3483769 - New Bank Payment Advice Cannot be Released Due to Error Message: Debit Payment Balance Not Yet Assigned To Accounts

Fail to release a new bank payment advice, and the system gives an error message: Debit Payment Balance Not Yet Assigned To Accounts.

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1. Go to the Payment Management work center, and select New Bank Payment Advice under Common Tasks.
2. Enter the necessary information such as Company, Payer, and tick 'Posting Advice'.
3. Enter the Payment Amount XXX (XXX means the Payment Amount).
4. Choose Release.

   The system gives an error message: Debit payment balance of XXX not yet assigned to accounts.

The reason is that Assign On Account Payment button is not clicked before releasing the bank payment advice.

Follow the steps below to resolve the error:

1. In the Open Items table, click the Assign On Account Payment button.
2. In the Customer/Supplier ID field, select the customer.
3. Set the Account Type as Receivable.
4. Enter the Payment Amount.
5. Specify Credit or Debit. 
6. Choose OK, and then Release.

In this way, the amount is assigned on account, and the bank payment advice can be released.

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