The Customer record Activity tab
Description

The Customer Activity tab lets you view your transaction history with a customer. The window displays their transactions, account balance, total payments, and year-to-date (YTD) turnover.  Find out more about the customer record.

Access the Customer Activity

  • Go to Customers, double-click the required record, then select Activity 

▼ Customer record Activity tab
A/C The customer account reference
Name The name of the customer.
Credit Limit The credit limit entered in the Credit Control tab.
Balance The current balance of the customer account.
Amount paid Total payments made by the customer.
Turnover YTD The year-to-date turnover value, net of VAT. The figure is from the Sales tab and clears during the year-end routine. You can manually amend this value in the Sales tab.
Show Select the relevant period to show transactions for that date range.
Date Reflects the period chosen in the Show field.
O/S Only Select this checkbox to display outstanding transactions only. If the checkbox is clear, all transactions will appear. 
No The number of the transaction.
Type

The following transaction types can appear:

SI = Sales Invoice

SR = Sales Receipt

SC = Sales Credit

SA = Sale on Account

SD = Sales Discount

SP = Sales Payment

Date The date of the transaction.
Due on The transaction due date.
Ref The transaction reference.
Exchange Rate The exchange rate of the transaction.
Details Any details entered for the transaction.
Amount The value of the transaction.
O/S The amount of the transaction that's outstanding. A column with no heading appears after O/S. This shows * if the transaction is outstanding and p if the transaction is part paid. 
Debit If the transaction represents a debit, its value appears here.
Credit If the transaction represents a credit, its value appears here.

▼ Viewing transactions
View transaction

To view full details of the transaction, select the required transaction, then select View transaction.

View item

You can drill down on the transaction if created from an invoice record. This displays the related invoice. Either select the transaction and select View item or double-click the transaction.  TIP: These transactions have a Smart Link Grey arrow icon pointing to the right. icon. 

View bank charges

If you use bank charges, view any charges associated with this customer.

Show detail

This opens a window that breaks down the selected transaction into its components. For example, a sales receipt shows the invoices it paid off.

Hide detail

Closes the window showing the detailed breakdown.


▼ Amending or removing transactions

 

Edit transaction

Select the transaction to amend, then select this option.

Unallocate transaction

Unallocate transactions to unlink them. For example, you've paid the incorrect invoice.   NOTE: A sales receipt (SR) becomes a sale on account (SA) when it's unallocated. 

Delete transaction

Select the transaction, then select Delete transaction.


▼ Aged balances

At the bottom of the window, aged balances fields appear. These fields display the ageing method selected in the software.

To check the method:

  • Go to Settings, then Customer Defaults, the select the Ageing/Due date tab