applications/accounting/data/helpdata/HELP_ACCOUNTING_GlAccountNrPaymentMethod.xml

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 <title>The Payment Method GL Account Type help screen</title>
 <para>The Payment Method GL Account Type Id is used to map the
  different payment methods (eg Cash, Cheque etc) to a specific GL
  Account Type Id. This will translate to one side of a GL entry only.
 </para>
 <para>A Payment Method is just a way to define the ways in which
  payments can be made. Each payment method can be linked to a different
  account in the general ledger. A main GL account used would be the one
  that represents the Company bank account. In the demo data mappings
  Electronic Funds Transfer, Company Account, Financial Account are all
  linked to the Company bank account GL account.</para>
 <para>OFBiz demo data defines 15 different payment methods as follows:
 </para>
 <itemizedlist>
  <listitem>
   <para>Cash</para>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
   <para>Certified Cheque</para>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
   <para>Company Account</para>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
   <para>Company Cheque</para>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
   <para>Electronic Funds Transfer (NOTE TO CHECK: Problem with
    definition or terminology - is this a Direct Debit.... ?? A direct
    debit is controlled by the payee and an automatic payment via bank
    account is controlled by the payer)</para>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
   <para>Billing Account</para>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
   <para>Cash on Delivery (COD)</para>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
   <para>eBay</para>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
   <para>Offline Payment (NOTE: Is this ambiguous - since COD is an
    offline payment...)</para>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
   <para>PayPal</para>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
   <para>WorldPay</para>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
   <para>Financial Account</para>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
   <para>Gift Certificate</para>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
   <para>Money Order</para>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
   <para>Personal Cheque</para>
  </listitem>
 </itemizedlist>
 <para>NOTE: A point to note is that these payment methods dont include
  Credit Cards....(which I think is on purpose...). The majority of
  these payment methods are linked to 'Undeposited Receipts' but an
  additional accounting transaction may be needed once the funds have
  cleared and are available in the Company bank account.</para>
 <section>
  <title>How do I add a new Payment Method Id / GL Account Id mapping?
  </title>
  <orderedlist>
   <listitem>
    <para>Select the 'Payment Method Type' from the drop down list
    </para>
   </listitem>
   <listitem>
    <para>Select the 'GL Account 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 Method 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 Method Id / GL Account Id mapping?
  </title>
  <para>A Payment Method 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 Method Type' from the drop down list
    </para>
   </listitem>
   <listitem>
    <para>Select the updated 'GL Account Type' to map it to from the
     drop down list</para>
   </listitem>
   <listitem>
    <para>Press the 'Save' button</para>
   </listitem>
   <listitem>
    <para>The new Payment Method 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 Method Id / Gl Account 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>
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