Configure business group

This topic describes how to configure a Partner business group. Here you can learn how to invite, register, or delete a member of your business group and how to add a partner to your business group.

After you log into Tungsten e-Invoice Connect with your Partner account credentials, click the Configure business group button at the bottom of the welcome page.

The displayed Business group > Edit group tab consists of several sections.

  • The current user is allowed to configure business group

    Here you can find the following information about your current partner account:

    • ID - the unique partner identification number in Tungsten e-Invoice Connect

    • Name - name of the partner

    • Country - partner's e-mail address

    This information is available in read-only mode. Only system administrators can edit this information.

  • Contract details

    This section contains the following elements:

    • Contract number - the number of the partner's contract with Tungsten e-Invoice Connect

    • Contract start date - the start date of the partner's contract with Tungsten e-Invoice Connect

    • Contract expiration date - the end date of the partner's contract with Tungsten e-Invoice Connect

    • Prepaid invoice limit - the maximum number of prepaid invoices available to the partner per the specified time period (month or year) . You can increase the limit by 25% if the corresponding functionality is enabled for this Partner user by the system administrator. If the corresponding functionality is not enabled, you can send a request to system administrators to increase the limit.

  • Members

    This section contains the following elements:

    • Members table - a list of members associated with the partner's business group. It displays the member's unique ID, legal name, country of registration, and current status in Tungsten e-Invoice Connect. Additionally, it displays information about invoice direction: the member can send and receive invoices, or only send invoices, or only receive invoices. You select the invoice direction setting in this section before you invite or register a new member.

    • Invite member - click this button to invite an existing Tungsten e-Invoice Connect member to the business group.

    • Register member - click this button to register a new member with Tungsten e-Invoice Connect

    • Upload file - click this button to upload a list of partners. Follow the directions that you find in the new page. Make sure that you do not change the first two rows in the Excel template file.

    • Partners of business group table - a list of partners of the business group. It displays the partner's unique ID, name, country of registration, and contract number. Here you can also add a new partner.

      The list of partners is hierarchical. The partner user can now edit and configure all members in the available hierarchy.

How to invite a member

  1. In the Configure business group section of the Business group > Edit group tab, click the Invite member button.

  2. In the displayed table of Tungsten e-Invoice Connect members, choose the member that you want to invite to your business group and click the Invite member button. Use the filtering options above the table to filter the table contents.
  3. You will be redirected back to the Members table of your business group. The invited user should now be visible in the table.

How to register a member

  1. In the Configure business group section of the Business group > Edit group tab, click the Register member button.

  2. In the displayed Register form, configure the new member. For details, refer to the How to register topic in the Getting started section of the Tungsten e-Invoice Connect Help.
  3. You will be redirected back to the Members table of your business group. The registered user should now be visible in the table.

How to delete a member

To delete a member from the business group, find this member in the Members table and click the bin icon at the end of the corresponding row.

Configure member settings

You can configure only active members. Select members whose settings you want to configure and click the Configure member settings button. You will be redirected to a new page.

Apply member settings to

  • Selected list of members in business group

    Use this option if you only want to configure settings of the previously selected members.

  • All members in business group

    Use this option to configure settings of all members in this member group.

  • All members in business group and its child groups (sub-groups)

    Use this option to configure settings of all members in this member group and its child groups.

Choose how to update settings

  • Apply all current settings

    Applies all current settings to the selected members.

  • Apply only changed settings

    Applies only changed settings for the selected members.

Member account settings

  • Use e-Invoice Connect

    In this section you can configure the invoice directions: the member can only send invoices, only receive invoices, both send and receive invoices or view the invoice archive.

  • Invites and reminders

    In this section you can specify e-mail addresses to use for invitations and reminders sent to customers and suppliers. Additionally, you can specify a reply deadline for invitations (the system will calculate it by adding the specified number of dates to the current date). You can enable automatic reminders for non-responders that will be sent in two and four weeks after the initial invitation.

  • Estimated savings

    In this section you can specify savings per supplier and customer invoice received or sent electronically.

Invoice sending settings

  • Currency

    Here you can specify the currency for invoices created in e-Invoice Connect web interface and the rounding principle. Note, that you can customize currency type for every individual invoice when it is being created.

  • Email for PDF invoices

    Here you can specify an email for sending and receiving PDF invoices.

  • Invoice layout

    Here you can specify the layout of your PDF document, specify whether you want additional invoice included in the PDF, and enable or disable line separators between invoice lines.

  • Misc

    Here you can enable or disable obligatory manual confirmation before the transferred invoice is sent as an e-invoice or a PDF file.

Invoice receiving settings

  • Incoming invoice rejection

    • Supplier invoices for which the sender cannot be notified

      Here you can disable automatic invoice acceptance, enable automatic acceptance without delay, or specify how many days should pass before invoices are accepted automatically.

    • Supplier invoices for which the sender can be notified

      Here you can enable management of stopped invoices before the sender is notified and specify how many days should pass before invoices are rejected automatically.

  • File transport

    • Prevent duplicate invoice numbers within same year

      Select if you want the system to check whether the supplier has already sent an invoice with the same invoice number during the previous 12 months.

    • Append attachments to PDF documents

      Select to include attachments content in the invoice file when it is generated as a PDF. Some recipients set up receiving invoices as PDF files to their email address. If the recipient profile supports it, some recipients set up receiving invoices both in XML and PDF formats. When viewing an invoice in the web interface, any authorized user can save it as a PDF file.

    • Attach original documents, too

      When the previous option is enabled, select to include attachments also in their original format, such as a Microsoft Word document.

    • Receive additional invoice information in the PDF

      Select to include additional document reference and other party details to your PDF file.

    • Line separator in the PDF

      Select this option if you want to add a separator between invoice lines to improve the readability of PDF invoices consisting of more than one line.

How to add a partner

  1. In the Configure business group section of the Business group > Edit group tab, navigate to the Choose partner section and click the Add partner button.

  2. In the displayed Edit partner account form, configure the new partner's account settings.

    You can either create a new user for this account or add the existing one by entering the user's email in the pop-up dialog window when you click the Add existing user button.

    When you specify the contract details, you can use the contract of the current partner as parent contract by selecting the Use parent contract check-box.

  3. Click the Save button to save the configuration settings. You will be redirected back to the Partners table of your business group. The new partner should now be visible in the table.