. If you click the Copy Registers and Cashiers button on the Open Cashier Offices page, the system automatically selects this check box for each copied register. |
Tender Key |
Enter a tender key to indicate the type of tender that you want the register to be able to use in its transactions. If you click the Copy Registers and Cashiers button on the Open Cashier Offices page, the system automatically inserts the tender keys for each copied register. |
Deposit ID |
This is an optional field to help you track your deposits. Enter the actual bank deposit ID in this field for each tender key. If you are not balancing by register, this field is unavailable. |
Opening Balance |
Enter an opening balance for each tender key. If you are not balancing by register, this field is unavailable. |
Access the Open Cashiers page.
Cashier |
Select the ID for the cashier that you want to open. If you click the Copy Registers and Cashiers button on the Open Cashier Offices page, the system automatically selects cashiers from the copied business day. |
Register |
Select the register that you want this cashier to use. Only registers that you open on the Open Registers page are available to select. If you click the Copy Registers and Cashiers button on the Open Cashier Offices page, the system automatically selects registers from the copied business day. |
Open |
Select to open this cashier for the business day. After you select the check box, it becomes unavailable. Even if you click the Copy Registers and Cashiers button on the Open Cashier Offices page you must still select this check box manually to open the cashier. |
Tender Key |
Enter a tender key to indicate the type of tender that you want the cashier to be able to use in its transactions. Only the tender keys that you assigned to the selected open register are available to select. In addition, you must have assigned the cashier to the tender key you are selecting when you set up the tender key. If you click the Copy Registers and Cashiers button on the Open Cashier Offices page, the system automatically inserts the tender keys for each copied cashier. |
Deposit ID |
This is an optional field to help you track your deposits. Enter the actual bank deposit ID in this field for each tender key. If you do not balance by cashier, this field is unavailable. |
Opening Balance |
If you are balancing by cashier, enter an opening balance for each tender key. If you do not balance by cashier, this field is unavailable. |
This section provides and overview of cashiering transactions and discusses how to:
Accept student payments.
Allocate student payments to specific charges.
Accept corporate payments.
Allocate corporate payments to sponsored charges.
Create third-party tracking information for corporate payments.
Create department receipts.
Cash checks.
Process interim deposits.
Replenish cash.
Select exchange rates for cashiering transactions processed with foreign currency.
Enter check information for cashiering transactions.
Enter credit card information for cashiering transactions.
Using the Cashiering feature of Student Financials, it is possible to process six types of cashiering transactions.
Type of Transaction |
Description |
A payment tendered by a student. Typically, the system posts a student payment to the student’s account. However, a student payment can also represent the purchase of an item (such as books or supplies). In this case, the system may not necessarily post the payment to the student’s account. |
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A payment tendered by an external organization. The system posts a corporate payment to the organization’s account. |
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A transfer of funds through the cashiering office to a department’s general ledger account. Institutions often have offices or departments (such as the housing office, the bookstore, or the athletics office) that take in money on a daily basis or only at certain times of the year. These departments often deposit their funds through the cashiering office to record their accounting information in the institution’s general ledger. |
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An exchange of cash for a check tendered by a customer. |
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A withdrawal of funds from the cashier’s drawer to be deposited in the bank during the business day, while the cashier is still open. Most cashiering offices set limits on how much money they want their cashiers’ drawers to have in them. The Cashiering feature enables you to set this limit on a tender-specific basis on the Tender Key page. When one of your cashiers’ drawers reaches the set limit, you must take tender out of the drawer so that you can deposit it in the bank. |
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An addition of funds to a cashier’s drawer during the business day, while the cashier is still open, so that the drawer does not run out of money. |
Every time that you process one of these transactions, the Cashiering feature creates a receipt in the system. These receipts enable you to track and organize your cashiering transactions.
