Before you can pay a blocked invoice, you must release it in a separate step.

You do so by cancelling the blocking indicator that was set when the invoice was posted. Since the total amount invoiced is to be paid and not individual invoice items, the blocking indicator is set in the document header. As a result, all the items in a blocked invoice can only be released at the same time.

You can update the baseline date for payment so that the cash discount period does not expire.

The procedure for releasing invoices for payment is divided into three steps: