Understanding System Setup for Accounts Payable

Note: Country-specific setup for Accounts Payable exists for Argentina, Italy, Japan, Poland, and Russia.

Before you use the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Accounts Payable system, you must define certain information that the system uses during processing. You define this information to customize the system for your business needs.

This table describes the setup information for the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Accounts Payable system:

Feature	Setup Task
Constants	Establish system basics, such as: Whether the system verifies that the amount and number of documents in a batch of vouchers balance to the totals that you enter separately. Whether you require management approval of batches of documents before posting. How the system to create automatic offsetting entries. Whether the system verifies that supplier invoice numbers are not duplicates. The number of days in the time intervals on the aging reports.
UDCs	Define customized codes, such as document types and payment statuses, that are appropriate for your business needs.
Next numbers	Establish an automatic numbering system for documents.
AAIs	Set up AAI tables that the system uses to identify the appropriate account numbers when it automatically creates journal entries for transactions.
Payment terms	Define payment terms codes, such as net due upon receipt, for easier voucher entry. See "Setting Up Payment Terms" in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Applications Financial Management Fundamentals Implementation Guide.
Payment terms translations	Add translations to payment terms. See “Entering Translations for Payment Terms " in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Applications Financial Management Fundamentals Implementation Guide.