Application Method Field, Customer Table

Specifies how to apply payments to entries for this customer. Select Manual to manually specify the document that a payment applies to. This is the default method. Select Apply to Oldest to automatically apply payments to the oldest open customer ledger entry.

Select between two options:

Option Description

Manual

Payments are only applied if you specify a document.

Apply to Oldest

If you do not specify a document for the payment to be applied to, payments are applied to the oldest of the customer’s open entries.

Note

Manual is used by default if the Application Method field is empty.

Tip

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Parent Tables

Table Location
Application Method Field, Customer Table Sales and Receivables
Customer Table Sales and Receivables
Customer Table Sales and Receivables

See Also

Reference

Customer Card

Other Resources

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