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   <Header>
      <Title>Basic rules for account matching</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1657587">
         <Level1>Basic rules</Level1>
         <Level2>account matching</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1657592">
         <Level1>Account matching</Level1>
         <Level2>basic rules</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>The basic rules for account matching are:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem> 
            <List>
               <ListIntro>You can perform account matching on accounts that are:</ListIntro>
               <ListItem>Of the type <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/domains/gld.actp#balance" role="option">Balance Sheet</GUIRef> or <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/domains/gld.actp#profitloss" role="option">Profit &amp; Loss</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>Defined as matchable
				accounts. The <Link href="/baanerp/tf/gld/tfgld0508m000#tfgld008.acmp" role="formfield">Account Matching Properties</Link> field must be filled for the account in
				the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/gld/tfgld0508m000" role="session">Chart of Accounts (tfgld0508m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>Not used for integration transactions.</ListItem>
            </List>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>You can only perform
		  account matching of entries on the same account.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>The transactions to be matched can be in different transaction
		  currencies.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>You can perform account matching on finalized transactions.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>You can unmatch
		  transactions, even if the matching transactions have already been finalized.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>In the account matching process, the following situations can
		  occur:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>There is no difference between the sums of the credit amounts
		  and the debit amounts of the selected transactions, or the difference is within
		  the currency tolerance. The transactions are matched.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>The sums of the credit amounts and the debit amounts differ by
		  the tolerance percentage and/or the tolerance amount or more. The transactions
		  cannot be matched.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>The difference between the sums of the credit amounts and the
		  debit amounts is within the matching tolerance percentage and less than the
		  matching tolerance amount. The transactions can be matched with a matching
		  transaction for the difference amount.</ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tf/onlinemanual/000348" role="manual">Account matching</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tf/onlinemanual/000350" role="manual">To match with a matching transaction</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tf/onlinemanual/000343" role="manual">Frequently used accounts for account matching</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tf/onlinemanual/000344" role="manual">To set up account matching</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tf/onlinemanual/000345" role="manual">The account matching process</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tf/onlinemanual/000346" role="manual">Rebuild GL accounts for matching</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>