Ref Nbr (reference number) |
Enter a reference number to help organize your transaction. This is not a required field and simply helps you organize and track your cashiering transactions. |
Page Name |
Object Name |
Navigation |
Usage |
CSH_OFF_PMNT |
Student Financials, Cashiering, Post Student Payments |
Accept student payments. |
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CSH_O_SPLITPAY_SEC |
Click the Select Charges to Pay link on the Student Payments page or the Corporate Payments page. |
Allocate student payments to specific charges. |
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CSH_OFF_ORG_PMNT |
Student Financials, Cashiering, Post Corporate Payments |
Accept corporate payments. |
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QUICK_CSH_EMP_SEC |
Click the Select Students to Pay link on the Corporate Payments page. |
Allocate corporate payments to sponsored charges. |
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ORG_CSH_3PARTYINF |
Click the Third Party Info link on the Corporate Payments page. |
Create third-party tracking information for corporate payments. |
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CSH_OFF_DEPT |
Student Financials, Cashiering, Collect Department Receipts |
Create department receipts. |
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CSH_OFF_CASH_CHECK |
Student Financials, Cashiering, Cash Checks |
Cash checks. |
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CSH_OFF_DEPOSIT |
Student Financials, Cashiering, Interim Deposits |
Process interim deposits. |
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CSH_OFF_REPLENISH |
Student Financials, Cashiering, Cash Management, Cash Replenishment |
Replenish cash. |
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QUICK_POST_CURR_SP |
Click the Currency Detail link on the Student Payments page, the Corporate Payments page, the Department Receipts page, or the Cash Checks page. |
Select exchange rates for cashiering transactions processed with foreign currency. |
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CSH_OFF_CHK_PMT_SP |
Click the Tender Details link on the Student Payments page, the Corporate Payments page, the Department Receipts page, and the Cash Checks page. This link takes you to the Check Information page only if you select a check tender in the Tender field. |
Enter check information for cashiering transactions. Some of these details appear on the receipt for tracking and auditing purposes. |
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CSH_OFF_CC_PMT_SEC |
Click the Tender Details link on the Student Payments page, the Corporate Payments page, or the Department Receipts page. This link takes you to the Credit Card Information page only if you select a credit card tender in the Tender field of the respective page. |
Enter credit card information for cashiering transactions. Some of these details appear on the receipt for tracking and auditing purposes. |
Access the Student Payments page.
Select Charges to Pay |
Click to access the Select Charges to Pay page where you can specify to which charges you want to apply the payment. You can only pay charges associated with the target key that you select in the Target Detail group box. If you select more than one target key in the Target Detail group box, the Select Charges to Pay page is not available. If Institution “Apply Payments by Invoice”, Select Charges to Pay cannot be utilized. |
Note. The Target, Tax, Tender, and Change fields display the correct totals only after you click the Refresh button. If you make a change to any of the fields in the Target Detail or Tender Detail group boxes, you must click the Refresh button for those changes to register in the display fields.
Target Detail
Tender Detail
Tender |
Select a tender key to identify the method of payment the student is using. If you select either a check or credit card tender, the system prompts you to enter further payment information when you press the TAB key. Note. It is possible to create student payments with both cash and check tenders, but credit card tender payments must be processed separately from other tenders. For example, a student has charges for tuition, books, and housing in the amount of 1,465.00 USD. The student pays 1,000.00 USD by credit card, 400.00 USD by check, and 65.00 USD by cash. Using two tender types, you can combine the check and cash payments into a single student payment for 465.00 USD, but you must create a separate student payment for the 1,000.00 USD credit card payment. This is necessary because when the system applies a student payment made with a credit card, it associates the payment with a payment reference number that it uses for processing. This reference number is particularly important when issuing refunds for credit card payments. See Creating Student Refunds, Distributing Refunds to ePayment Accounts. |
Amount |
Enter the amount tendered. If you selected a target key with a default amount, the system automatically populates the tender amount with that default value. In addition, if you click the Refresh or Create Receipt button without entering a tender amount, the system automatically populates this field with the amount that you specified for the target. If the currency tendered is not the base currency that you selected during the setup of your cashiering office, select the correct currency in the field to the right of the Amount field. |
Currency Detail |
If the student tenders foreign currency for the payment, click this link to access the Currency Conversion page where you select the method that the system uses to convert the currency. |
Deposit ID |
If you assigned a deposit ID to the selected tender key when you opened the cashiering office, it appears in this field. |
Tender Details |
If you select a check tender as the tender key, click this link to access the Check Information page where you enter specific information about the check tendered. If you select a credit card tender as the tender key, click this link to access the Credit Card Information page, where you enter specific information about the credit card used. Some of the tender details you enter appear on your receipts for tracking and auditing purposes. |
Message |
When you create a receipt for a credit card payment and you authorize the payment in realtime, the Message field appears. There are four valid values for this field: UN - Unauthorized, AS - Authorized, ST - Settled, and CR - Credit/Return. |
Using the Go to Links
Academic Information |
Click to access the Academic Information page where you can view a student’s personal and academic information. |
Student Account |
Click to access the Customer Accounts page where you can view a student’s account information. |
View Anticipated Aid |
Click to access the Anticipated Aid Details page where you can view details about the financial aid the student is anticipated to receive. This link appears on the page only if the student has anticipated financial aid. |
Using the Student Payment Buttons
Calculate Tuition |
Click this button to calculate tuition for the student making the payment. This button is available only if you select the Auto Calculate Tuition check box on the Tuition Calculation Controls page. |
The label and functionality of this button changes according to the automatic receipt printing setup of your valid cashiers and valid registers. If you are not printing automatically, the label of this button is Create Receipt. Click it to create a receipt for the student payment. If you set up your cashiering office for no posting delay, the system posts the payment. Depending on the setup of the SF merchant ID assigned to your cashiering office, this button may also trigger the authorization and settlement of any student payments made with a credit card. When you click the Create Receipt button, the label changes to Print Receipt. Click it to print the receipt using Forms Engine. Forms Engine generates the receipt to the appropriate printer as specified on the Valid Registers page. If you are printing automatically, the label of this button is Create and Print Receipt. Click it to simultaneously create the receipt and print it using Forms Engine. Note. If your institution specifies that it will apply payments by invoice, the Receipt Detail page will indicate an Invoice Number. Note. If you select Delay posting or Group Post in the Posting field during the setup of your cashiering office, the system does not post the student payment when you click the Create Receipt button. You must post your payments using the Post Receipts page if you selected Delay posting or the Group Posting page if you selected Group Post. Note. If you do not select the Use Forms Engine for Receipts check box on the Cashiering Offices page, click the Print Receipt or Create and Print Receipt button to create a printable receipt using the specified Print Product (Crystal or other print method). In this case, you must navigate to Report Manager to view and print the receipt. |
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New Transaction |
After you create a receipt, click to return to the Student Payments dialog page to process another student payment. |
Access the Select Charges to Pay page.
