release16.11/applications/accounting/data/helpdata/HELP_ACCOUNTING_GlAccountTypePaymentType.xml

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    <title>The Payment Type GL Account Type help screen</title>
     <para>The Payment Type GL Account Type Id is used to translate (or map) the different payment types to a specific GL Account Type Id. The GL Account Type Id is then used via the 'GL Account Type Id' defaults to translate to one side of a journal entry.</para>
    <para>NOTE: This GL Account default is used to link to another one of the GL Account defaults.</para>
    <para>A Payment Type is just a way to categorize transactions. Examples of Payment Types could be as follows:</para>
    <itemizedlist>
    <listitem><para>Commission Payments</para></listitem>
    <listitem><para>Customer Payments</para></listitem>
    <listitem><para>Vendor (or Supplier) Payments</para></listitem>
    <listitem><para>Customer Refunds</para></listitem>
    <listitem><para>Customer Prepayments or Deposits</para></listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
    <para>These payment types can then be mapped to the required account type in the Chart of Account. Examples of these type of mappings could be as follows:</para>
    <itemizedlist>
    <listitem><para>Customer Payments are mapped to Account Receivable </para></listitem>
    <listitem><para>Vendor (or Supplier) Payment are mapped to Account Payable</para></listitem>
    <listitem><para>Customer Refunds are mapped to Customer Credits</para></listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
    <section>
    <title>How do I add a Payment Type / GL Account Type Id mapping?</title>
    <para>There are currently 14 different Payment Type / GL Account Types mappings that come as part of the demo data with OFBiz and should cover a good variety of payment related transactions.</para>
    <orderedlist>
    <listitem><para>Select the 'Payment Type Id' from the drop down list</para></listitem>
    <listitem><para>Select the 'GL Account Type Id' to map it to from the drop down list</para></listitem>
    <listitem><para>Press the 'Save' button</para></listitem>
    <listitem><para>The new 'Payment Type / GL Account Type' mapping is displayed in the list at the bottom of the screen</para></listitem>
    </orderedlist>
    </section>
    <section>
    <title>How do I update a Payment Type / GL Account Type Id mapping?</title>
    <para>A Payment Type / GL Account Type mapping cannot be updated directly but needs to be removed then re-created. If you try to update an existing entry you will get an 'duplicate key' error message.</para>
    <orderedlist>
    <listitem><para>Press the 'Remove' button next to the entry that you want to update</para></listitem>
    <listitem><para>The entry is removed from the list of entries displayed</para></listitem>
    <listitem><para>Select the 'Payment Type Id' from the drop down list</para></listitem>
    <listitem><para>Select the updated 'GL Account Type Id' to map it to from the drop down list</para></listitem>
    <listitem><para>Press the 'Save' button</para></listitem>
    <listitem><para>The new 'Payment Type / GL Account Type' mapping is displayed in the list at the bottom of the screen</para></listitem>
    </orderedlist>
    </section>
    <section>
    <title>How do I remove a Payment Type / GL Account Type Id mapping?</title>
    <orderedlist>
    <listitem><para>Press the 'Remove' button next to the entry that you want to delete</para></listitem>
    <listitem><para>The entry is removed from the list of entries displayed</para></listitem>
    </orderedlist>
    </section>
</section>