Payment Sorting

PeopleSoft Payables sorts payments at two hierarchical levels, payment handling code sequence and sort field sequence.

The first in priority is the payment handling code sequence, which you set up on the Payment Handling Codes page. If you give a high sequence number (the delivered number is 99) to the payment handling code HD or High Dollar Payment (which is applicable not just to dollars, but to any large amount payment), then any payment that is assigned a payment handling code of HD will be among the last to be produced by your output process (that is, printed last), and will therefore be at the top of your pile of checks, ready for any special handling, such as special signatures. This functionality works in conjunction with your bank account setup; when you set up bank accounts, you can select to override the payment handling code on a voucher with the High Dollar Payment code for any voucher that exceeds a specified amount.

The second in priority is the sort sequence by payment field that you define for each form ID on the Sort Fields page. You can define check sorting sequence by any of the following payment fields:

• Remit Zip Code

• Payment Handling

• Bank SetID

• Bank Code

• Bank Account

• Payment Method

• Remit SetID

• Remit Supplier

• Name 1

Note:

To print payments in dollar amount order, you must first run a script and configure fields on the Sort Fields page. This is fully discussed in the documentation for Specifying Payment Form Attributes.