Accounts Payable Pay Invoices - Sessions

After creating and posting invoices against existing vendor accounts, you will need to issue payment to clear the balance from your accounts payable ledger. You can do this either by creating a new session or by selecting an existing session from the Unposted Sessions table, which lists all invoice sessions with a current status of either Batch to Post or Batch to Suspend.

 

New Session

To create a new session, complete the session fields at the top of the page.

Session ID: Enter a value for the session ID, or generate one automatically by selecting the "+" button. The session ID is used to link each transaction to the session into which it was entered, making it possible to track the origin of any entry.

Status: Select the session status. The available values are:

  • BP (Batch to Post) - Runs accounting validations against the session transactions.

  • BS (Batch to Suspend) - Suspends the account validations and keeps the session as a work-in-progress. A session whose status is BS cannot be posted until its status is updated to BP.

Description: Enter a description for the session.

Session Date: Enter a valid date for the session. The system defaults to today's date.

Check Date: Enter a date to appear on the checks.

Print Checks for All Vendors: By default, the system displays this box selected for Accounts Payable Pay Invoices, when the Electronic Fund Transfer module is set up and active for this organization.

 

Cancel: Select to clear the session fields.

Start: Select to proceed to the Transaction Entry page to begin entering transactions into the session.

 

Unposted Sessions

The Unposted Sessions table lists the existing sessions not yet posted in the system with their corresponding data fields. Use the table to view, update, and manage session information in the system.

Select a Session ID in the first column of the table to proceed to:

Session ID: The session ID of the unposted session.

Status: The status (BP or BS) of the unposted session

Document Count: The document count for the unposted session

Session Total: The dollar amount of invoices for the unposted session

Session Date: The session date of the unposted session

Description: The description of the unposted session

Checks Printed On: The date on which the session checks were printed

 

Post: To post a session with a status of BP, select the checkbox next to a session, then select Post.

Delete: To remove an unposted session from the system, select the checkbox next to the session, then select Delete.