Pay Amount |
Enter the amount that you want to pay toward the item on the student’s account. Remember that you can select only charges associated with the target key that you select in the Target Detail group box on the Student Payments page or the Corporate Payments page. This field is unavailable for all other items on a student’s account. |
After you select your charges to pay and click the OK button, the fields in the Target Details group box on the Student Payment page become unavailable.
Access the Corporate Payments page.
With the exception of the following three links, this page is identical to the Student Payments page.
Note. The following links cannot be utilized if the Institution uses Apply Payments by Invoice.
Select Students to Pay |
Click to access the Select Students to Pay page where you can specify the sponsored charges to which the system applies the corporate payment. |
Third Party Info (third-party information) |
Click to access the Third Party Info page where you can enter tracking information if your corporate payment is associated with a third-party contract. |
Corp Account |
Click to access the Corporate Accounts page where you can view a corporation’s account information. |
Note. Restrict payment by invoice.
If your institution specifies that it will apply payments by invoice, you can restrict payments to an invoice. When the target
key is associated with an invoice cash or check payment, the Cashier can restrict or select an invoice for which the payment
is applied. The Restricted by Invoice label displays if Apply Payments by Invoice is checked on the SF Installation 2 page and the Cashier Target key is defined as “Post.”
See Also
Access the Select Student Charges to Pay page.
ID |
Select the unique ID of the student whose charges the organization wants to pay. Only students included in the organization's third-party contract are available in the pick list. |
All Terms |
Select to apply the corporate payment to every term in which the sponsored student has a charge. If you select this check box, you cannot select a specific pay term. |
Pay Term |
If you do not select the All Terms check box, use this field to apply the corporate payment to sponsored student charges associated with only one specific term. |
Total |
This field displays the total amount of the sponsored student’s charges to which the system can apply the corporate payment. |
EmplID Org Detail employee ID organization detail |
Click to access the Item Information page where you can view the specific sponsored charges of the selected student. |
Access the Third Party Info page.
Contract Number |
Select the number of the third-party contract that you want to associate with this corporate payment. |
Contract ID |
Select the unique student ID of the third-party contract member that you want to associate with the corporate payment. |
Access the Department Receipts page.
Note. If your institution does not use PeopleSoft General Ledger, the Ext GL Chartfld (external general ledger ChartField) field appears in the Target Detail group box instead of the standard PeopleSoft ChartFields.
Receipt Status |
The system displays the status of the department receipt in this field. Before you click the Create Receipt button, this field displays the Not Posted value. After you click the Create Receipt button, the value changes to Processed if approval of the department receipt is not required. If approval is required, the value changes to Pending when you click the Create Receipt button. |
Target Detail
Instead of specifying a target key as you do for student and corporate payments, you must select the chart of accounts to which your department receipt posts. In addition, if there is tax associated with the department receipt, you must manually add a target row for the tax and specify its tax authority. For example, if you were processing a department receipt for 550.00 USD, of which 50.00 USD were tax, you would enter two target rows. The first non-tax target row would be for 500.00 USD. The second tax target row would be for 50.00 USD.
