Field Definitions: AP Initialize Payments Form
The following is a list of field descriptions for the AP Initialize Payments form. Many of the descriptions include links to other topics that provide additional information about or related to the topic.
CM Acct to be Used if not Assigned in Transaction
Specify the CM account (from CM Accounts) that will be assigned to all transactions without an assigned CM account.
Restrict By CM Account
Check this box if you want to initialize payable transactions by CM account.
Do not check this box if you want to initialize payable transactions for all CM accounts.
CM Account
Enter the CM account to restrict by. Only payable transactions assigned this CM account will be initialized into the payment batch.
Restrict By Vendor
Check this box to initialize payable transactions by vendor.
Do not check this box if you want to initialize transactions for all vendors.
Vendor
Enter the vendor to restrict by. Only those payable transactions posted to this vendor will be initialized into the payment batch.
Restrict By Job
Check this box if you want to initialize payable transactions by job.
Do not check this box if you want to initialize payable transactions for all jobs.
JCCo
Enter the Job Cost company in which the payable job transactions are located.
Job
Enter the job to restrict by. Only those payable transactions posted to this job will be initialized into the payment batch.
Restrict By Payment Control
Check this box if you want to initialize payable transactions by payment control code.
Do not check this box if you want to initialize payable transactions for all payment control codes.
Payment Control
Enter the payment control code to restrict by. Only those payable transactions assigned this payment control code will be initialized into the payment batch.
Restrict By Payable Type
Select this checkbox to initialize payable transactions by payable type. Then use the Payable Type selection box below to indicate which payable type(s) to restrict by. Only those transactions assigned the selected payable type(s) are initialized into the payment batch
Do not check this box if you want to initialize payable transactions for all payable types.
Payment Methods
For each checkbox you select, the system will include invoices to be paid by that method.
For each checkbox you do not select, invoices to be paid by that method will not be included.
Include Discounted Transactions Only
Check this box to initialize only those transactions with a discount. When checked, if any line on a transaction has a discount, all lines for the transaction are initialized into the batch.
Do not check this box if all transactions should be initialized, whether or not a discount is taken.
Take All Discounts
Check this box if you want offered discounts to be taken.
Do not check this box if you do not want offered discounts to be taken.
Cancel if Discount Date is prior to
Cancel if Discount Date is prior to field in the AP Initialize Payments form
For those transactions offering discounts, enter the discount date to use when determining whether the discount may be taken or not. Discounts will be taken for all transactions with a discount date equal to or later than this date. If the discount date specified for a payable transaction is prior to this date, the discount will not be taken.
If you specify a date here and you have also selected the If available, use Discount Date checkbox, it will affect how canceled discounts are handled. For more information, see Adding Invoices with Discounts to a Payment Batch.
This field is disabled if either of the following checkboxes are selected in the AP Company Parameters form:
PayTypes/Discounts/ICR tab: Post Discounts Offered to GL and Net Amounts to Subledgers
Invoice Options tab: Using tax discount
Create A Separate Payment Per Subcontract
Check this box if you want a separate check printed for each subcontract. All subcontract transactions will be grouped together by vendor and subcontract, and a separate check printed for each unique combination.
Do not check this box if you want a single check printed per vendor.
Create A Separate Payment Per Job
Check this box if you want a separate check printed for each job. All job transactions will be grouped together by vendor and job, and a separate check printed for each unique combination.
Do not check this box if you want a single check printed per vendor.
Exclude Vendors with Credit
Check this box to exclude vendors with a credit balance.
When you check this box, if the sum total of all the vendor’s transactions is zero, or have a negative balance (credit), the system does not add the transactions to the batch. If you do not check this box, the system only adds transactions greater than zero into the payment batch.
Include Transactions Due As Of
Specify the due date to use as a cutoff date when determining which transactions can be added to the payment batch.
All transactions with a due date equal to or prior than this date will be included in the batch. All transactions with a due date later than this date will be skipped.
If Available, Use Discount Date
Check this box if you want the discount date to be compared to the date you specified in the Include Transactions Due As Of field when selecting transactions to add to the payment batch. All transactions with a discount date equal to or less than the cutoff date will be included in the batch. All transactions with a discount date later than the cutoff date will be skipped. If a transaction does not have a discount date indicated, the transaction’s due date will be used.
Do not check this box if you do not want to compare a transaction’s discount date to the cutoff date when selecting transactions to add to the payment batch. The due date will be used instead.