How is a lock date handled for Xero Batch Payments?
What is a lock date in Xero?
If you have the Adviser user role, you can set a lock date to stop changes being made to transactions during a past period. After you've set a lock date, users can't add or edit transactions in Xero if the transaction date is earlier than the lock date.Learn more about lock dates here.
How ApprovalMax handles documents with a lock date
Administrators of an Organisation have the choice between two options for the handling of documents with a date prior to the lock date:- Either such documents are blocked for approval until their date or the lock date is changed manually in Xero
- Or their date gets automatically changed to "Lock date + 1 day"
This is what it looks like for Batch Payment:
- If the first option is selected, documents dated earlier than the lock date will be locked
- If the second option is selected, the date of a document will be changed automatically to "Lock Date +1" after its approval:
In Xero you can set two lock dates - if both are set, the later one will be used:
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