Enter Segmentation Criteria
Explanation
This activity is used to enter segmentation criteria in external payment
parameters. These criteria can be defined for a specific payment method and
applies for payment transactions which are imported from an external file with
this payment method.
Depending on the criteria, you can split one external payment into separate mixed payments when the external payment is
transferred to a mixed payment. The split can be done, for example by transaction
type in order to create separate mixed payments for direct cash payments,
customer payments or supplier payments. Several criteria are available to
specify which transactions of the external payment should be included in one
separate mixed payment.
The mixed payments will be created for each row of segmentation criteria in a
specified order. For each segmentation criteria you can decide whether the mixed
payment should be approved as a background job automatically. The prefix for
the statement number of the mixed payment can be defined
in order to identify the content of the mixed payment. You are allowed to use
any constant and/or a substitution variable as the prefix for the statement
number.
You can also enter a limit for the number of transactions to be included in
one mixed payment, and if more transactions exist in the external payment for a
row of segmentation criteria, the transfer will create several
mixed payments.
Prerequisites
In order to perform this activity, the external payment parameter must exist
for the payment method.
System Effects
As a result of this activity, the payment transactions of an external payment
are transferred to several mixed payments depending on the criteria
defined.
Window
External
Payment Parameters
Related Window Descriptions
External
Payment Parameters/Segmentation Criteria
External Payment Parameters
Procedure
To enter segmentation criteria:
- Open the External Payment Parameters
window.
- Search for the external payment parameters for which you want to enter
segmentation criteria.
- Click the Segmentation Criteria tab.
- Create a new line.
- In the Step No. field, enter a unique ID for the row to determine
in which order the segmentation criteria will be used.
- Enter in the Description field a text, e.g. describe the meaning
of the segmentation row.
- Select a value from the list for the Transaction Type field to
specify which type of transaction should be included for this segmentation
row. You can select the percentage (%) sign, if all types should be included.
- Select a value from the list for the Proposed Action field to
define which transaction should be included for this segmentation row in
respect to the proposed action. Except for transaction type of Direct Cash
Transaction, you can select the percentage(%) sign if all possible actions of a
transaction type should be included.
- Enter a value in the Bank Transaction Info 1 field, that should be
included in this segmentation row. You
can use the percentage(%) sign to specify the content that should be
included in the Bank Transaction 1
field.
- Enter a value in the Bank Transaction Info 2 field, that should be
included in this segmentation row. You
can use the percentage(%) sign to specify the content that should be
included in the Bank Transaction 2
field.
- Enter a value in the Bank Transaction Info 3 field, that should be
included in this segmentation row. You
can use the percentage(%) sign to specify the content that should be
included in the Bank Transaction 3
field.
- Enter the customer ID or the supplier ID in the Payer/Payee field
for which the transaction should be included in this segmentation row. Apart
from using the wildcard(%) sign the operators larger than(>),
between(..)...etc can be used as well.
- In the Max Number in Transfer field, enter
the number of transactions that you want to limit and include in the mixed
payment created for this segment row.
- Select the Use Step No check box, if the segmentation row should
be used to create a mixed payment.
- Enter in the Statement No Format field if a constant and/or the
date substitution variable (YYMMDD or DDMMYY) should be used as the prefix
in the statement number for mixed payment. A sequence number will be added
automatically to the statement number to create a distinct mixed payment.
- Select the Approve in Background check box, if the mixed payment
created for this segmentation row should be approved with a background job.
The background job is posted immediately after the mixed payment is created.
- Save the information.