Tax Authority |
Select the tax authority associated with the amount of tax that you are including in the department receipt. You select a tax authority for the tax target row only. |
Amount |
Enter the monetary amount for the target. |
ChartFields |
Click this link to select the chart of accounts to which your department receipt posts. Click the SpeedType to select a SpeedType, which is a predefined set of ChartFields for a department your cashiering office works with regularly. After you select the SpeedType, the system automatically populates the appropriate general ledger fields. |
Tender Detail
Tender |
Select the type of tender being used for the department receipt. |
Amount |
Enter the amount of tender for the department receipt. |
Currency Detail |
If the department receipt involves foreign currency, click this link to access the Currency Conversion page where you select the method that the system uses to convert the currency. |
Deposit ID |
If you assigned a deposit ID to the selected tender key when you opened the cashiering office, it appears in this field. |
Tender Details |
If you select a check tender as the tender key, click this link to access the Check Information page where you enter specific information about the check tendered. If you select a credit card tender as the tender key, click this link to access the Credit Card Information page, where you enter specific information about the credit card used. |
Using the Department Receipt Buttons
The label and functionality of this button changes according to the automatic receipt printing setup of your valid cashiers and valid registers. If you are not printing automatically, the label of this button is Create Receipt. Click it to create a department receipt. When you click the Create Receipt button, the label changes to Print Receipt. Click it to print the receipt using Forms Engine. Forms Engine generates the receipt to the appropriate printer as specified on the Valid Registers page. If you are printing automatically, the label of this button is Create and Print Receipt. Click it to simultaneously create the receipt and print it using Forms Engine. Note. If you do not select the Use Forms Engine for Receipts check box on the Cashiering Offices page, click the Print Receipt or Create and Print Receipt button to create a printable receipt using the specified Print Product (Crystal or other print method). In this case, you must navigate to Report Manager to view and print the receipt. |
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New Transaction |
After you create a receipt, click this button to return to the Department Receipts dialog page so that you can process another department receipt. |
See Also
Setting Up Tax Authorities and Tax Codes
Creating ChartField SpeedType Keys
Access the Cash Checks page.
Note. The Target, Tax, Tender, and Pay Out Amt fields display the correct totals only after you click the Refresh button. If you make a change to any of the fields in the Target Detail or Tender Detail group boxes, you must click the Refresh button for those changes to register in the display fields.
Target Detail
Target |
The system automatically selects the Check Cashing Fee target key. If you set up your check-cashing target key to tax the check-cashing fee, the system automatically inserts an additional target key for the tax. |
Amount |
The system populates this field automatically with the check-cashing fee that you specified for the cashiering office. The cashier can override the default check-cashing fee. If the system automatically inserts a tax target key, it populates the appropriate target amount. |
Tender Detail
Tender |
Select a check tender. If you tab out of this field, the system takes you to the Check Information page. |
Amount |
Enter the amount of the check being cashed. If the currency tendered is not the base currency that you selected during the setup of your cashiering office, select the correct currency in the field to the right of the Amt field. |
Currency Detail |
If the student tenders foreign currency for the payment, click this link to access the Currency Conversion page where you select the method that the system uses to convert the currency. |
Deposit ID |
If you assigned a deposit ID to the check tender key when you opened the cashiering office, it appears in this field. |
Tender Details |
Click to access the Check Information page where you enter specific information about the check tendered. |
Using the Go to Links
Student Accounts |
Click to access the Student Accounts page where you can view a student’s account information. |
Academic Information |
Click to access the Student Personal Information page where you can view a student’s personal and academic information. |
View Anticipated Aid |
Click to access the Anticipated Aid Details page where you can view details about the financial aid the student is anticipated to receive. This link appears on the page only if the student has anticipated financial aid. |
Using the Cash Check Buttons
The label and functionality of this button changes according to the automatic receipt printing setup of your valid cashiers and valid registers. If you are not printing automatically, the label of this button is Create Receipt. Click it to create a receipt for the cashed check. When you click the Create Receipt button, the label changes to Print Receipt. Click it to print the receipt using Forms Engine. Forms Engine generates the receipt to the appropriate printer as specified on the Valid Registers page. If you are printing automatically, the label of this button is Create and Print Receipt. Click it to simultaneously create the receipt and print it using Forms Engine. Note. If you do not select the Use Forms Engine for Receipts check box on the Cashiering Offices page, click the Print Receipt or Create and Print Receipt button to create a printable receipt using the specified Print Product (Crystal or other print method). In this case, you must navigate to Report Manager to view and print the receipt. |
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New Transaction |
After you create a receipt, click to return to the Cash Checks dialog page to cash another check. |
Access the Interim Deposits page.
Tender Detail
Tender |
Select the type of tender that you are removing from the drawer. |
Item Amount |
Enter the amount of tender that you are removing from the drawer. Remember that because you are removing tender from the drawer, you must enter a negative value in this field. |
Currency Detail |
If you are removing foreign currency from the drawer, click this link to access the Currency Conversion page where you select the method that the system uses to convert the currency. |
Deposit ID |
If you assigned a deposit ID to the selected tender key when you opened the cashiering office, it appears in this field. |
Using the Interim Deposit Buttons
Create Receipt |
Click to create a receipt for the interim deposit. When you click the Create Receipt button, it becomes unavailable and the Print Receipt button appears. |
Print Receipt |
Click this button to create a report of the receipt that you just created. This button appears only after you click the Create Receipt button. Note. You must use the Report Manager to view the report created when you click the Print Receipt button. |
New Transaction |
After you have created a receipt, click this button to return to the Interim Deposits dialog page so that you can process another interim deposit. |
Access the Cash Replenishment page.
