Enter Segmentation Criteria

Explanation

This activity is used to enter segmentation criteria in external payment parameters. These criteria can be defined for a specific payment method and applies for payment transactions which are imported from an external file with this payment method.

Depending on the criteria, you can split one external payment into separate mixed payments when the external payment is transferred to a mixed payment. The split can be done, for example by transaction type in order to create separate mixed payments for direct cash payments, customer payments or supplier payments. Several criteria are available to specify which transactions of the external payment should be included in one separate mixed payment.

The mixed payments will be created for each row of segmentation criteria in a specified order. For each segmentation criteria you can decide whether the mixed payment should be approved as a background job automatically. The prefix for the statement number of the mixed payment can be defined in order to identify the content of the mixed payment. You are allowed to use any constant and/or a substitution variable as the prefix for the statement number.

You can also enter a limit for the number of transactions to be included in one mixed payment, and if more transactions exist in the external payment for a row of segmentation criteria, the transfer will create several mixed payments.

Prerequisites

In order to perform this activity, the external payment parameter must exist for the payment method.

System Effects

As a result of this activity, the payment transactions of an external payment are transferred to several mixed payments depending on the criteria defined.

Window

External Payment Parameters

Related Window Descriptions

External Payment Parameters/Segmentation Criteria
External Payment Parameters

Procedure

To enter segmentation criteria:

  1. Open the External Payment Parameters window.
  2. Search for the external payment parameters for which you want to enter segmentation criteria.
  3. Click the Segmentation Criteria tab.
  4. Create a new line.
  5. In the Step No. field, enter a unique ID for the row to determine in which order the segmentation criteria will be used.
  6. Enter in the Description field a text, e.g. describe the meaning of the segmentation row.
  7. Select a value from the list for the Transaction Type field to specify which type of transaction should be included for this segmentation row. You can select the percentage (%) sign, if all types should be included.
  8. Select a value from the list for the Proposed Action field to define which transaction should be included for this segmentation row in respect to the proposed action. Except for transaction type of Direct Cash Transaction, you can select the percentage(%) sign if all possible actions of a transaction type should be included.
  9. Enter a value in the Bank Transaction Info 1 field, that should be included in this segmentation row. You can use the percentage(%) sign to specify the content that should be included in the Bank Transaction 1 field.
  10. Enter a value in the Bank Transaction Info 2 field, that should be included in this segmentation row. You can use the percentage(%) sign to specify the content that should be included in the Bank Transaction 2 field.
  11. Enter a value in the Bank Transaction Info 3 field, that should be included in this segmentation row. You can use the percentage(%) sign to specify the content that should be included in the Bank Transaction 3 field.
  12. Enter the customer ID or the supplier ID in the Payer/Payee field for which the transaction should be included in this segmentation row. Apart from using the wildcard(%) sign the operators larger than(>), between(..)...etc can be used as well. 
  13. In the Max Number in Transfer field, enter the number of transactions that you want to limit and include in the mixed payment created for this segment row.
  14. Select the Use Step No check box, if the segmentation row should be used to create a mixed payment.
  15. Enter in the Statement No Format field if a constant and/or the date substitution variable (YYMMDD or DDMMYY) should be used as the prefix in the statement number for mixed payment. A sequence number will be added automatically to the statement number to create a distinct mixed payment.
  16. Select the Approve in Background check box, if the mixed payment created for this segmentation row should be approved with a background job. The background job is posted immediately after the mixed payment is created.
  17. Save the information.