What's New in Bank Services 6.0

Bank Services 6.0 includes the following new features and improvements:

In Product Update 1:

Bank Services 6.0 Product Update 1 includes the following new features and improvements:

• Enhanced G/L Integration to allow you to set the G/L Detail Reference, G/L Detail Description, and G/L Detail Comment for a Bank Entry Transaction Type. When the bank entry is posted, the reference fields in the corresponding G/L journal entry detail (corresponding to the Bank Account) are updated accordingly.
• When reconciling deposits, in addition to being able to clear whole deposits, you can now clear individual receipts within a deposit. This new functionality applies whether you reconcile manually or with an OFX statement.
• On the Deposit Details screen, the Sort By feature has been changed to Sorted By, and is now display-only. To specify how transactions are sorted on the Deposit Details screen, use Sort Deposit Details By on the Processing tab of the Bank Options screen.
• On both the Deposit Register report and the Reconciliation Status report, you can now filter deposits with a status of Reconcile by Deposit Detail.

In the 6.0 Release:

Fiscal periods are now locked separately for each Sage 300 ERP program in Common Services' Fiscal Calendar. Although this change does not affect the way you enter transactions in Bank Services, you should note the following points:

• The system checks the status of a fiscal period when you enter dates in transactions.

  It also prevents other modules from posting to Bank Services if a fiscal period is locked for Bank Services. This means that you cannot post in Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Canadian or US Payroll, checks, receipts, or refunds to a period that is locked for Bank Services, even if the period is not locked for the module where you entered the check or receipt.

  For example, if the period is locked for Bank Services, but not for Payroll, you will receive an error message after printing checks.

• If a fiscal period is locked for General Ledger, but not for Bank Services, you may be able to generate transactions for General Ledger, but not post them in General Ledger. However, this situation is unlikely if you create and post General Ledger batches for outstanding Bank Services transactions before locking General Ledger.

Upgrading from an Earlier Version?

For information about changes introduced to Bank Services in version 5.6, see Changes in Bank Services 5.6.