Setting up Accounts Receivable Information

Before you can post your first sales invoice, you must carry out the following tasks:

  1. Ensure that when you built your chart of accountsA collection of general ledger accounts, entities, and analysis dimensions, organized into a reporting structure., that you designated at least one general ledger accountThe general ledger will normally include general ledger accounts (GLAs) for items such as income, expenses, assets, liabilities, and reserves. as the accounts receivable control.
  2. Set up your saleable items and services (Products).
  3. Set up your customers as Accounts.

You may also want to carry out the following optional tasks:

  1. Set up a text definitionA predefined, reusable snippet of text that can be included on an invoice or credit note. for each item of reusable text that you want to print on your sales documents.
  2. Set up an income scheduleUsed to spread the income (revenue) from a sales invoice across a range of accounting periods. definition for each method of revenue recognition that you use.

Related Concepts

About Credit Terms

About Merging Accounts

About Account Balances

About Intercompany Accounts

Related Tasks

About Customer Accounts

About Vendor Accounts

Setting up Products

Setting up Accounts Payable Information

Merging Accounts

Deleting Accounts and Products in Use

Reference

Custom Account Fields

Custom Product Fields

Account and Account Type Settings

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