Tender Detail
Tender |
Select the tender key that you have set up for cash payments. |
Amount |
Enter the amount of cash that you are adding to the drawer. |
Using the Cash Replenishment Buttons
Create Receipt |
Click to create a receipt for the cash replenishment. When you click the Create Receipt button, it becomes unavailable and the Print Receipt button appears. |
Print Receipt |
Click to create a report of the receipt that you just created. This button appears only after you click the Create Receipt button. Note. You must use the Report Manager to view the report created when you click the Print Receipt button. |
New Transaction |
After you create a receipt, click to return to the Cash Replenishment dialog page so that you can process another cash replenishment. |
Access the Currency Conversion page.
Exchange Rate Type |
Select the type of exchange rate that you want the system to use to convert the foreign currency. |
Item Amount |
This field displays the amount of foreign currency tendered to the cashier. |
Converted Item Amount |
This field displays the amount after the system converts the foreign currency to your base currency. |
Access the Check Information page.
Check Nbr (check number) |
Enter the check number as printed on the check. |
Account Number |
Enter the customer’s bank account number. |
Bank Account Type |
Select the type of account, C (checking) or S (savings). |
Bank Account Holder Name |
Enter the name of the person on the account. |
Federal Reserve Bank ID |
If you know the Federal Reserve Bank ID of the bank issuing the check, enter it here. |
Third Party Check Name |
This field is available only if the tender category of the tender that you select on the Student Payments page is Third Party Check. Use this field to enter the name of the third party making the payment on the student’s behalf. |
Bank Tracer Nbr (bank tracer number) |
Enter any information in this optional field to track or characterize the transaction. |
Note. All of the fields on the Check Information page are optional and enable you to more easily track your check information. Some of the field values appear on your printed receipts.
Access the Credit Card Information page.
Card Type |
Enter the type of credit card used for the transaction. This field is required. |
Card Number |
Enter the credit card number as it appears on the credit card. This field is required. Note. Credit card numbers do not appear on the printed receipts. |
Expiration |
Enter the expiration date of the credit card. This field is required. |
First Name |
Enter the first name of the credit card holder as it appears on the credit card. If you accessed the Credit Card Information page from the Student Payment page, the default value for this field is the first name of the student making the payment. This field is required. |
Last Name |
Enter the last name of the credit card holder as it appears on the credit card. If you accessed the Credit Card Information page from the Student Payment page, the default value for this field is the first name of the student making the payment. This field is required. |
Bank Tracer Nbr (bank tracer number) |
Enter any information in this optional field to track or characterize the transaction. |
Billing Information
Enter the billing information of the student or organization making the payment.
Note. If you use the third-party vendor business interlink for credit card processing of student payments you must enter an email address and telephone number. Also, if the SF merchant ID associated with your cashiering office requires address verification, the billing address that you enter here must match the billing address recorded for the credit card, otherwise the transaction will be denied.
This group box displays the authorization details received from the third-party credit card processing vendor. Prior to authorizing the payment, the only field appearing in this group box is the Credit Card Status (credit card authorization status) field. After you authorize the transaction, the system displays the Reference Nbr (reference number), Authorization Reply, Auth Code (authorization code), Auth DTTM (authorization datetime), and Request ID fields.
See Also
If you select the Delay posting option during the setup of your cashiering office, you must use the Post Receipts page to select and post your payment receipts periodically throughout the day.
See Also
Page Name |
Object Name |
Navigation |
Usage |
CSH_POST_RCPT |
Student Financials, Cashiering, Post Receipts |
Post delayed payment receipts. |
Access the Post Receipts page.
Posting Receipts
Post |
Click next to the unposted receipt that you want to post. When you click the button, the system posts the receipt and makes the button unavailable. |
You must process the cashiering GL (general ledger) interface to send to your GL any cashiering transactions that are not posted to a student or corporate account. You can send department receipts to the GL only through the cashiering GL interface process. However, if you process any transactions using non-postable target keys but still need to send them to your GL, you must do so using the cashiering GL interface process. The system sends cashiering transactions using postable target keys to the GL using the regular GL interface process as long as you set up the item types associated with the applicable target keys to go to the general ledger. Use caution with target key and item type setup to ensure the following two results:
The system sends all necessary transactions to the GL through either one of the two GL interface processes.
The system does not send transactions to the GL twice.
Furthermore, you can only send cashiering overage and shortage GL entries using the cashiering GL interface process. And, if you select the GL Interface Required check box during the setup of your cashiering office, you must run the cashiering GL interface before you can close your cashiering office.
See Also
Setting Up Item Types and Item Type Groups
This section provides an overview of receipt voiding and discusses how to:
Void receipts using security.
Void receipts without using security.
