Setting Processing Options for Voucher Match (P4314)

Some processing options in the Voucher Match program do not affect the VMA process. For example, progress payments, freight distribution, and subcontract payments are not supported in the VMA process, so the process does not read the values for the processing options that affect those situations.

Some processing options in the Voucher Match program affect VMA processing in only certain circumstances. This table describes what you should know about the effect of the Voucher Match program processing options on the VMA process:

Topic	Comments
Processing options on the Defaults, Display, Retainage, Logs, Progress Payments, and Freight Distribution tabs	The processing options on these tabs do not affect the VMA process, so you can leave the processing options on these tabs blank.
Process tab	Consider these factors when setting the processing options on the Process tab: The VMA process uses the tolerance processing options that you set in the R4304020 program and ignores the value that you specify in the Tolerance processing option in the Voucher Match program. The VMA process uses the value that you specify in the Supplier Analysis, Company Retrieval From Branch/Plant, Direct Ship Integrity Cost Update, and Lot Cost Update processing options in the same manner as the Voucher Match program uses them when you use the Voucher Match program in interactive mode. The VMA process ignores all of the other processing options on the Process tab.
Summarization tab	The VMA process summarizes the general ledger records for automation rules 03 and 05 when you set the G/L processing option to do so. The VMA process does not summarize accounts payable records, so you can leave the A/P processing option blank. (Release 9.2 Update) For non-logged vouchers, if the Single Voucher Per Invoice processing option for the R4304010 report is set to 1, the VMA process summarizes accounts payable records for automation rules 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, and 06, and the output of the Voucher Match Automation reports (R4304016, R4304020, R4304021) displays the summarized pay items.
Currency tab	The VMA process reads the value in the Effective Date processing option when you run the process for non-logged vouchers. The VMA process does not read the value in the Protect Rule processing option.
(Release 9.2 Update) New Order Line	The VMA process reads the value in the Order Line Entry, Line Type, Last Status Code, and Next Status Code processing options when you run the process for invoice fee lines. The VMA process does not read the value in the Explanation/Remark or Item Number Entry processing options.
Flex Accounts	The VMA process reads the value in the Flex Accounting processing option.
Versions tab	The VMA process reads the values in the AP Master Business Function and the GL Master Business Function processing options. The process ignores the values in the other processing options on the Versions tab.
Workflow tab	The VMA process reads the value in the Notify Amount Changes processing option when you run the R4304020 program. It does not read the value when you run the R4304016 program for automation rule 01. The VMA process ignores the value in the Notify Quantity Changes for both the R4304016 and R4304020 programs.
Redistribution tab	The VMA process reads the values in the Calculate Last Chance Variance and Paid Logged Vouchers processing options when you run the VMA process for logged vouchers. If you leave the Calculate Last Chance Variance processing option blank, in a particular situation, the VMA process will match voucher records to receipt records but you will not be able to post the records. To avoid discrepancies in the matching and posting of records, Oracle recommends that you enter 1 in the Calculate Last Chance Variance processing option in the version of the Voucher Match program that you use to process logged vouchers. See Calculate Last Chance Variance for Foreign Currency Transactions