Bill-to-PO Matching: advanced settings for Bill-to-Purchase Order Matching

Firstly, the Administrator must ensure that Purchase Order Matching is enabled in the Bill Approval workflow settings.

To do so, navigate in the main menu to Approval Workflows under Workflows And Settings:

Open the Bill workflow:


Here, click on the gear icon:

Then, check if the option "Allow users to match Bills to Purchase Orders" has been activated:

Next, decide on the advanced settings:

Can a Bill be approved if it has not been matched to a Purchase Order?

Yes, unmatched Bills can be approved	The approval of Bills that have not been matched to their corresponding Purchase Order(s) is allowed
Yes, unmatched Bills up to the following amount can be approved	The approval of Bills up to the specified amount that have not been matched to their corresponding Purchase Order(s) is allowed
No, unmatched Bills cannot be approved	The approval of Bills that have not been matched to their corresponding Purchase Order(s) is restricted.

Please note: If either “Yes, unmatched Bills up to the following amount can be approved” or “No, unmatched Bills cannot be approved” option is selected, then the next setting "Can a Bill be approved if its Allocated amount is less then its total amount (considering the net/gross setting)?" becomes available for selection.

Can a Bill be approved if its Allocated amount is less then its total amount (considering the net/gross setting)?

This setting regulates whether or not Bills can be approved if it is not fully matched to POs. The Administrator can set the percent of the difference between Allocated Bill amount and its Total amount.

The setting is active if it is mandatory for approval to match Bills.

Yes, such a Bill can be approved	The approval of Bills that have not been fully matched to their corresponding Purchase Order(s) is allowed
Yes, Allocated amount isn’t validated for Bills up to the following amount XX	The approval of Bills up to the specified amount that has not been matched to their corresponding Purchase Order(s) is allowed
Yes, the Bill can be approved if the difference between its Allocated amount and its Total amount is less the XX%	The approval of Bills with amount for allocation up to the specified percent that has not been fully matched to their corresponding Purchase Order(s) is allowed

Can a Bill be approved if the remaining balance of any matched Purchase Order is below zero?

This setting regulates whether or not Bills can be approved even if the amount of all matched Bills exceeds the amount of matched Purchase Order(s).

The Administrator can set an amount limit for the remaining Purchase Order balance so that the matched Bills can exceed the matched Purchase Order(s) by a certain amount and get approved.

Yes, such Bills can be approved	The Bill can be approved if the Purchase Order's remaining balance is below zero
Yes, such Bills can be approved if the Purchase Order's remaining balance is no more than X per cent below zero	The Bill can be approved if the Purchase Order's remaining balance is no more than X per cent below zero
Such Bills can be approved if the Purchase Order's remaining balance is no more than N below zero	The Bill can be approved if the Purchase Order's remaining balance is no more than N below zero
No, such Bills cannot be approved	The Bill can be approved only if the Purchase Order balance is above or equal to zero

Should the requester(s) of a matched Purchase Order(s) be added as a Bill approver to the active approval step?

This setting regulates whether or not matched Purchase Order Requesters should be added as a Bill Approvers in the current step following the rules below:

1. Requester is not already presented as an Approver for this step.
   
2. Approval condition for this step is "All".
   
3. Automatically after matching saving: if the setting “Yes, automatically add all of the Requesters (if applicable)” is set.
   
4. If Approver has chosen Purchase Order Requesters in the pop-up window and confirmed adding them as Approvers.
   

No	The approval of Bills up to the specified amount that has not been matched to their corresponding Purchase Order(s) is allowed
Yes, display a list of Requesters to be added	The approval of Bills with amount for allocation up to the specified percent that has not been fully matched to their corresponding Purchase Order(s) is allowed
Yes, automatically add all of the Requesters (if applicable)	The approval of Bills that have not been fully matched to their corresponding Purchase Order(s) is restricted.

Can a Bill be matched to a Purchase Order which has a later date?

This setting regulates whether or not Bills can be matched to Purchase Order(s) issued later than the corresponding Bill.

Yes, allow matching Bills to retrospective Purchase Orders	Matching Bills to Purchase Order(s) that were issued later than the corresponding Bill is allowed
No, do not allow matching Bills to retrospective Purchase Orders	Matching Bills to Purchase Order(s) that were issued later than the corresponding Bill is restricted

Which type of amounts should be used in the matching allocations?

The remaining balances are calculated depending on whether the setting is currently gross or net.

Gross amounts	The remaining balance is calculated as the difference between the gross amount and the sum of all allocations
Net amounts	The remaining balance is calculated as the difference between the net amount and the sum of all allocations

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