It is possible for a processed or even a posted receipt to become invalid. A cashier could make a mistake when creating a receipt, a student’s check could bounce, or an organization could stop payment on a check. In these cases, the Cashiering feature enables you to void a receipt.
Note. You can void receipts only for an open business day. If you want to void a receipt for a past business day, you must reopen the cashiering office for that business day.
Page Name |
Object Name |
Navigation |
Usage |
CSH_VOID_SECURE |
Student Financials, Cashiering, Cash Management, Void Receipts - Cashier |
Using either SF or HR Security, void the receipts created by you or any cashier who directly reports to you. |
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CSH_VOID_RCPT |
Student Financials, Cashiering, Cash Management, Void Receipts- All |
Bypassing SF or HR Security, void any receipts created on a given business day. |
Access the Void Receipts page.
This page is identical to the Void Receipts — All page.
This page is intended for use by the majority of your institution’s cashiering staff when voiding receipts. It is a secure page in that it only permits you to void receipts that you, the user, generated. If you are a supervisor, the page also enables you to void the receipts of any cashiers that directly report to you.
Void |
Click next to the receipt that you want to void. When you click the button, the system requires you to select a void reason. After you select a void reason, the system voids the receipt, makes the Void button unavailable, and displays the Void Code representing the void reason that you selected. When you void a corporate or student payment receipt, the system reverses any payments posted to the respective corporate or student account. In addition, it issues a credit to any credit card payments that have already been authorized and settled. |
Access the Void Receipts - All page.
This page represents an alternate receipt-voiding method that bypasses your security. Very few people at your institution should have access to this page. It is intended only for individuals that oversee all of your institution’s cashiering activities such as a Vice Chancellor or a Chief Financial Officer. The page enables you to void any receipt created for an open business day.
See Also
Voiding a Receipt Using Security
This section discusses how to review and print individual receipts.
Page Name |
Object Name |
Navigation |
Usage |
CSH_RCPT_DETAIL |
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Review information regarding a specific receipt. |
Access the Cash Check Detail, Corporate Payment Detail, Cash Replenishment Detail, Department Receipt Detail, Interim Deposit Detail, or Student Payment Detail page. The page label, fields, and group boxes that appear on the inquiry page depend on the component that you use to access it.
Print Receipt |
If you select the Use Forms Engine for Receipts check box on the Cashiering Offices page, click to print the receipt using Forms Engine. Forms Engine generates the receipt to the appropriate printer as specified on the Valid Registers page. If you do not select the Use Forms Engine for Receipts check box on the Cashiering Offices page, or you click the Print Receipt button from the Cash Replenishment Detail or Interim Deposit Detail page, the system initiates the process of creating a printable receipt using the specified print application. In this case, you must navigate to Report Manager to view and print the receipt. |
See Also
Processing Cashiering Transactions
This section provides and overview of receipt and tender activity review, and discusses how to:
Review receipts by business date.
Review payment activity for an organization.
Review payment and check cashing activity for a student.
Review tender activity by cashier.
Review tender activity by register.
Review receipt tender flow.
While the receipt detail pages (such as the Student Payment Detail and Corporate Payment Detail pages) display useful information regarding individual receipts, they only provide information for one receipt at a time. Student Financials provides several pages enabling you to view your cashiering office’s receipt activity as a whole.
In addition, Student Financials enables you to view cashiering activity by the type of tender used. For example, you might want to know how much cash your office brought in on a given day as opposed to how much revenue it received in checks.
The Cashiering feature also enables you to review information regarding how tender flowed in and out of the cashiering office on a given business day. You can view the tender flow for a certain cashier, register, or tender type.
Page Name |
Object Name |
Navigation |
Usage |
CSH_RCPT_BY_DATE2 |
Student Financials, Cashiering, Balance by Business Day, Review Receipts By Date |
Review receipts by business date. |
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CSH_RCPT_EXT_ORG |
Student Financials, Cashiering, Review Corporate Receipts |
Review payment activity for an organization. |
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CSH_RCPT_EMPLID |
Student Financials, Cashiering, Review Student Receipts |
Review payment and check cashing activity for a student. |
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CSH_TENDER_BY_CASH |
Student Financials, Cashiering, Balance by Business Day, Review Tender By Cashier |
Review tender activity by cashier. |
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CSH_TENDER_BY_REG |
Student Financials, Cashiering, Balance by Business Day, Review Tender By Register |
Review tender activity by register. |
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CURR_BY_TENDER_SP |
Click the Currency Detail link on the Tender By Cashier or Tender By Register page. |
View how much each type of currency contributed to the tender total and how the system converted the type of currency. |
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CSH_OFF_TENDER_FLW |
Student Financials, Cashiering, Balance by Business Day, Review Receipt Tender Flow |
Review receipt tender flow. |
Access the Receipts By Business Date page.
