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   <Header>
      <Title>The account matching process</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1974697">
         <Level1>Process</Level1>
         <Level2>account matching</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1974702">
         <Level1>Account matching</Level1>
         <Level2>process</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <ProcedureSection>
      <ProcIntro>
         <Paragraph>The account matching process consists of the following
		  steps:</Paragraph>
      </ProcIntro>
      <Steps>
         <Step>
            <StepTitle>Match transactions</StepTitle>
            <List>
               <ListIntro>You can match transactions:</ListIntro>
               <ListItem>
                  <Paragraph>
                     <Emphasis>Automatically</Emphasis>, in the <Link href="/baanerp/tf/gld/tfgld1250m000" role="session">Match Transactions Automatically (tfgld1250m000)</Link> session.</Paragraph>
                  <Paragraph>ERP Enterprise performs account matching based on <Link href="/baanerp/tf/glossary/glossary#000519" role="glossary">account matching properties</Link> and an <Link href="/baanerp/tf/glossary/glossary#000517" role="glossary">account matching authorization scheme</Link>.</Paragraph>
               </ListItem>
               <ListItem>
                  <Paragraph>
                     <Emphasis>Manually</Emphasis>, in the <Link href="/baanerp/tf/gld/tfgld1550m000" role="session">Account Matching (tfgld1550m000)</Link> session.</Paragraph>
                  <List>
                     <ListIntro>In this session, you can select the transactions that
					 you wish to match.</ListIntro>
                     <ListItem>If the selected transactions balance, on the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu, click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/gld/tfgld1516m000#match.without.transaction" role="command">Match without Transaction</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
                     <ListItem>If the sums of the amounts of the selected transactions
					 differ, you can click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/gld/tfgld1516m000#match.with.transaction" role="command">Match with Transaction</GUIRef> or choose to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/gld/tfgld1516m000#match.without.transaction" role="command">Match without Transaction</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
                  </List>
               </ListItem>
            </List>
            <Paragraph>For each match, whether created manually or automatically, ERP Enterprise creates a matching
			 transaction in the <Link href="/baanerp/tf/gld/tfgld1551m000" role="session">Matched Transactions (tfgld1551m000)</Link> session.</Paragraph>
         </Step>
         <Step>
            <StepTitle>Approve matching transactions</StepTitle>
            <Paragraph>If you are authorized to do so, you can approve the matching
			 transactions using the <Link href="/baanerp/tf/gld/tfgld1251m100" role="session">Approve/Process Matched Transactions (tfgld1251m100)</Link> session. When you click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/gld/tfgld1251m100#exec.cont.process" role="command">Process</GUIRef>, ERP Enterprise checks whether the underlying transactions can be
			 matched, based on the <Link href="/baanerp/tf/glossary/glossary#000517" role="glossary">account matching authorization scheme</Link> and <Link href="/baanerp/tf/glossary/glossary#000518" role="glossary">ledger account matching scheme</Link> assigned to you in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/gld/tfgld1152m000" role="session">Account Matching Users (tfgld1152m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
         </Step>
         <Step>
            <StepTitle>Process matching transactions</StepTitle>
            <Paragraph>If you are authorized to do so, you can process the matching
			 transactions using the <Link href="/baanerp/tf/gld/tfgld1251m100" role="session">Approve/Process Matched Transactions (tfgld1251m100)</Link> session. When you click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/gld/tfgld1251m100#exec.cont.process" role="command">Process</GUIRef>, ERP Enterprise checks whether the approved matching transactions
			 can be processed, based on the <Link href="/baanerp/tf/glossary/glossary#000517" role="glossary">account matching authorization scheme</Link> and <Link href="/baanerp/tf/glossary/glossary#000518" role="glossary">ledger account matching scheme</Link> assigned to you in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/gld/tfgld1152m000" role="session">Account Matching Users (tfgld1152m000)</GUIRef> session. In this step, ERP Enterprise creates batches and
			 non-finalized transactions for matches with transactions.</Paragraph>
         </Step>
      </Steps>
   </ProcedureSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tf/onlinemanual/000348" role="manual">Account matching</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tf/onlinemanual/000349" role="manual">Basic rules for 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/000346" role="manual">Rebuild GL accounts for matching</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>