Discounts Lost

The Discounts Lost Report gives you a report on the discounts lost by the suppliers.Tell me more.

Select the “Discounts Lost” link under the “Reports – Payables Management” business component.

The “Discounts Lost” page appears.

Enter the following fields in the “Search Criteria” group box:

Company Code	Use the drop-down list box to select the code identifying the company for which you want to view the discounts lost report. All the companies that are in the “Active” status and have been mapped to the login organization unit will be available for selection.
Business Unit	Use the drop-down list box to select the code identifying the business unit for which you want to view the discounts lost report. All the business units that are in the “Active” status and have been mapped to the selected company will be available for selection.
Finance Book	Use the drop-down list box to select the code identifying the finance book in which you want to view the discounts lost report. All the finance books that have been defined for the company will be available for selection.
Supplier Group	Use the drop-down list box to select the supplier group for which you want to view the discounts lost report. All the supplier group codes that have been defined for the selected group type will be available for selection.
Supplier Code From	The starting code in the range of codes identifying the suppliers for whom you want to view the discounts lost report (Alphanumeric, 18).
Supplier Code To	The ending code in the range of codes identifying the suppliers for whom you want to view the discounts lost report (Alphanumeric, 18).
Currency Option	Use the drop-down list box to select the type of currency in which you want to view the discounts lost report. You can select from “All”, “Base” or “Parallel Base”. The system displays “All” by default on launch of the page.
Currency	Use the drop-down list box to select the code identifying the currency in which you want to view the discounts lost report. All the currency codes that have been assigned to the login company will be available for selection. The system displays “All” by default on launch of the page.
Date Option	Use the drop-down list box to select the time duration for which you want to view the discounts lost report. You can select from “Financial Year”, “Calendar Year” or “Date Range”. The system displays “Date Range” by default on launch of the page.
Financial Year	Use the drop-down list box to select the code identifying the financial year for which you want to view the discounts lost report. All the financial years defined for the finance books mapped to the selected business unit will be available for selection.

Note: A financial year must not be selected if “Date Range” is selected in the “Date Option” field.

Financial Period

Use the drop-down list box to select the financial period for which you want to view the discounts lost report. All the financial periods that have been defined for the selected year will be available for selection. The system displays the start date and the end date of the financial period along with the code identifying the financial period.

Note: A financial period must not be selected if “Date Range” is selected in the “Date Option” field.

Calendar Year

Use the drop-down list box to select the calendar year for which you want to view the discounts lost report. All the calendar years based on the defined financial years will be available for selection. For example if the financial year is from April 2001 to March 2002, the calendar year 2001 and 2002 will be available for selection.

Note: A calendar year must be selected only if “Calendar Year” is selected in the “Date Option” field.

Month

Use the drop-down list box to select the month for which you want to view the discounts lost report. All the twelve months of a calendar year will be available for selection. The system displays “Jan” by default on launch of the page.

Note: A month must be selected only if “Calendar Year” is selected in the “Date Option” field.

Entry Point Page	Select the check box to print the entry point page details in the first page of the report.
Date From	The starting date in the date range for which you want to view the discounts lost report (Date Format). The date entered in this field must be before the date entered in the “To” field.

Note: This field must be left blank if “Financial Year” is selected in the “Date Option” field.

To	The ending date in the date range for which you want to view the discounts lost report (Date Format). The system date is displayed by default on launch of the page.

Note: This field must be left blank if “Financial Year” is selected in the “Date Option” field.

Due Date From	The starting date in the date range during which the documents were due for payment (Date Format).
To	The ending date in the date range during which the documents were due for payment (Date Format).
Created At	Use the drop-down list box to select the organization unit in which the supplier documents have been created. All the organization units in which the “Payables Management” business components have been deployed will be available for selection.

The system displays the following in the “Search Criteria” multiline:

Tran Type

The transaction type of the document.

Enter the following fields:

Doc. No. From	The starting number in the range of numbers identifying the documents that you want to retrieve (Alphanumeric, 18). The number entered in this field must be before the number entered in the “To” field.
Doc. No. To	The ending number in the range of numbers identifying the documents that you want to retrieve (Alphanumeric, 18). The number entered in this field must be after the number entered in the “Document No From” field.

Click the “View Discounts Lost” pushbutton to view the report.

The system retrieves the discounts lost report based on the search criteria entered. This report can be printed.

Even though suppliers offer discount terms for early payment, a company may not always be in a position to make payments at an appropriate time to avail the same. This could be due to reasons such as non-availability of adequate funds and so on. The discounts lost report provides a report, which details the transactions with the concerned document number, document type, due date of the document, payment date of the transaction along with the discount lost on the transaction.

You can search by selecting the company, the corresponding business unit and the corresponding finance book for which you want to view the discounts lost report. You can also search by specifying the group and a range of codes identifying the suppliers for whom you want to view the discounts lost report. You can also select the currency option and the currency in which you want to view the discounts lost report. You can also select a particular date option where you can select a specific financial year, financial period, calendar and month to view the report. You can also specify a range of dates identifying the date and due date of the discounts. The system retrieves the discounts lost report based on the search criteria entered.