Payment Proposal Templates
To create a payment proposal to be sent to a specific banking system, you need to define a payment proposal template, first. The payment proposal template is used as a link that connects a bank interface with a given bank account set in Dynamics 365 Business Central. For each bank interface, you can define more than one template.
Payment Proposal Template Setup
To create a payment proposal template:
- Choose the icon, and enter Payment Proposal Templates and then select a related link.
- The template card contains the following sections:
- the General section:
- Code - Specifies the code of the payment proposal template (a mandatory field).
- Description - Specifies a description that identifies the template.
- Transfer Type - Specifies the type of transfer. It is a mandatory field. The transfer type is used to filter the Interface Code field. The field can contain one of the following values:
- Internal - intra-bank payments,
- Domestic - domestic payments (within a country, in a local currency),
- Foreign - cross-border payments,
- SEPA - SEPA payments.
- Bank Account Code - Specifies the code of the bank account from which transfers will be made. The bank account has to meet the criteria described in the Bank Account Setup article.
- Interface Code - Specifies the interface code that will be used to generate and export the payment proposal file (for details, see Payment Proposal Interfaces).
- Detailed Info Code - Specifies the code that determines how the transfer title is to be formatted (see Detailed Information). This field is mandatory.
- the Charge section:
- Default Charge - Specifies the charge settings if the charge has not been specified in the payment proposal. The following options are available in this field:
- None - default interface settings of the bank interface are used;
- BEN - the amount is charged to the beneficiary;
- OUR - the amount is charged to the issuer;
- SHA - the amount is charged both to the beneficiary and issuer in two equal parts;
- OUR (other account) - the amount is charged to the issuer as with the OUR option, but the amount is paid from the account set in the Charge Bank Account Code;
- SHA (other account) - the amount is charged to the issuer as with SHA, but the amount is paid from the account set in the Charge Bank Account Code;
- Charge Bank Account Code - Specifies the bank account to be charged for the transfer, if the OUR (other account) and SHA (other account) options in the Transfer Charge field have been selected in the payment proposal.
- Default Charge - Specifies the charge settings if the charge has not been specified in the payment proposal. The following options are available in this field:
- the File Management section:
- File Name Formula Code - Specifies the file name of the payment proposal. This field is mandatory, if file exchange interfaces are used. For details, read File Name Formula.
Payment Proposal Interfaces
To view a list of all available interfaces for payment proposals:
- Choose the icon, and enter Payment Proposal Interfaces and then select a related link.
- The list of interfaces of the payment proposal includes the following fields:
- Code (non-editable field) - Specifies the code for the payment proposal interface.
- Description
- Type (non-editable field) - Specifies the type for the payment proposal interface. The available values are: Domestic, SEPA, Foreign, Internal.
- File Extension - Specifies the file extension of the payment proposal, in the case of file interfaces.
Tip
The list of interfaces that are used to import payment proposals is visible when you expand the Interface Code field on the Payment Proposal Templates page. Because the interface list is managed automatically by the Electronic Banking extensions that distribute bank interfaces, you can modify interfaces to little extent.
Payment Proposal Template Users
By default, after creating a payment proposal template, all Electronic Banking users are authorized to work with it. This is the default setting. You can restrict access to certain templates by selecting users in the list of payment proposal template users.
To view or modify the list of users of a payment proposal template:
- Choose the icon, and enter Payment Proposal Templates and then select a related link.
- Select the Users action. Available fields:
- User ID;
- Payment Proposal Template Code
Payment Suggest Templates
Electronic Banking Base App enables you to define default values for a payment suggestion report. For details, read Suggesting Payment Lines). The users do not have to set up any value in the report each time, because recurring parameters can be saved within the template that can be selected in the list.
Payment Suggest Template List
To view the list of payment suggestion templates:
- Choose the icon, and enter Payment Suggest Templates and then select a related link.
- Available fields:
- Name;
- Description.
Adding a Payment Suggestion Template
To add a payment suggestion template to a payment proposal template:
- Choose the icon, and enter Payment Proposal Templates and then select a related link.
- In the header of the Payment Proposal Templates card page, run the Payment Suggest Templates action.
- On the Payment Suggest Templates page, complete the following fields:
- Name;
- Description.
Detailed Information
Data required to format the transfer description has been included in payment proposal. Electronic Banking Base App is installed with default values, however electronic banking users can customize the application settings.
To define detailed information:
- Select the , enter the Bank Transfer Detailed Info, and then select the related link.
On the Bank Transfer Detailed Info list page the following fields are available:
- Code - Specifies the code of detailed information.
- Max. Description Length -Specifies the length of the bank transfer description.
- Description Prefix - Specifies the prefix that is to be added automatically to the bank transfer title.
- Description Separator - Specifies the separator for document numbers used for the transfer.
- Description Overflow Text - Specifies the text that is displayed when a maximum text length is exceeded (if the Description Overflow Text option was used).
- Handling Long Description - Specifies how the app should function if the overflow text occurs. The field contains the following options:
- Shorten to Max. Length –The transfer description is automatically truncated to the number of characters defined in the Max. Description Length field.
- Use Description Overflow Text - The overflow text is replaced with a value in the Description Overflow Text.
Tip
The list of detail information codes can also be seen by expanding the Detailed Info Code field on the Payment Proposal Template page.
File Name Formula
File name formulas enable you to format the name of the payment proposal file that has been created by the app. The following name formats are available:
- Template Name + Reg. No.;
- Workdate;
- Workdate + Reg. No.;
- Workdate + Template Name.
To define a new file name formula:
- Choose the , icon, and enter File Name Formulas and then select a related link.
- On the File Name Formula list page, fill in the following fields:
- Code - Specifies the code that identifies the formula.
- Description
- Formula - Specifies the formula template, based on which the name will be generated. Available text variables include:
- %1 - workdate,
- %2 - register number,
- %3 - template name.
Tip
To view the list of file name formulas, expand the File Name Formula Code field on the Payment Proposal Templates page.