Invoice Holds and Releases

Use the Manage Invoice Holds and Releases page to define holds and releases for invoices. You can assign the holds that you define to invoices, and the invoices can't be paid until you release the holds.

Note: The invoice validation process uses the predefined holds and releases, which you can query on the Manage Invoice Holds and Releases page.

For each hold that you define, you can indicate whether accounting entries can be created. For example, if you assign a hold that doesn't allow accounting to an invoice, you must remove the hold before accounting entries can be created. You can also indicate whether to use the holds and releases in the holds resolution workflow process. The holds resolution workflow routes invoices with manually-releasable holds.

When you define a hold or release, you must associate it with a hold or release type.

Hold Types

This table lists the predefined invoice hold types and indicates whether you can define holds for them.

Hold Type	Allows User-Defined Holds?
Account Hold Reason	No
Future Period Hold Type	No
Insufficient Information	No
Invoice Hold Reason	Yes
Invoice Line Reason	Yes
Matching Hold Reason	No
Variance Hold Reason	No

Release Types

This table lists the predefined invoice release types and indicates whether you can define releases for them.

Release Type	Allows User-Defined Releases?
Account Release Reason	No
Future Period Release	No
Hold Quick Release Reason	Yes
Invoice Quick Release Reason	Yes
Invoice Release Reason	Yes
Matching Release Reason	Yes
Sufficient Information	No
Variance Release Reason	Yes