Business Date |
Select the business date for which you want to view receipt activity. |
Cashier |
Use this field to filter the receipts displayed for a specific cashier. |
Register |
Use this field to filter the receipts displayed for a specific register. |
Trans Type (transaction type) |
Use this field to filter the receipts displayed by transaction type. You can select All transaction types, or you can view only Cash Check (cashed checks), Cash Repl (cash replenishments), Corp Pymt (corporate payments), Dept Rcpt (department receipts), Interim Deposits (interim deposits), or Stdnt Pymt (student payments) transactions. |
Receipt Status |
Use this field to filter the receipts displayed by status. Available values are: Approved, Cancelled, Delayed, Denied, Group Post, Not Posted, Pending, Posted, Processed, Unprocessed, and Voided. |
Sort By |
Use this field to sort the displayed receipts. You can sort them by cashier, date, receipt status, register, total, transaction date and time, or transaction type. You can choose to sort by all of these criteria in either ascending or descending order. |
Search |
Click this button to filter and sort the displayed receipts by the criteria that you select in the Cashier, Register, Trans Type, and Sort By fields. |
Access the Corporate Receipts page.
External Org ID |
Select the unique ID of the corporation whose receipts that you want to view. |
Search |
Click the Search button to display the receipts for the selected corporation. |
Receipt Nbr (receipt number) |
This heading lists the system-assigned receipt number for each receipt. Click a receipt number to access the Corporate Payment Detail page where you can view more detailed information about the corporate payment receipt. |
Access the Student Receipts page.
ID |
Select the unique ID of the student whose receipts that you want to review. |
Search |
Click the Search button to display the receipts for the selected student. |
Receipt Nbr (receipt number) |
This heading lists the system-assigned receipt number for each receipt. Click a receipt number to access the Student Payment Detail or Cash Check Detail page, depending on the transaction type, where you can view more detailed information about the receipt. |
Access the Tender By Cashier page.
Cashier Office Date |
Select the business date of the tender activity that you want to view. |
Search |
Click to retrieve the tender activity information for the selected business date. |
Currency Detail |
Click to access the Currencies by Tender page where you can view a breakdown of each currency type that the cashiering office received, its converted amount, and how it contributed to the total balance for the tender key. |
Access the Tender By Register page.
Cashier Office Date |
Select the business date of the tender activity that you want to view. |
Search |
Click to retrieve the tender activity information for the selected business date. |
Currency Detail |
Click to access the Currencies by Tender page where you can view a breakdown of each currency type that the cashiering office received, its converted amount, and how it contributed to the total balance for the tender key. |
Access the Receipt Tender Flow page.
Business Date |
Select the business date for which you want to view tender flow. |
Cashier |
To view tender flow for a specific cashier, select the cashier. |
Tender |
To view tender flow of a specific tender key, select the tender key. |
Register |
To view tender flow for a specific register, select the register. |
Include in Totals |
Select to add the opening balance of the cashiering office to the tender in and out activity to come up with a system-generated closing balance. |
Opening Balance |
After you click the Search button, this field displays the total of all of the opening balances that you specified for your cashiers or registers when you opened the cashiering office. Note. If you select a specific cashier or register in the Cashier or Register fields, the Opening Balance field reflects the opening balance for only the selected cashier or register. |
Search |
Click to display all of the receipts that meet the criteria that you select in the Business Date, Cashier, Tender, and Register fields. |
Receipt Nbr (receipt number) |
This heading lists the system-assigned receipt number for each receipt. If you click the receipt number for a receipt, the system takes you to the appropriate detail page to view complete information about the receipt. For example, if you click the receipt number for a student payment, the system takes you to the Student Payment Detail page. |
Over/Short |
The system calculates any overage or shortage by comparing the actual closing balance entered on the Close Cashier page to the system-generated closing balance, which appears to the right of the Over/Short field. If an overage or shortage exists, you should inquire on specific tenders to narrow down the cause. |
When you open your cashiers and registers using the Open Registers and Open Cashiers pages, you have the option to designate a deposit ID for each type of tender that you select for a cashier or register. If you use this optional Deposit ID field to track your cashiering transactions, you can view your totals by deposit ID.
In addition, when you use the Student Post, Corp Post, Group Data Entry, or Group Corp Data Entry components to post payments, you can assign a deposit ID to each posting. The Totals By Deposit page enables you to see totals for these payments in addition to the totals associated with cashiering transactions. This is useful if you reconcile all of your bank deposits through your cashiering office.
See Also
Page Name |
Object Name |
Navigation |
Usage |
CSH_RCPT_DEPOSITID |
Student Financials, Cashiering, Balance by Business Day, Review Totals by Deposit ID |
Review cashiering office balance totals by deposit ID. |
Access the Totals By Deposit ID page.
Deposit ID |
Enter the deposit ID for which you want to view totals. |
Search |
Click this button to display all of the payments associated with the selected deposit ID. |
This section discusses how to:
Close registers.
