3541639 - No Automatic Clearing in Bank Statement Despite Working Rules for Analyzing Memo Lines due to Percentage Clearing Difference Threshold.

• You have defined working Rules for Analyzing Memo Lines identifying payment relevant payables or receivables (for example, Rule Type: 2 - Open Receivable Document ID).
• Based on provided memo line content open candidate documents are identified unambiguously.
• Additionally Clearing Strategies have been defined accommodating an automatic clearing for thresholds defined for overpayment or underpayment. 
• After uploading and posting affected bank statement transactions candidate items are identified, however appear as not cleared (Postprocessing: Required). 

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Affected Payment Allocations can be accessed via:

1. In the Liquidity Management work center go to Bank Statement view.
2. Select the relevant posted bank statement transaction.
3. In the column Postprocessing, follow the link Required.

Alternatively you can find affected Payment Allocations in the Payment Management work center under Payment Allocation view.
Select the relevant open payment allocation of type Bank Statement.

When a payment difference crosses a percentage threshold of 5% in either direction (overpayment as well as underpayment) a manual clearing is required.
This definition has been introduced as last safeguard for high-volume automatic clearings for payment-relevant documents (for example: customer invoices) when Rules for Analyzing Memo Lines are applied in bank statement processing. 

This definition applies irrespective of and overrules made definitions for Clearing Strategies.

1. Go to Business Configuration work center.
2. Edit Clearing Strategies activity and Maintain clearing strategies.
3. Settings defined for: Payment Tolerance Types, Tolerance for Over Payment, Manual Clearing Tasks.

The 5% threshold can be easily crossed with involved clearing amounts < 1.00 MU (Monetary Unit) where for currency-specific decimal settings applicable amount modifications are limited.

The following table illustrates the application of the 5% Clearing threshold for overpayments as well as underpayments.
Here it is assumed that Rules for Analyzing Memo Lines as well as Clearing Strategies are set up accurately and effectively.

The system works as designed. 
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