Check External Supplier Invoices on File

Explanation

Use this activity to check the external supplier invoices related to an external load identity. The invoices are checked with respect to code string, rules, and user data in IFS/Accounting Rules, and also with respect to external supplier invoice parameters.

Invoices that do not pass the Check step are marked with an error code. If all invoices pass the Check step without errors then:

If any of the external supplier invoices do not pass the Check step, then the following applies:

Prerequisites

Before performing the Check step, the following must have been completed:

System Effects

As a result of the activity, a message will be displayed stating whether errors were discovered or not. The external supplier invoices with errors will get an Error Text (it can be viewed in the External Supplier Invoice Load Information window in IFS/Invoice), and the status Loaded.
If no errors were found, i.e. all external supplier invoices were considered correct, then the external data can be used to create supplier invoices in the invoice module.

Window

External Supplier Invoice Load Information

Related Window Descriptions

External Supplier Invoice Load Information

Procedure

To perform the Check step on external supplier invoices:

  1. Open the External Supplier Invoice Load Information window in IFS/Invoice.
  2. Find the load identities to be checked using either Populate or Query.
  3. Right-click on a specific line and then click Check Invoices.
  4. Confirm message. Click OK.