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   <Header>
      <Title>Electronic Bank Statements</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1634169">
         <Level1>Electronic bank statements</Level1>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <AimSection>
      <Paragraph>Some banks provide bank statements in electronic form, on disk,
		tape, or provide statements over the Internet or by modem. This electronic bank
		statement can be imported into LN to enable automatic processing of bank
		transactions.</Paragraph>
   </AimSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>The banks can send you an electronic statement of payments made
		and direct debits received, rather than a paper report. You can use the
		Electronic Bank Statements sessions to match and post the electronically
		received bank statements.</Paragraph>
      <ProcedureList>
         <ListTitle>To process electronic bank statements (EBS)</ListTitle>
         <ListIntro>To process <Link href="/baanerp/tf/glossary/glossary#ElectrBankSt_tf" role="glossary">electronic bank statements (EBS)</Link>, you can
		  use the following sequence of sessions:</ListIntro>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg5202m000" role="session">Convert Electronic Bank Statements (tfcmg5202m000)</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>Convert the received the bank file to a format that LN can
		  process. LN stores the converted bank statement files in the directory you specified for
		  the related bank in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg0110s000#tfcmg001.paeb" role="manual">Path For EBS Archieve</GUIRef> field of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg0510m000" role="session">Bank Relations (tfcmg0510m000)</GUIRef> session. In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg5202m000#file" role="manual">Pathname EBS File</GUIRef> field, you must add the file name. To add the current date to the
		  file name, append a tilde (~) to the file name.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg5102s000" role="session">Converted Electronic Bank Statements (tfcmg5102s000)</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>Review the converted bank statements and make changes if
		  required. For example, you can enter some text in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg5102s000#tfcmg502.desc" role="manual">Description</GUIRef> field. You cannot change the amount.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg5101s000" role="session">Remittance Advice Messages (Receipts) (tfcmg5101s000)</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>View the remittance advice messages, and add or change messages
		  if required.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg5212m000" role="session">Match Electronic Bank Statements (tfcmg5212m000)</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>Automatically match as many of the imported statements as
		  possible with open items. LN can match the statements with the sales invoices, purchase
		  invoices, anticipated payment documents, and trade notes. <List>
               <ListIntro>You can select several matching options, among
				others:</ListIntro>
               <ListItem>Whether LN must take the payment difference tolerances
				that you define in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg0100s000" role="session">CMG Parameters (tfcmg0100s000)</GUIRef> session into account.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>Whether LN must create unallocated receipts for
				unallocated amounts.</ListItem>
            </List>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg5103s000" role="session">Electronic Bank Statements (tfcmg5103s000)</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem> 
            <List>
               <ListItem>Manually match the statements of which the matching status
				is <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/domains/cmg.mast#converted" role="option">Converted</GUIRef> or <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/domains/cmg.mast#part.match" role="option">Partially matched</GUIRef>, because LN could not complete the automatic matching.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>To match a statement manually, select the statement and on
				the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu, click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg5503m000#exec.user.1" role="command">Posting Data</GUIRef>. This command starts the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg5513m000" role="session">Posting Data - Electronic Bank Statement (tfcmg5513m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
            </List>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg5513m000" role="session">Posting Data - Electronic Bank Statement (tfcmg5513m000)</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem> 
            <List>
               <ListIntro>On the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu , you can click:</ListIntro>
               <ListItemHead>
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg5513m000#exec.user.0" role="command">Select Multiple Invoices</GUIRef>
               </ListItemHead>
               <ListItem>
                  <Paragraph>Starts the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/acp/tfacp2520m000" role="session">Invoice-from Business Partner Open Entries (tfacp2520m000)</GUIRef> session, which you can
				  use to select one or several open invoices to which you match the receipt.</Paragraph>
               </ListItem>
               <ListItemHead>
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg5513m000#exec.cont.process" role="command">Maintain Posting Data</GUIRef>
               </ListItemHead>
               <ListItem>
                  <Paragraph>Starts the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg5106s000" role="session">Electronic Bank Statements-Posting Data (tfcmg5106s000)</GUIRef> session. You can enter posting
				  data for the unmatched amount. The posting data includes the type of
				  transaction, such as <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/domains/cmg.tran#customer" role="option">Receipt Transaction</GUIRef>, <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/domains/cmg.tran#unalloc.rec" role="option">Unallocated Receipt</GUIRef>, or <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/domains/cmg.tran#journal" role="option">Journal</GUIRef>, the amount, the tax details, and the ledger
				  account and dimensions. You can specify posting data for the full unmatched
				  amount at once, or you can enter separate posting data for parts of the
				  unmatched amount. If you do this, LN generates
				  sequence numbers for the posting data.</Paragraph>
               </ListItem>
            </List>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg5203m000" role="session">Audit Posting Data of Electronic Bank Statements (tfcmg5203m000)</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>Check that the transaction details such as the ledger accounts
		  and dimensions, the business partner group details, and other posting details,
		  are correct and complete.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg5222m000" role="session">Post Electronic Bank Statements (tfcmg5222m000)</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>Post the bank transactions to the general ledger. If you select
		  the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg5222m000#update.bank" role="manual">Update Bank Relations</GUIRef> check box, LN automatically runs the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg5232m000" role="session">Update Business Partner Bank Accounts (tfcmg5232m000)</GUIRef> session as described in Step 9.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg5232m000" role="session">Update Business Partner Bank Accounts (tfcmg5232m000)</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>Update the business partner bank account number and other
		  details in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom4115s000" role="session">Bank Account by Pay-by Business Partner (tccom4115s000)</GUIRef> session, based on
		  the details read from the bank statement file.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg5213m000" role="session">Remove Posted Electronic Bank Statements (tfcmg5213m000)</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>Remove the bank statements of the transactions that were posted
		  to the general ledger.</ListItem>
      </ProcedureList>
   </GeneralSection>
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