| Element | Description |
|---|---|
| Deferral schedules | The number series used for deferral schedules. |
| Button | Description |
|---|---|
| View document | Navigates to one of the document entry windows, such as Sales invoices (AR301000) or Purchase invoices (AP301000), to show the details of the document to which the deferral schedule is linked. |
| Release | Releases the deferral schedule. Once the schedule is released, the recognition transactions are ready to be posted when it becomes due. In the released schedule, you cannot edit the summary information and the component details (in the Components table). You can still edit the details of the generated transactions in the Transactions table (those transactions that are not posted yet). No general ledger transactions are generated when you release a deferral schedule. |
| Element | Description |
|---|---|
| Schedule no. | The ID of the schedule, which is automatically generated by the system. Select a schedule to view its details. |
| Date | The date that determines the period when the first recognition transaction should be recognised and posted. In the deferral schedules generated automatically for documents with the deferral codes specified, this is the document date specified by the system by default. In the custom deferral schedules, you define this date manually. |
| Period | The financial period to which the first recognition transaction should be posted. |
| Doc. type | The type of the original document for which the schedule is displayed or is being created. |
| Customer/Supplier no | The customer/supplier connected with the schedule. |
| Doc. no. | The document number of the original document. |
| Line no. | The line in the customer ledger or supplier ledger document for which you can create and view the deferral schedule. In the Line no. selector, the amount displayed for a line in the Amount column can differ from the line amount of the original document, because it does not contain any discount amounts or inclusive VAT amounts that have been applied to the document (if any). Thus, this is the amount to be recorded to the corresponding sales or expense account (depending on the document type), and to be deferred. The amounts are shown in the base currency, which can differ from the currency of the corresponding document. |
| Line amount | The original amount for the specified document line. Displayed if a line number is selected. |
| Company | The company to which the document belongs. |
| Branch | The branch to which the document belongs. |
| Location | The location of the customer or supplier. |
| Project | The project with which the document is associated, or the non-project code if the document is not associated with any project. The field appears only if the Project management functionality is enabled in the Enable/disable functionalities (CS100000) window. |
| Project task | The project task with which this document is associated. |
| Term start date | The date when the process of recognition of deferrals should start; this date should be specified for the item for which the deferral code based on the Flexible by periods, prorate by days or Flexible by days in period recognition method is assigned. |
| Term end date | The date when the process of recognition of deferrals should finish; this date should be specified for the item for which the deferral code based on the Flexible by periods, prorate by days or Flexible by days in period recognition method is assigned. |
| Show closed documents | When this check box is selected, closed documents are also displayed. The default is open documents. |
| Button | Description |
|---|---|
| Generate transactions | Generates recognition transactions for the selected component. You cannot regenerate transactions for a component for which one or more transactions have been already posted. |
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Component ID | The component of the line item, if the line item is a package; otherwise, the item, by its item ID. For details about packages, see: Manage recognition for packages - overview. |
| Deferral code | The code that has been assigned to the line of the selected document or manually specified for a component in the custom deferral schedule. This code is used for generating recognition transactions to defer the amount specified in the line. You can edit this field for the components that have the Draft status (those components for which the deferral schedules have not been released yet) in the custom deferral schedules.
