DXC Finance Utilities - AR Utilities
Customer remittance setup
Customer remittance setup
The fields as described in the following subsections are available to control the functionality for customer remittance import available in additional licensed feature Finance utilities - AR utilities.
Note: The fields are only available where additional licensed feature Finance utilities - AR utilities is enabled.
Enable feature called Finance utilities - AR utilities.
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The Accounts receivable parameters page contains additional fields used to define settings that apply to Customer remittance functionality.
To open the page, navigate to Accounts receivable > Setup > Accounts receivable parameters and select the Settlement tab.
Then set the fields as described in the following subsections.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Create prepayment | When set to Yes, customer payment journal line(s) that aren’t settled against a D365 invoice, will be created as a prepayment. |
| Auto post customer payment journal | When set to Yes, the created customer payment journal will be automatically posted. |
| File attachment document type | Select applicable document type. When populated, the import file will be attached to the created customer payment journal. Ensure the file extension is setup in all applicable legal entities File types in Document management parameters. |
The Remittance format page will be used to set the format of the import file.
The format is used for Customer remittance import and Direct debit returns.
To open the page, navigate to Accounts receivable > Payments setup > Remittance format.
See the following page for setup information.
The Methods of payment page contains additional fields used to define settings that apply to Customer remittance functionality.
To open the page, navigate to Accounts receivable > Payment setup > Methods of payment and select the General FastTab.
Then set the fields under Import payments processing as described in the following subsections.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Error account customer | Where the D365 customer account can’t be found, use this customer account to create the customer payment journal line |
| Settle transaction | When set to Yes and the invoice can be found in D365, the invoice number will be populated on the customer payment journal line. |
| Posting date | Select the applicable posting date to be used for customer payment journal lines, options include: • Remittance transaction date • Today’s date |
| Reference number type | Where Customer references are used to find the applicable D365 customer account, select the applicable Reference number type to use in the lookup. |
| Remittance format | Select the applicable Remittance format that will be used when importing the file. |
Also ensure the following standard fields are completed as they are used to create the customer payment journal
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Account type & Payment account | Used to populate Offset account type and Offset account in the customer payment journal |
| Name | Customer payment journal is created with Name as set in Method of payment |
The Accounts receivable Financial utilities page will be used to set the connection where the import file will be found.
The connections are used for Customer remittance import and Direct debit returns.
To open the page, navigate to Accounts receivable > Payments setup > Financial utilties connection.
See the following page for setup information.
After all the setup has been completed the periodic task can be set using Accounts receivable > Periodic tasks > Payment journal import
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | Select the applicable Financial utilities connection. Setup in Accounts receivable > Payments setup > Financial utilties connection |
| Method of payment | Select the applicable Method of payment. This will be used to find the Remittance format used to map the file and other setup utilitised in creating the customer payment journal. |
Duty: Maintain customer payments
Processing the Customer remittance is discussed here