Entering a New Payment

When you click the Make Payment branch of the Event Registration Page Tree, Advance navigates you to the Event Payment Profile Payment (New) Application and displays the Payment Detail Form. Details associated with the current registration default in the form fields.

 

If payment information is not entered on the Registration Detail Form at the time the registration is entered, you may do so via the Event Registration Profile.

 

 

To enter a payment:

  1. Click the 'Make a Payment' link on the Event Registration Page Tree or click Go To on the Main Menu, select "Event Payments (New)" (Application ID 90437, EPNEW), enter an Entity ID and click  .

  2. The Payment (New) application displays. By default, any information associated with the registration being paid is entered in the fields by the system. Make any corrections and/or additions on the Payment Detail form

  3. Click Save on the form header to save the information.

  4. The Payment Transactions Form will display.

  5. If there are additional transactions for this payment, you may enter them, e.g., a gift accompanies the registration fee. Click 'New' for each new transaction. Save each transaction after you enter the information.

  6. When you have finished the transaction(s) associated with the payment, click 'Post Payment' on the form header.

  7. Enter the information about the transaction, Save your changes and click 'Post Payment' to process the information.

  8. If there are errors on the form, an error message will display at the top of the form indicating the nature of the error. If the posting was successful, an information dialog will display.

  9. If there are multiple parts to the transaction, e.g., a gift which was included with the registration, click 'New' to enter a new row for this transaction.

  10. The Actions menu allows you to Sort the transaction list, Delete the selected row, or display Select Unpaid Registrations.

  11. If a transaction was modified or reversed, the 'Show History' link will be active. When you click the link, the Transaction History Form displays the audit trail.

Note: To make a payment, use the following three forms:

Note: Post each payment individually as there is no ‘bulk’ payment processing

 

Fields on the Payment Detail form include:

 

Paid By ID

Records the Bio ID of the profile making the payment. When you enter the ID, the profile’s name appears as a hyperlink to their profile. Required

Pay Date

Records the date on which the payment was made. By default, this date will display the current date. This date is entered using the MM/DD/YYYY format. Required

Pay Type

Indicates the method of payment for the registration, e.g., cash, check, charge. Additional fields appear, depending on the payment type you select. Values in this drop-down list are validated against the Payment Type table (tms_payment_type, DT). Required

Amount

Records the total amount being paid for the registration. Required

Check Number

Records the number of the check used for payment. This field appears when Check is the selected payment type.

PO Number Records the number of the purchase order used for payment. This field appears when PO is the selected payment type.

Cr Card

Records the type of charge card used for payment. This field appears when credit card is the selected payment type.

Approval

Records the approval code for the charge card used for payment. This field appears when American Express, MasterCard, or Visa is the selected payment type. Information entered in this field will not display after it is saved. This is a data security feature in Events and is normal application functionality.

Note

This free text field allows you to enter up to 255 characters of additional payment information.

 

If System Option 250 (Batching in Financial Transactions) is set to Y and you have not previously selected an event batch to which the payment is associated, the "Select as Current Event Batch" form will display. Select a batch and click OK.

 

 

Fields on the Payment Transactions Form include:

 

Amount

The amount of the transaction being recorded. Required

Transaction

Indicates what kind of payment is being recorded. You can select a transaction type from the drop-down list. Values in this drop-down list are validated against the Transaction Type table (tms_transaction_type, FD). Required

Account

Records the account to which the money should be applied. This field defaults to the account number specified for the event. Values in this drop-down list are validated against the Event Account table (tms_event_account, EV80). Required

Event or Registration

The Event ID or Registration ID for this transaction. If you do not know the ID, press F2 to invoke the context-sensitive lookup to locate the ID.

Transaction Date

Indicates the date the payment was received. This date will default to the current day’s date. Required

Change Reason

If the transaction is a modification, this drop-down list will allow you to identify the reason for modification. Values in this drop-down list are validated against the Event Payment Change table (tms_event_payment_change, EV84).

 

 

The totals line at the bottom of the Payment Transaction form displays the total payments made toward the registration, the balance due on the registration and any credits, refunds and gifts made on the registration.

If the payment is given toward a registration that is not for the Paid By ID, select Pay 3rd Party Reg. as the transaction type to make a 3rd party payment.

 

 

You may also access Payment (New) by using one of the following methods:

 

 

Access to the Payment Profile: