Credit Memo Initiation Tab

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Credit Memo Initiation Tab

When you select Vendor Credit Memo the Credit Memo Initiation tab opens. This tab is used to specify the vendor credit memo number, date, and amount for the credit memo along with the number for a payment request, a purchase order, or a vendor in order to initiate the Vendor Credit Memo document.

Credit Memo Initiation tab field definitions

Title	Description
Credit Memo number from Vendor	Required. Enter the number found on the vendor's credit memo.
Credit Memo Date	Required. Enter the date found on the credit memo itself or select the date from the calendar tool.
Payment Request number	Specify a payment request number in this field only if the vendor credit memo is processed against a specific payment request. See note below.
Purchase Order number	Specify a PO number in this field only if the vendor credit memo is processed against a specific PO. See note below.
Vendor number	Specify a vendor number in this field only if the vendor credit memo is general in nature (not applicable to a specific payment request or a specific PO). See note below.
Vendor Credit Memo Amount	Required. Enter the net amount of the credit.

pencil-small An entry in one and only one of these three fields is required: Payment Request number, Purchase Order number, or Vendor number. These options do not determine how PREQs and CMs bundle. PREQs and CMs always bundle based on vendor and processing campus.

Click Continue button to begin initiation of this vendor credit memo.

The Vendor Credit Memo document continues from the initiation screen to the main document screen that displays the unique Vendor, Credit Memo Info, and Process Items tabs in addition to the standard document tabs.

For more information about the standard tabs, see Standard Tabs .