Chapter 3 The Tariscope program
3.11 Customers' accounts
3.11.5 Batch input of data on payment
The Tariscope system allows to enter data on payments made by group of customers. For example, this mode can be applied, if your company receives a daily list from bank about payments for previous day.
In this case in the Account actions list, select the Batch payments item. The Payments window appears. An example of the window is shown in Figure 3.11.15.
Figure 3.11.15
Enter the total sum of all payments and click OK. The Payment view appears An example of the window is shown in Figure 3.11.16.
Figure 3.11.16
The toolbar of the view contains the following items:
- List of communication nodes. In this list, select a node for which payments will be entered.
- Save. Allows you to keep the entered data. When opening the view this icon is inactive.
- Manual input. It is used for manually input of data about customers' payments.
- Load from file. Allows you to enter data on payments from the file.
- Edit. Allows to edit the entered data. Originally it is inactive.
- Delete. Allows you to remove the chosen line in the table.
- Clear. Allows you to clean all entered data.
For manual data input it is necessary to know Account IDs of customers according to which payments will be entered.
Click on an icon Manual input. The Payment window appears an example of which is shown in Figure 3.11.17 .
Figure 3.11.17
In the Equipment box, select the name of telephone system or the device of data transmission with which the payment is connected.
In the Date calendar list, select date when the payment was made. This field is obligatory for input.
In the Bank list, select from the list or enter the name of bank through which the payment was made.
In the Payment type list, select one of options which corresponds to payment option:
- Unknown.
- Cash.
- Receipt.
- Bank account.
- Pin code.
- Web.
This field is obligatory for input.
You can enter nothing into positions Numbers if the customer is used only one phone number.
In the Account ID box, enter number of Account ID of the customer in the Tariscope system. After input of Account ID, the primary phone number of the customer is displayed in the Number box, and the customer's name is displayed in the Subscriber box.
in the Sum box, enter the sum which was recieved from the customer. This field is obligatory for input.
If you needs any comments to the payment, enter theirs in the Description box.
Click OK. In the table the entered data will display.
Repeat entry for other customers. If necessary, you can edit any of the lines in the payment table, delete an incorrectly entered line, or clear all entered data using icons on the toolbar.
After input of all sums, close the Payment window (Figure 3.11.17).
Click Save. If the sum of the entered payments corresponds to the sum entered in the Payments window (Figure 3.11.15), the window confirming preservation of payments will appear.
