This expels the chances of incurring duplicate check numbers on a bank account, which usually causes payment discrepancies and further confusions, thus maintaining the ongoing accuracy of your journal. However, be mindful that this particular feature only works for New Bank Payments and Supplier Payments as of the moment.

Here’s a quick draw preview of how this feature works.

First things first, you must enable this feature by going to Accounting module > Setup > Preferences and tick the Allow validation of unique check number per Bank Account checkbox. 

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Now, if in any case you want to require entering check numbers for payment transactions, you can set it by going to System Managermodule > Customize > Data Dictionary. Access the Database Objects panel >Tables > System Tables > BankWriteCheck table to tick the Required radio button for the CheckNumber column.

To apply changes, you must sign out and sign back in the Connected Business application.

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From this point on, the system will now prompt you to assign a unique check number when creating new payment transactions.

As said earlier, you are now being prompted to assign a check number for your payments. Once you create a New Bank Payment transaction, the system will now validate if the check number you have entered in the Check Number field is matchless, otherwise the system will not allow the payment to go through.

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This also applies when making a New Supplier Payment in theSupplier Module. On this particular scenario however, the system will initiate the validation upon saving the payment transaction in the New Supplier Payment form.

For an in-depth look about this topic, feel free to scan through Validate Payment Check Numbers on our Online Documentation.

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