Note
Only active deferral codes are shown in the lookup. If you manually enter an inactive code, you will get an error message that the code is inactive. |
| Deferral account | The account to hold the amount to be deferred. |
| Deferral sub. | The corresponding subaccount to be used with the account. |
| Account | The sales or expense account to which the transaction amount is or will be posted. |
| Subaccount | The corresponding subaccount. |
| Total amount | The amount on the original document or document line. |
| Deferred amount | The amount yet to be recognised. |
| Line total | The total amount to be recognised. This amount is calculated automatically as the control sum of transaction amounts if the transaction amounts were edited manually. |
| Status | The status of the transaction. |
| Branch | The branch to which the document belongs. |
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Trans. no. | An integer that indicates the order of the recognition transaction in the schedule. |
| Status | The status of the transaction. |
| Rec. date | The date that determines the period when the transaction amount should be recognised and posted. You can change this date manually. |
| Trans. date | The date when the general ledger batch is created. |
| Amount | The amount to be recognised. You can edit this amount manually. |
| Account | The sales or expense account to which the transaction amount is or will be posted. You can change this account manually. |
| Subaccount | The corresponding subaccount. You can change it manually. |
| Period | The financial period when the transaction amount should be recognised and posted. |
| Branch | The branch in which the transaction was created. You can change it manually. |
| Batch no. | The reference number of the batch that posts the recognition transaction. Click the number to view the batch details. |
| Button | Description |
|---|---|
| View schedule | Displays the details of the schedule created for the associated document. |
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Schedule no. | The number of the schedule in the system. |
| Transaction descr. | The status of the schedule associated with the original document. |
| Doc. type | The type of the original document. |
| Doc. no. | The document number of the document. |
| Period | The period to which the document transactions are posted. |
| Element | Description |
|---|---|
| Deferral code | The unique code for the deferral type, max. 10 characters, both numbers and letters. |
| Description | The description of the deferral code. |
| Active | Deselecting this check box will remove this code from all look-ups where you can select a deferral code. If entered manually, you will get an error message that this code is inactive. If the code is in use on non-stock items, stock items, components, Invoice inbox rules, or any purchase or sales invoices/credit notes, you will get a message listing the items and rules where it is used and the number of the unreleased purchase or sales documents where it is used. Schedules, where the code is used, will not be affected by these inactive settings but be processed.
Note
In the list windows for Non-stock items, Stock items, and Invoice inbox rules, you can unhide the column Deferral code and filter on it to easily find the records using deferral code.| |
| Deferred revenue from item | When this check box is selected, the deferred revenue of the code will be retrieved from the connected item. |
| Recognition method | The method used to distribute the document amount over the periods. The following options are available:
If this method is selected, the Start offset and the Occurrences fields are not available.
If this method is selected, the Start offset and the Occurrences fields are not available.
You can find detailed examples of using each of these recognition methods at About recognition methods for deferred revenues or expenses. |
| Allow recognition in previous periods | When this check box is selected, the deferred revenue can be recognised in periods that are earlier than the period of the document (such as an invoice). The first recognition period is defined by the Term start date specified in the document. If this check box is cleared and the term start date is earlier than the document date, the system will generate recognition transactions for all required previous periods, but these transactions will be posted to the period of the document date. This check box is available only if the Flexible by periods, prorate by days or Flexible by days in period recognition method is selected in the Recognition method field. |
| Recognise now % | The percentage of the line amount (expense or income) to be recognised immediately on the document date in the first “recognise-now” transaction. |
| Start offset | The number of periods between the period of the transaction date and the next one. This field is not available if the Flexible by periods, prorate by days or Flexible by days in period option is selected in the Recognition method field. |
| From period | Choose the period from which you want the occurrence to start from. |
| Occurrences | The number of transactions through which recognition of the deferred revenue or expense will be performed. This number doesn’t include the first (“recognise-now”) transaction, and the amount to be divided among occurrences does not include the “recognise-now” amount. This field is not available if the Flexible by periods, prorate by days or Flexible by days in period method is selected in the Recognition method field. |
