Sending of Customer Statements in Multiple Companies Configuration

The table below explains the record the contact's email address is retrieved from when you send customer statements in Automated Collections when the Multiple Companies Configuration feature is enabled, meaning that the Use Multiple Companies Configuration field in the Accounting Settings custom setting is selected.

The sending process checks the following:

  1. There is a multi-account contact set as the primary contact of the related multiple companies account config.
  2. The Finance Contact field is populated on the account associated with the documents that the customer statements are sent for.
  3. The correct email address is specified on the contacts mentioned above.
Scenarios for the Sending of Customer Statements
Multiple Companies Account Config Record Exists Multi-Account Contact Record Set as Primary Contact Exists Finance Contact Is Defined on the Account Email Is Defined and Valid Record the Email is Retrieved from
Yes Yes N/A Yes All multi-account contacts that relate to the multiple companies account config
Yes N/A No You receive an error when you try to send customer statements.
No Yes Yes Finance contact
No Yes No You receive an error when you try to send customer statements.
No No N/A
No N/A Yes Yes Finance contact
N/A Yes No You receive an error when you try to send customer statements.
N/A No N/A