
Chapter 4. Accounts Receivable
7. Decide "go live" date. You will probably want to do this at the end of a month,
quarter, or year. "Go live" means to use the Dimensions computer system for
all regular data processing using your real data.
The day before "going live", do the following:
A/R Cutover Process
Allows you to enter the aging balances for each customer.
Steps 1-39 describe the cutover for balance forward
accounts. Steps 40-70 describe the cutover for open item
accounts. And Step 71 describes the Totals File entries
(total A/R for today, MTD, and YTD).
Check Variable File
See Step 72. Verifies the due dates and discount dates
for all terms types and the calendar month used for G/L
posting.
Print Daily Report
See Step 73. Allows you to verify that all sales are zero
and that the A/R Summary shows the beginning A/R
balance only according to the Dimensions system.
A/R CUTOVER PROCESS (for Balance Forward Customers)
BEFORE YOU BEGIN:
On your old system, print a current aging report to obtain the account
balances of all balance forward customers as of the cutover date. You will
need the following information for each account:
Customer
name
Total balance due
Current
balance
1-30 days past due
31-60 days past due
61-90 days past due
Over 90 days past due
Finance
charges
(if available)
1
On the Dimensions system, sign on with a manager password provided by your
support analyst or installer.
2
The computer displays the
DIMENSIONS MAIN MENU
.
Enter
3
for
Accounts Receivable
and press
Enter
.
3
Select
7
for
A/R Special Maintenance
. Select
18
for
A/R Cutover Process
.
4
The computer displays the
A/R CUTOVER PROCESS MENU
:
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| DIM11 DATA | === A/R CUTOVER PROCESS === | 11.0 |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 1. Balance Forward Customers |
| |
| 2. Open Item Customers |
| |
| 3. Enter Beginning Balances |
| |
+-----------------------------------------+
Enter
1
for
Balance Forward Customers
. This process describes how to process balance
forward accounts only. If you need to cutover open item accounts (brings over
each open transaction), see Steps 40-70.
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Summary of Contents for Dimensions
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