Generate Blocked Days

Explanation

Use this activity to enter, change, or view specific dates when disbursements will not be made and specify whether payment is made before or after the blocked date. You can select a beginning and end date, and a calendar date or day, during which the payment is always blocked. This optional task is to be performed by a system administrator or equivalent person.

Prerequisites

N/A

System Effects

As a result of this activity:

• The calendar day or weekday specified within the date interval will be blocked for payment. 
• The payment date is validated against the dates entered into the payment date administration information. If the payment date is specified as a blocked date, the payment date is set to the day before or after the blocked date.

Window

Payment Institutes

Related Window Descriptions

Generate Blocked Dates

Procedure

To perform this activity, follow these steps:

1. Open the window Payment Institutes.
2. Select a payment institute for which dates blocked for payment need to be entered, right click and select Payment Date Administration.
3. Select a line, right click and select Generate Blocked Dates.
4. Enter the start date of the period during which  payments will be blocked on specified days.
5. Enter the end date of the period during which payments will be blocked on specified dates.
6. Select Replace Date in the field Replace or Only Add if you want to replace the existing dates specified in the Payment Date Administration window if the newly generated dates fall on the same date. Select Only Add Date in the field Replace or Only Add if you do not want to change the existing dates entered in the Payment Date Administration window and only need to add the newly generated dates.
7. Select a value for the field Pay Before/After to specify whether the payment must be made before the blocked date or after the block date.
8. Click OK to generate block dates and save.