Business Unit: New or Edit
When you add a new business unit or edit an existing business unit, the following settings are displayed.
- Business Unit Name
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A unique name for the business unit. This name may differ from the business unit name used in the ERP system.
This setting is mandatory.
- Description
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Provide any important details about the business unit.
This setting is optional, but recommended.
- ERP Business Unit ID
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The unique identifier of the business unit in an ERP system. This identifier is used by Kofax AP Agility during ERP data export, invoice processing, and invoice export to the ERP system. This value is used to match the business unit to the Company Code.
This setting is mandatory.
- ERP Business Unit Name
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The name of the business unit used in the ERP system.
This setting is optional.
- Business Unit Address
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The business unit address.
This setting is optional.
- Country
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The business unit country.
This setting is mandatory.
- Currency
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The business unit currency.
This setting is mandatory.
- VAT Registration Number
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The VAT registration numbers. Enter these manually as needed.
This setting is optional.
- Auto Approval Level
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Any invoices that have an amount that is less than or equal to this value are approved automatically. Any invoices with an amount greater than this amount are sent for approval.
The value for this option is set to 0.00 by default.. If you keep the default value, this feature is disabled. - Default Routing Order
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Select a routing order from the list. This determines the order that an invoice is routed for approval.
This list has the following options.
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Reason Code, Vendor Group, Vendor Name
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Reason Code, Vendor Name, Vendor Group
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Vendor Group, Reason Code, Vendor Name
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Vendor Group, Vendor Name, Reason Code
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Vendor Name, Reason Code, Vendor Group
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Vendor Name, Vendor Group, Reason Code
This setting is mandatory.
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- Receipt Wait Interval (days)
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Enter the number of days after which a PO invoice that has been sent for automatic re-matching, is returned to Line Pairing Exception because it remains unmatched.
- Reply Email Address
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Enter the email address that appears in the
From
field for emails sent during processing via the Send Email functionality. For example, a no-reply email address or a joint email address that is monitored by several people. This setting is optional.If this field is left blank, the
From
email address is added to an email in one of two ways.-
If the activity user that is sending the email has their own email address configured in Kofax TotalAgility, their email address appears in the
From
automatically. -
If the activity user does not have their email address configured in Kofax TotalAgility, the
From
field appears on the Send Email window, and the user must provide an address.
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- Use Approval Chain
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If selected, invoices for this business units use an the approval chain based on the total amount of the invoice. This is configured for each business unit via the Approval Hierarchy window.
If cleared, invoices for this business unit are assigned to the only approver with the appropriate approval limit.
This option is cleared by default.
- E-mail Approval
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If selected, an email that contains a link to an invoice is sent. This means that the recipient clicks on the link and the invoice is opened in the Approval activity so that the user can process the document.
This option is cleared by default.
- Active
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Select to activate the organization so that output files are generated.
If this is not selected, then export generates no output file.
This option is cleared by default.
The following buttons are available at the bottom of the screen.
- Add
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Adds the business unit to the selected organization.
A message is displayed indicating a successful save.
- Edit
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Updates the selected business unit with your changes.
A message is displayed indicating a successful edit.
- Role Assignments
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Opens the Role Assignments window so that you can configure the role assignments for this business unit.
- Approval Hierarchy
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Opens the Approval Hierarchy window so that you can configure the approval hierarchy for this business unit.
- Routing Options
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Opens the Routing Options window so that you can configure the routing options for this business unit.
- Email Templates
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Opens the Email Templates window so that you can configure the email templates for this business unit.
- Close
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Closes the settings for this business unit and you are returned to the list of business units for this organization.