| Code type | The type of the deferral code, which can be one of the following options:
You can use both recognition methods Flexible by period, prorate by days and Flexible by days in period for the code type Expense. When you select a deferral code with one of these recognition methods on a purchase invoice, you will be able to enter a start and end date. |
| Use deferral account from | The source of the deferral account that will be used for holding the deferred amounts until these amounts are fully recognised. The following options are available:
|
| Combine deferral sub. from | The rule of composing the deferral subaccount from other subaccounts associated with the document. The following mask options are available for the Revenue code type:
The following mask options are available for the Expense code type:
|
| Copy sub. from sales/expense sub. | When this check box is selected, the corresponding sales or expense subaccount is copied to the deferral subaccount. |
| Deferral account | The account used to hold the deferred amount until it is fully recognised. The account type should be specified as follows:
|
| Deferral sub. | The corresponding subaccount. |
| Element | Description |
|---|---|
| Every x period(s) | The frequency for generating documents, in periods. |
| Element | Description |
|---|---|
| Start of the financial period | An option button that you click if you want the documents for a recognition transaction to be generated on the first day of the financial period. |
| End of period | An option button that you click if you want the documents for a recognition transaction to be generated on the last day of the financial period. |
| Fixed day in the period | An option button that you click if you want the documents for a recognition transaction to be generated on some particular day of the period. If you select this option, specify the particular day. |
| Element | Description |
|---|---|
| Code type | The type of deferral code. Select one of the following options:
|
| Deferral account | The account used to hold unrecognised amounts. |
| Deferral sub. | The corresponding subaccount used to flag the unrecognised amounts. |
| Company | The company in which the schedule is used. |
| Branch | The branch in which the schedule is used. |
| Deferral code | A deferral code assigned to document lines. Select a code from the list of codes defined in the system, or leave the field blank to view documents with any codes of the type. |
| Customer/Supplier no. | The customer or supplier that is associated with the document. |
| Component | The component of the package, if the item is a package. For details about packages, see: Manage recognition for packages - overview. |
| Total scheduled | The total scheduled amount on the schedule. |
| Total deferred | The total deferred amount on the schedule. |
| Branch | The branch with which the document is associated. |
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Schedule ID | The schedule, by its ID, that matches the selection criteria. |
| Doc. type | The type of the original document for which the schedule was generated. |
| Doc. no. | The number of the document. Click the number to open the Deferral schedule (DR201500) window to view the details of the schedule for the selected line of the original document (if different deferral codes were assigned to different lines of the original document). |
| Component ID | The component if the line item is a package and consists of components; otherwise, the item ID of the line item. |
| Line no. | The transaction number in the database record, which may be different from the line in the document. |
| Date | The date of the document. |
| Status | The status of the document. |
| Total amount | The total amount of the document. |
| Branch | The branch connected with the document. |
| Deferred amount | The part of the amount that was deferred. |
| Deferral code | The deferral code used for the line. |
| Deferral account | The account that holds the deferral amount. |
| Deferral sub. | The corresponding subaccount. |
| Account | The account to which the recognised amounts will be posted. |
| Subaccount | The corresponding subaccount. |
| Customer/Supplier no. | The number of the customer/supplier associated with the document. |
| Customer/Supplier name | The name of the customer/supplierassociated with the document. |
| Element | Description |
|---|---|
| Company | The company in which the recognition transaction was created. |
| Branch | The branch in which the recognition transaction was created. |
| Code type | The type of deferral code for which you want to display the recognition transactions. Select one of the following options: Revenue or Expense. |
| Period | The financial period of the transactions to be displayed. |
| Deferral code | The specific deferral code for which you want to view the related transactions. Select a code, or leave the field blank to view transactions for all codes. |
| Account | The account that holds deferred amounts. |
| Subaccount | The subaccount used for the transaction. |
| Customer/Supplier no. | The customer or supplier that is associated with the transaction. Leave this field blank to view transactions for all customers and suppliers. |
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Schedule ID | The ID of the schedule matching the selection criteria. |
| Component ID | The ID of the line item. For details about packages, see: Set up the recognition process - overview. |
| Rec. date | The date when the recognition transaction was posted. |
| Trans. date | The date of the recognition transaction. |
| Amount | The amount recognised by the transaction. |
