How to: Import and Post OCR Payments

Before you can receive optical character recognition (OCR) payments, you must make the following preparations:

Set up a cash receipt journal template to balance OCR transactions according to the document number, instead of the document type.
Import and post the OCR payment files to a cash receipt journal.

To import OCR payments

In the Search box, enter Cash Receipt Journals, and then choose the related link.
In the Batch Name field, select a journal batch.

Note

OCR payments can only be posted to a cash receipt journal that does not use a balance account in the Bal. Account No. field on the cash receipt journal line.
On the Home tab, in the Process group, choose Import Payments.
In the OCR Payment - BBS window, fill in the fields as described in the following table.

Field Description

File Name

Enter the full path of the import file.
Choose the OK button to import the payment file to the journal.

Field	Description
File Name	Enter the full path of the import file.

In the Search box, enter Cash Receipt Journals, and then choose the related link.
On the Home tab, in the Posting group, choose Post.

The OCR payment files are posted to the cash receipt journal.