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   <Header>
      <Title>Direct processing of invoices</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e78825">
         <Level1>Invoices</Level1>
         <Level2>direct processing</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e78830">
         <Level1>Direct processing</Level1>
         <Level2>invoices</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>Direct processing of invoices implies the automatic composition,
		printing, and posting of a sales invoice. However, before ERP Enterprise performs these
		actions, you must manually set the line(s) status to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ci/domains/sli.stat#confirmed" role="option">Confirmed</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>You can use direct processing of invoices to generate
		  individual sales invoices for the following types of invoicing data:</ListIntro>
         <ListItemHead>Sales orders</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>ERP Enterprise produces the invoice immediately after you release a sales order from <GUIRef href="/baanerp/sales" role="package">Sales</GUIRef> to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ci" role="package">Invoicing</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>Debit notes and credit notes</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>Direct processing starts in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf" role="package">Financials</GUIRef>. For details,
		  refer to <Link href="/baanerp/tf/onlinemanual/000323" role="manual">The cash application procedure</Link>.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>Manual sales invoices</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>Direct processing starts as described in <Link href="/baanerp/ci/onlinemanual/000012#Process" role="manual">To process manual sales invoices</Link>.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <List>
         <ListTitle>Prerequisites</ListTitle>
         <ListIntro>For direct processing, you must set up the following data in
		  the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ci/sli/cisli0100m000" role="session">Invoicing Parameters (cisli0100m000)</GUIRef> session:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>A default billing request template and billing request addition
		  for the invoicing data type.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>The device to which the invoices can be printed.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>For sales order types for which you want to use direct
		  invoicing, select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/sls/tdsls0594m000#tdsls094.coun" role="manual">Collect Order</GUIRef> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/sls/tdsls0594m000" role="session">Sales Order Types (tdsls0594m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Direct processing</SectionTitle>
      <List>
         <ListTitle>Prerequisites</ListTitle>
         <ListItem>Manually change the line(s) status to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ci/domains/sli.stat#confirmed" role="option">Confirmed</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>During direct processing, ERP Enterprise performs the following
		  actions:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Composes the invoice.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Prints the invoice according to the default template addition,
		  to the device defined for direct processing in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ci/sli/cisli0100m000" role="session">Invoicing Parameters (cisli0100m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Posts the invoice amounts to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf" role="package">Financials</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Changes the invoicing data status to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ci/domains/sli.stat#posted" role="option">Posted</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/ci/onlinemanual/000001" role="manual">Invoicing procedure</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/ci/onlinemanual/000010" role="manual">Job processing of invoices</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>