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   <Header>
      <Title>Matching purchase invoices automatically</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1953123">
         <Level1>Purchase invoice matching</Level1>
         <Level2>automatically</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1953128">
         <Level1>Automatically</Level1>
         <Level2>purchase invoice matching</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection ID="match.automatic">
      <Paragraph>To match purchase
		invoices automatically, in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/acp/tfacp0100m000" role="session">ACP Parameters (tfacp0100m000)</GUIRef> session, select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/acp/tfacp0100m000#tfacp000.autm" role="manual">Automatic Matching</GUIRef> check box. You must select a
		matching method, which can be <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/domains/acp.match#order" role="option">Match to Purchase Order</GUIRef>, <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/domains/acp.match#receipt" role="option">Match to Purchase Receipt</GUIRef>, or <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/domains/acp.match#consumption" role="option">Match to Purchase Consumption</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>If you set up automatic
		matching, ERP Enterprise automatically tries to match purchase invoices that you register in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/acp/tfacp2600m000" role="session">Purchase Invoice Entry (tfacp2600m000)</GUIRef> session. You must select the purchase order or a <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000359" role="glossary">packing slip</Link> with which the invoice can be matched.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>If ERP Enterprise cannot match the
		invoices automatically, for example, because the purchase invoice refers to
		multiple purchase orders, you must manually match the invoice as described in <Link href="/baanerp/tf/onlinemanual/000503" role="manual">Matching purchase invoices manually</Link>.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>ERP Enterprise matches the purchase invoice with the unmatched quantities of the receipt or
		the purchase order, depending on the selected automatic matching method.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>ERP Enterprise calculates the total amount of the matched quantities and the difference with
		the entered invoice amount in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/acp/tfacp2600m000#rem.amount" role="manual">Amount Unassigned</GUIRef> field. If no difference exists or the difference falls
		within the tolerances, the invoice is successfully matched. The difference is
		posted to the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/domains/acp.tran#price.diff" role="option">Price Differences</GUIRef> account of the financial business partner group.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>If the price difference
		exceeds the tolerance, it must be authorized in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/acp/tfacp1142m000" role="session">Authorize Purchase Invoices (tfacp1142m000)</GUIRef> session before you can approve the invoice. For more information, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/tf/onlinemanual/000011" role="manual">Authorization of price differences and additional costs</Link>.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>If the invoice is
		partially matched and more goods covered by the invoice are received at a later
		time, you can manually complete the matching and approval of the invoice in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/acp/tfacp2107m000" role="session">Match/Approve Purchase Invoices (tfacp2107m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>If the invoice is fully
		matched, you can approve the invoice as described in <Link href="/baanerp/tf/onlinemanual/000106#approve" role="manual">To approve purchase invoices</Link>.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tf/onlinemanual/000104" role="manual">Processing purchase invoices</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tf/onlinemanual/000106" role="manual">Match and approve purchase invoices</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>