Adding Optional Fields to Credit/Debit Notes

Sage ERP Accpac Order Entry 6.0

Inserting Optional Fields on Credit/Debit Notes

Note:

  • Optional fields must be assigned to the credit/debit note form (using the Optional Fields setup form) before you can insert them on credit notes or debit notes.

  • Fields on the Optional Fields tab apply to the complete credit/debit note.

  • Fields on the Optional Fields popup form for a single transaction detail apply only to the detail.

  • You require Transaction Optional Fields security access to insert or remove optional fields from O/E transactions.

To insert an optional field for a credit note or debit note

  1. Open the Credit/Debit Notes transaction form.

  2. Select a Customer Number, and fill in the fields on the Credit/Debit Note tab and grid as needed.

  3. Click the Optional Fields tab.

  4. Click the Finder in the Optional Field column and select an optional field from the list that appears. (The list displays optional fields assigned to Credit/Debit Note Entry in the O/E Optional Fields setup form.)

  5. Click the Finder in the Value column and select a Value from the list that appears. (Values are the values assigned in Common Services when the optional fields were created. If none appear, you can add a value or leave it blank.)

To insert an optional field on a credit note or debit note detail

  1. Tab to the optional field column in the transaction detail grid (or go to the Optional Fields checkbox on the zoomed transaction entry form (click the Item/Tax button).

  1. Click the Zoom button on the Optional Fields column (or beside the Optional Fields checkbox).

  2. Using the Finders, select optional fields and values.

  3. Click Close.

Note that the entry in the Optional Fields column changes from No to Yes when you add optional fields, and the Optional Fields checkbox is checked.

  1. Continue with the transaction, and post as usual.

If you use the same optional fields in Accounts Receivable as in Credit/Debit Note Entry, the optional field information from the Order Entry transaction appears with the transaction in Accounts Receivable.