Apply a Customer Deposit

When you click Payment and then Deposit in the Sales Order Maintenance (OE), One-Step Invoice Entry (RE), or EDI/Sales Quote Maintenance (QOE) programs, you can apply a deposit to a sales order, imported order, or sales quote.

When you click Deposits in the Sales Shipment Confirmation (OC), you can apply a deposit to a shipment.

  1. Click Add. The program displays these fields for deposits from this customer that have been recorded in the Cash Receipts Entry (RCE) program and not yet fully applied:

Field Name

Displays

Deposit no

The number assigned to this deposit

Deposit

The date the deposit was entered

Deposit amount

The amount of the deposit

Applied amount

The deposit amount previously applied to orders or shipments

Deposit Balance

The amount that has not been applied to orders or shipments

  1. Select the deposit you want to apply to this order or shipment and click Select.

    Note

    If an order has an attached deposit and a shipment is released, the amount of the deposit transferred to the shipment may not exceed the shipment value.

  2. Enter or change data in these fields:

Field Name

Type / Max Length

Action / Description

Reference

Optional
30 alphanumeric

Enter an explanation or reference your company uses for deposits.

Amount applied

Required
14 numeric in the format 999999999999.99

Accept the amount displayed or enter a different amount to be applied. The deposit applied cannot exceed the amount of the order, shipment, or quotation.

The program displays these fields:

Field Name

Displays

Last date chg

The date on which this deposit was last changed

Last user

The person who made the last change

  1. Choose the appropriate options:

To

Do This

Change a field

Click Modify.

This button is not available in the Sales Order Inquiry program.

Exit without applying this deposit

Click Cancel.

This button is not available in the Sales Order Inquiry program.

Accept the data and exit

Click OK.

Note
You cannot delete a record until it has been saved; use Cancel.

  1. Choose the appropriate options when you click OK or Cancel:

To

Do This

Display deposits from a specific deposit

Click Restart. The program prompts Deposit number. Enter the first deposit you want to display or leave blank to begin with the first deposit.

Display the previous set of records in the file

Click Page up.

Display the next set of records in the file

Click Page down.

Apply the selected deposit to this order or shipment

Click Select.

Display information about the selected deposit

Click Detail. See Display a Customer's Deposits. Click OK to return to this program.

Exit attach mode

Click Exit.

  1. Choose the appropriate options when you click Exit:

To

Do This

Apply another deposit

Click Add.

Delete the selected deposit

Click Delete. The program prompts Do you want to delete the highlighted record? Click Delete to delete it or No to retain it.

If the deposit was attached with the Sales Shipment Confirmation (OC) program, the program displays the message Return the attached deposit [number] to the sales order? Click Yes to attach this deposit to the sales order rather than the shipment or click No to attach it to neither the sales order nor the shipment.

Display the selected deposit

Click Select.

Display deposits from a specific deposit

Click Restart. The program prompts Deposit number. Enter the first deposit you want to display or leave blank to begin with the first deposit.

Print the deposit listing

Click Print. See Print.

Display the previous set of records in the file

Click Page up.

Display the next set of records in the file

Click Page down.

Exit deposits

Click Exit. See Enter a Sales Order, Enter a One-Step Order, Enter a Sales Quotation, or Create and Confirm a Shipment.