Update Message Codes in External Payment Parameters

Explanation

This activity is used to update the message codes which are stored in external payment parameters. The update function adds message codes and removes message codes from several external payment parameters for selected companies at the same time. The update includes the payment methods for the specified payment format.

Prerequisites

In order to perform this activity,

• You must be associated to the company(ies) for which the external payment parameters should be updated.
• The external payment parameters of payment methods linked to the selected payment format should exist.

System Effects

As a result of this activity, the external payment parameters for payment methods linked to the specific payment format for the selected company(ies) will be updated as follows:

• A message code with its settings and possible reason codes are copied from message codes of the payment format to the external payment parameters, if the message code does not exist in the external payment parameters.
• A message code including possible reason codes are removed from the external payment parameters, if the message code no longer exist in the message codes of the payment format.

Note: If a message code exists in the payment format and in the external payment parameters, the external payment parameters will not be updated even though the message code has different settings and/or different reason codes.

Window

Payment Formats per Company

Related Window Descriptions

Update External Payment Parameters
Payment Format Message Codes
Payment Formats per Company

Procedure

To update message codes in external payment parameters:

1. Open the Payment Formats per Company window and search for the payment format for which you have the message codes added and/or removed.
2. Select the required record and right-click and click Payment Formats.
3. Select the line with the payment format in the Payment Formats window, right-click and click Message Codes.
4. Enter a new message code(s) and/or remove a message code(s) if required.
5. Save the information if you have entered or removed codes.
6. Right-click in the header section in the window and click Update External Payment Parameters to open the Update External Payment Parameters dialog box.
7. Select the Update check box to choose the company(ies) for which the external payment parameters should be updated. You can select several companies, if applicable.
8. Click OK to update external payment parameters.