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   <Header>
      <Title>Automatic or uninterrupted payment process</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1664479">
         <Level1>Payment process</Level1>
         <Level2>uninterrupted</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>You can carry out the payment process as an uninterrupted
		payment run without user intervention. This enables you to run the payment
		process as a batch job at night.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>During the uninterrupted payment process, LN automatically
		  performs the following actions:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Compose the payments, if you did not run the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg1240m000" role="session">Process Payments (tfcmg1240m000)</GUIRef> session</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Assign a bank to the payment batch</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Audit the payments</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Create payment orders</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Print remittance letters</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Post the payments</ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>The invoices in error are removed from the current batch and
		placed in a new batch.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>To set up the uninterrupted payment process</SectionTitle>
      <List>
         <ListTitle>The uninterrupted payment process</ListTitle>
         <ListIntro>To set up automatic payments, use the following
		  sessions:</ListIntro>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg1190m000" role="session">Automatic Process Defaults (tfcmg1190m000)</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>Define the default process values to be used during automatic
		  processing. On the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu, click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg1190m000#defaults.by.bank.pay.meth" role="command">Defaults by Bank/Payment Method</GUIRef> to start the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg1191m000" role="session">Automatic Process Defaults by Bank/Payment-Receipt Method (tfcmg1191m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg1191m000" role="session">Automatic Process Defaults by Bank/Payment-Receipt Method (tfcmg1191m000)</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>For each set of default process values, define the default bank
		  details to be used during automatic processing.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg0100s000" role="session">CMG Parameters (tfcmg0100s000)</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>Select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg0100s000#tfcmg000.unpr" role="manual">Invoke Payment Process after Selection</GUIRef> check box. In
		  the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg0100s000#tfcmg000.ppde" role="manual">Payment Process Default ID</GUIRef> field, select the default
		  process ID from the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg1190m000" role="session">Automatic Process Defaults (tfcmg1190m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg1100m000" role="session">Payment Authorizations (tfcmg1100m000)</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>If you select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg0100s000#tfcmg000.apbt" role="manual">Payment Batch Approval</GUIRef> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg0100s000" role="session">CMG Parameters (tfcmg0100s000)</GUIRef> session, you must authorize a number of users to
			 approve payment batches.</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>If the user who starts the uninterrupted payment process is
			 authorized to approve payment batches, LN automatically sets
			 the batch to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg1521m000#tfcmg109.appr" role="manual">Approved</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>To perform the uninterrupted payment process</SectionTitle>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>To start the uninterrupted payment process, use one of the
		  following sessions:</ListIntro>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg1220m000" role="session">Select Invoices for Payment (tfcmg1220m000)</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>Enter the selection criteria for the invoices you want to
			 process, and select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg1220m000#unpr" role="manual">Uninterrupted Payment Run</GUIRef> check box. In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg1220m000#ppde" role="manual">Payment Process Default ID</GUIRef> field, enter the payment process ID or accept the
			 default value. Next, click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg1220m000#exec.cont.process" role="command">Select</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg1240m000" role="session">Process Payments (tfcmg1240m000)</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>If you clear the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg1220m000#unpr" role="manual">Uninterrupted Payment Run</GUIRef> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg1220m000" role="session">Select Invoices for Payment (tfcmg1220m000)</GUIRef> session, you can use this session to compose
			 the batch and enter a bank relation. If you select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg0100s000#tfcmg000.unpr" role="manual">Invoke Payment Process after Selection</GUIRef> check box in
			 the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg0100s000" role="session">CMG Parameters (tfcmg0100s000)</GUIRef> session, LN automatically processes the composed batch.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
      </List>
      <Note>
         <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>If payment batches must be approved before processing, you
		  must be authorized to approve the batch. LN automatically sets
		  the batch to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg1521m000#tfcmg109.appr" role="manual">Approved</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
      </Note>
      <Paragraph>On completion of the process, you can use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg1592m000" role="session">Exception Errors (tfcmg1592m000)</GUIRef> session to view the transactions that could not be
		composed and posted during the uninterrupted payment run. After solving the
		errors, you can process the new batch.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>To prevent that the Exception Errors (tfcmg192) table takes up
		too much space, you can run the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg1292m000" role="session">Delete Exception Errors (tfcmg1292m000)</GUIRef> session regularly.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
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      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
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         </Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tf/onlinemanual/000111" role="manual">To assign bank relations</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>