Changing Payment Attributes on a Selection

Payment attributes provide additional information about a payment, and can be mandatory or optional depending on the requirements of the banking system that is to receive the payment. You assign attributes to payment formats in Payment Format Maintenance (25.11.1). See Payment Attributes.

The attributes on payment formats are designed for specific payment arrangements to suppliers, and are typically used for electronic payments. When you change the payment format, you also change the associated attributes and values, and you should ensure that the new attributes and values are consistent with those of the original invoices, and with the details defined for the supplier.

When the original format and new format are identical, or have no attributes, the system simply replaces the format. When the new format has no attributes, the system warns you that any original attributes will be deleted. You can decide to continue with the change or to cancel.

The system prevents you from selecting a new format that has different attributes from the original, because since attributes are created for specific business reasons, you cannot apply new payment attributes and values to the invoices already contained in the selection.


Original Format	New Format	Comment
AP Draft (no attributes)	French AP Draft (no attributes)	The system replaces the format.
AP Draft with attributes Supplier ID and Payment Type	French AP Draft with attributes Sender ID and Charge Code	The system prevents you from selecting another format with different attributes.
AP Draft with attributes Supplier ID and Payment Type	French AP Draft with no attributes	When the original format has attributes and the new format has no attributes, the system warns that the original attribute values will be deleted from the payment selection header field and from the original invoice Financial Info tab. You can choose to cancel the change.
AP Draft with or without attributes	French AP Draft with attributes Sender ID and Charge Code	When the new format does not have the same attributes as the original format, the system prevents you from saving the change.