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Purpose

The purpose of this quick reference guide is to step through the process of creating an Accounting Payment Entity. The intended audience for this document is System Administrators / Standard Users.

Steps

Create Accounting Segments - Payment Entity

The Payment Entity Accounting Segment is used to link a Payment Entity in 2cloudnine Payroll with a corresponding Payment Entity dimension in the Accounting system. To create a Payment Entity Accounting Segment, the following steps should be completed:
  1. Click on the App Launcher icon. (See Figure 1)
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  1. Go to the Accounting Segments object by using the Search function. (See Figure 2)
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  1. Click on the New button. (See Figure 3)
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  1. Select Payment Entity from the available record types and click on the Next button (see Figure 4).
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  1. Populate the following required fields to provide the base details of the Payment Entity Accounting Segment record (see Figure 5):
    1. Accounting System
    2. Active/Inactive - set to true
    3. Segment Value - this will be your dimension for the Payment Entity as held within the Accounting System (eg 2cloudnine Training Corporation Pty Ltd)
  2. Populate the following optional fields as required (see Figure 5):
    1. Segment description - Description of the Payment Entity value (eg Johnson Staffing Agency)
    2. Accounting System Reference - can be used as a secondary field to provide additional description of the Accounting dimension in the Accounting System.
    3. External ID - optional field for exporting data using the Accounting System Record Id.
  3. Click on the Save button (see Figure 5).
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If there are a large number of Payment Entities to create, it is advisable to data load these records using a suitable data loading tool.
  1. A new Payment Entity Accounting Segment is now created (see Figure 6).
  2. Repeat for any additional Payment Entity Accounting Segments required.
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Payment Entity records CAN NOT be deleted if they have related records or are used in other records. Deleting records is not recommended unless absolutely essential.
  1. To modify an existing Payment Entity Accounting Segment, select the required record and select the Edit button available on the top right side of the page. You can also double click within fields that need editing or just click on the pencil icon that appears within fields when hovering with your cursor.
  2. When complete, click on the Save button.

Field Descriptions

Accounting System is the Accounting System this Payment Entity Accounting Segment relates to. Accounting System Reference is the reference given to this Payment Entity within the external Accounting System. This is an optional/secondary field that can be used to assist with describing the value. Active/Inactive defines if the record is currently active. External ID defines the ID of the corresponding record in an external Accounting system that has been used to create/update this record, or used if this data is integrated to an external Accounting system. Segment Description is a description that is provided to the Payment Entity Accounting Segment. Segment Value is the value given to the Payment Entity Accounting Segment that maps to a corresponding dimension value in the Accounting System.

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