Close cashiers.
Close a cashiering office.
Page Name |
Object Name |
Navigation |
Usage |
CSH_CLOSE_REGISTER |
Student Financials, Cashiering, Cash Management, Close Offices, Close Registers |
Close registers. |
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CSH_CLOSE_CASHIER |
Student Financials, Cashiering, Cash Management, Close Offices, Close Cashier |
Close cashiers. |
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CSH_CLOSE_OFFICE |
Student Financials, Cashiering, Cash Management, Close Offices, Close Offices |
Close a cashiering office. |
Access the Close Registers page.
Close |
Select to close the register. When you select the check box, the system makes it unavailable. If you have multiple open registers, be sure to close them all because you cannot close the cashiering office for a given business day until you close all of its open registers. |
Closing Balance |
If you are balancing by register, enter the closing balance for each type of tender used during the business day. |
Over/Short Amount |
When you enter a closing balance for a tender, the system calculates and displays the amount of any overage or shortage under this heading. If you processed any foreign-currency transactions during the business day, the tender for each currency appears so that you can record a closing balance. |
Access the Close Cashier page.
Close |
Select to close the cashier. When you select the check box, the system makes it unavailable. If you have multiple open cashiers, be sure to close them all, because you cannot close the cashiering office for a given business day until you close all of its open cashiers. |
Closing Balance |
If you are balancing by cashier, enter the closing balance for each type of tender used during the business day. |
Over/Short Amount |
When you enter a closing balance for a tender, the system calculates and displays the amount of any overage or shortage under this heading. If you processed any foreign-currency transactions during the business day, the tender for each currency displays so that you can record a closing balance. |
Access the Close Offices page.
Close |
Click to close the cashiering office. When you click this button, the system populates the Closed By and Datetime fields, recording who closed the cashiering office and when it was closed. Note. During the setup of your cashiering office, you determine the closing requirements of your office. If you have not met these requirements when you click the Close button, you will receive an error message telling you what you must do before you can close your cashiering office. |
See Also
Defining the Basic Cashiering Office Parameters
Situations may occur that require you to reopen a cashiering office for a business day that you have already closed. For example, to void a receipt from a closed business day, you must reopen your cashiering office for that business day.
Note. After performing the transaction that required the reopening of the cashiering office, be sure to close it again.
This section discusses how to:
Reopen a cashiering office.
Reopen registers.
Reopen cashiers.
Page Name |
Object Name |
Navigation |
Usage |
CSH_REOPEN_OFFICE |
Student Financials, Cashiering, Cash Management, Reopen Offices, Reopen Office |
Reopen a cashiering office for a previously closed business date. |
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CSH_OPEN_REGISTER |
Student Financials, Cashiering, Cash Management, Reopen Offices, Reopen Register |
Reopen registers for a previously closed business day. |
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CSH_OPEN_CASHIER |
Student Financials, Cashiering, Cash Management, Reopen Offices, Reopen Cashier |
Reopen cashiers for a previously closed business day. |
Access the Reopen Office page.
Current Business Date |
Select the business date for which you want to reopen the cashiering office. |
Business Date |
This heading displays business dates for which you opened the cashiering office. The system displays all of the business dates on which you opened the cashiering office unless you select a retrieval limit on the Cashiering Offices page during the setup of your cashiering office. For example, if you specify a retrieval limit of 5 for your cashiering office, the Business Date heading displays only the last five dates on which you opened the cashiering office. Note. If you do not specify a retrieval limit for your cashiering office during setup, the Business Date heading displays all business dates on which you opened the cashiering office. In time, this list of dates will become so long that it can degrade system performance when you open the Open Cashier Offices page. |
Reopen Cashier Office |
Click to reopen the cashiering office. When you click the button, the Current Business Date field becomes unavailable. |
Access the Reopen Register page.
Register |
Select the register that you want to reopen for the business day. The system automatically selects the registers from the business day for which you are reopening the cashiering office. |
Open |
Select to reopen this register for the business day. After you select the check box, it becomes unavailable. |
Tender Key |
Each tender key that you assigned to the register when you originally opened the office appears automatically. |
Deposit ID |
The deposit IDs that you assigned to each tender key appear automatically. |
Opening Balance |
If you balance by register, enter an opening balance for each tender key. |
Access the Reopen Cashier page.
Cashier |
The system automatically selects the cashiers from the business day for which you are reopening the cashiering office. |
Register |
The register that you originally assigned to this cashier when you first opened the office automatically appears. |
Open |
Select to reopen the cashier for the business day. |
Tender Key |
Each tender key that you assigned to the cashier when you originally opened the office displays automatically. |
Deposit ID |
The deposit IDs that you assigned to each tender key appear automatically. |
Opening Balance |
If you balance by cashier, enter an opening balance for each tender key. |