Understanding Next Numbers for Create Payment Control Groups

When the you run the Create Payment Control Groups program, the system assigns the payment group a number to identify the payment group in the three worktables that are used in the payment process (F04571, F04572, and F04573). This number prevents payments in one payment group from being combined with payments in different payment groups.

The JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Accounts Payable system uses the F0002 table to assign these payment group numbers. The F0002 table is locked during the time a number is being assigned to one payment group, and is released immediately after the payment group has been assigned its identifying number.

The F0002 table increments until it reaches its maximum (a number greater than 99 million) and resets the next number for payment control groups to 1.

Note: The next number for the Create Payment Control Groups table is the number assigned to a payment control group, not to the payments within a group. There can be many payments in a single payment control group. Only one number from the F0002 table is assigned to each payment control group.