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Procedure documentationManaging Recurring Transactions Templates

Prerequisites

You have full authorization for recurring transactions (Start of the navigation path Administration Next navigation step System Initialization Next navigation step Authorizations Next navigation step General Authorizations Next navigation step Sales – A/R Next navigation step Recurring Transactions End of the navigation path).

Procedure

Creating Recurring Transactions Templates
  1. From the SAP Business One Main Menu, choose one of the following:

    • Start of the navigation path Purchasing – A/P Next navigation step Recurring Transactions End of the navigation path

    • Start of the navigation path Sales – A/R Next navigation step Recurring Transactions End of the navigation path

    • Start of the navigation path Inventory Next navigation step Inventory Transactions Next navigation step Recurring Transactions End of the navigation path

    The Recurring Transactions window appears.

  2. Choose the Templates... button.

    The Recurring Transactions – Document Drafts and Templates window appears.

  3. In the Template column, enter a name for the template you want to create.

  4. In the Type column, specify the document type for the transaction, for example, purchase order, A/R invoice, or goods issue.

  5. Place your cursor in the Doc. No. column and press the Tab key.

    The application displays a list of document drafts that are available for the selected document type.

  6. Select a document draft or create a new one by choosing the New button.

    If you decide to create a new document draft, the respective document opens. Enter the relevant customer or vendor data, the item data, and any logistics or accounting information.

  7. Specify the recurrence details, such as recurrence period, recurrence date, and a start and end date (optional) of the recurrence.

    Example Example

    Below are some examples of determining the recurrence details.

    Type of transaction

    Recurrence Period

    Recurrence Date

    Transaction to be posted every day

    Daily

    Every 1

    Transaction to be posted every other day

    Daily

    Every 2

    Transaction to be posted every ten days

    Daily

    Every 10

    Transaction to be posted every Monday

    Weekly

    On Monday

    Transaction to be posted every 15th of the month

    Monthly

    On 15

    Transaction to be posted once per quarter

    Quarterly

    N/A

    End of the example.
  8. To save the template, choose Update.

  9. To add another template, repeat steps 3-8.

    To close the window, choose OK.

    You have created a template for recurring transactions. You can now execute the recurring transaction either manually or automatically. For more information, see Managing Recurring Transactions.

Filtering Recurring Transactions
  1. Choose the Filter Recurring Templates button.

    The Filter Recurring Templates window appears.

  2. To exclude templates for all document types in a particular area, deselect Sales – A/R, Purchasing – A/P, or Inventory.

    To exclude templates based on certain document types, deselect the relevant document type, for example, sales order or goods issue.

  3. To save the filtering criteria, choose Update.

    The application displays the recurring templates according to your filtering criteria.

Editing Recurring Transactions Templates
  1. From the SAP Business One Main Menu, choose one of the following:

    • Start of the navigation path Purchasing – A/P Next navigation step Recurring Transactions End of the navigation path

    • Start of the navigation path Sales – A/R Next navigation step Recurring Transactions End of the navigation path

    • Start of the navigation path Inventory Next navigation step Inventory Transactions Next navigation step Recurring Transactions End of the navigation path

    The Recurring Transactions window appears.

  2. Choose the Templates... button.

    The Recurring Transactions – Document Drafts and Templates window appears.

  3. Change the template name, document type, or recurrence details as required.

  4. To change the transaction details, click Draft No. (Draft No.) next to the document number, change the business partner or item data, and choose Add to close the document draft.

  5. To save the changes, in the Recurring Transactions – Document Drafts and Templates window, choose Update.

    The changes are reflected in the recurring transactions that are to be executed in the future.

Deleting Recurring Transactions Templates

Note Note

You can delete only recurring transactions templates that were never executed. Recurring transactions templates that were executed at least once are grayed out and cannot be deleted.

End of the note.
  1. From the SAP Business One Main Menu, choose one of the following:

    • Start of the navigation path Purchasing – A/P Next navigation step Recurring Transactions End of the navigation path

    • Start of the navigation path Sales – A/R Next navigation step Recurring Transactions End of the navigation path

    • Start of the navigation path Inventory Next navigation step Inventory Transactions Next navigation step Recurring Transactions End of the navigation path

    The Recurring Transactions window appears.

  2. Choose the Templates... button.

    The Recurring Transactions – Document Drafts and Templates window appears.

  3. Select a template and choose Start of the navigation path Data Next navigation step Delete Row End of the navigation path.

  4. Choose Update and OK.

    The template, as well as any scheduled future instances of the recurring transaction, is deleted.

More Information

Recurring Transactions