| Account | The account to which the recognised amount was posted. |
| Period | The financial period to which the transaction was posted. |
| Deferral code | The code used for the schedule. |
| Doc. type | The type of the document this transaction is based on. |
| Doc. no. | The number of the document that this transaction is based on. |
| Line no. | The line number associated with the transaction in the database record. This number may not be the same as the line number in the document because some of the line items, as packages, may require as many lines as there are components in them. |
| Customer/Supplier no. | The customer or supplier associated with the original document. |
| Branch | The branch in which the recognition transaction was created. |
| Batch no. | The reference number of the batch that posted the recognition transactions to general ledger accounts. |
| Button | Description |
|---|---|
| Process | Processes the schedules that you have selected in the table. |
| Process all | Processes all the listed schedules. |
| Element | Description |
|---|---|
| Code type | The type of deferral codes for which you want to process deferral schedules. |
| Deferral account | The account used to record the deferred amounts. |
| Deferral sub. | The subaccount used to record the deferred amounts. |
| Deferral code | The particular deferral code for which you want to review and process transactions. |
| Customer/Supplier no. | The particular customer or supplier whose deferral transactions you want to view. |
| Component | The particular component for which you want to view deferral transactions. |
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Schedule no. | The ID of the schedule, which was automatically generated by the system when you created a custom schedule for the document released without a deferral code assigned. Click this number to open the Deferral schedule (DR201500) window in a pop-up window. |
| Deferral code | The deferral code used for the document line (or item component, if the line item is a package). |
| Doc. type | The type of the original document, the schedule transactions are based on. |
| Doc. no. | The number of the original document. When you click this number, the system navigates you to the window where the document was created and you can view the document details. |
| Component ID | The component of the line item if the line item is a package and consists of components; otherwise, the item ID of the line item. |
| Total amount | The amount of the document line. |
| Deferral account | The account to record the unrecognised (deferred) amount. |
| Deferral sub. | The subaccount used for the deferral. |
| Date | The date when the original document was created. |
| Post period | The period to post the transactions. |
| Customer/Supplier no. | The customer or supplier associated with the original document. |
| Deferred amount | The deferred amount for the document line. This column is hidden by default. You can add this column to the table by using the Column configuration dialog box. |
| Line no. | The line in the original document for which the deferral schedule was created. This column is hidden by default. You can add this column to the table by using the Column configuration dialog box. |
| Button | Description |
|---|---|
| Process | Processes the schedules that you have selected in the table. |
| Process all | Processes all the schedules. |
| Element | Description |
|---|---|
| Recognition date | The date to select the recognition transactions in the deferral schedules that are due. |
| Deferral code | The deferral code. Specify a code if you want to select only deferral schedules associated with this specific code. You can leave the field blank to view schedules for all codes. |
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Included | An unlabelled check box that you select to include the schedule for processing when you click Process. |
| Schedule no. | The ID of the schedule, which was automatically generated by the system when the deferral schedule was created. Click this number to open the Deferral schedule (DR201500) window and view the details of the schedule. |
| Deferral code | The deferral code used for the document line (or item component, if the line item is a package). |
| Doc. type | The type of the original document, which can be one of the following: Invoice, Credit note, Debit note, Cash sale, Cash return, Purchase invoice, Credit adjustment, Purchase credit note. |
| Doc. no | The number of the invoice connected with deferral schedule. |
| Customer/Supplier no. | The number of the customer/supplier connected with the invoice. |
| Customer/Supplier name | The name of the customer/supplier connected with the invoice. |
| Component ID | The component of the line item if the line item is a package and consists of components; otherwise, the item ID of the line item. |
| Trans. no. | The number that indicates the order of the recognition transaction in the schedule. |
| Rec. date | The date when the partial amount was recognised. |
| Amount | The amount to be recognised in the period. |
| Account | The account to post the recognised amounts. |
| Period | The period to post the transactions. |
| Branch | The branch with which the document is associated. |
| Button | Description |
|---|---|
| Validate | Recalculates deferral balances for the types of deferrals that you have selected in the table. |
| Validate all | Recalculates balances for all listed deferrals. |
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Balance type | The deferral type, Expense or Revenue. |