Multiple collection agencies

Our company is looking to make use of multiple collection agencies. Has anyone done this?
How do you determine what accounts go to a collection - split the amount? according to zip code? etc?
how do you ensure that an agency is not getting preferencial treament in getting accounts?

Hi Nikhil,
When you perform a release either thru FP03E\FP03M, event 5060 is triggerred.
You can design your own allocation rules in this event depending on your business requirement.
Moroever, if you want the users to allocate the accounts to the collection agency in equal proportion, then you can code in this event .
If Sy-tcode EQ "FP03E', then it triggers the allocation rules and automatcially releases the accounts to a particular agency depending on the rules set.
Now if you have two collection agencies and you want to allocate the debts in equal proportion automatically, then you first need to maintain these collection agencies in a custom table along with the specific percentages and then call them in the allocation rule.
You need to build in a logic for mainataining the propotion b/w the items released to the collection agency.
I dont think there is any standard process to decide on the criteria for releasing the accounts to the collection agencies. It depends on the business requirement , say-All the contract accounts belonging to the same BP are released to the same collection agency.
Hope it helps....
Thanks,
Amlan

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My client has multiple third party collection agencies; they would like to equally distribute the CAs between both collections agencies. Is there a place where we could assign the collection agency to a CA and give the user the ability to easily update the collection agency to which past due receivables will be submitted to?
and my other question is about transaction FP03M, when we run this transaction on what basis it releases contract accounts to collection agencies? as we do have multiple collection agencies I am not sure how exactly system will release contract accounts to particular collection agency. Is there any specific configuration for this?
Please let me know if you need extra information. Thanks.
Kind Regards,
Nikhil J

Hi Nikhil,
When you perform a release either thru FP03E\FP03M, event 5060 is triggerred.
You can design your own allocation rules in this event depending on your business requirement.
Moroever, if you want the users to allocate the accounts to the collection agency in equal proportion, then you can code in this event .
If Sy-tcode EQ "FP03E', then it triggers the allocation rules and automatcially releases the accounts to a particular agency depending on the rules set.
Now if you have two collection agencies and you want to allocate the debts in equal proportion automatically, then you first need to maintain these collection agencies in a custom table along with the specific percentages and then call them in the allocation rule.
You need to build in a logic for mainataining the propotion b/w the items released to the collection agency.
I dont think there is any standard process to decide on the criteria for releasing the accounts to the collection agencies. It depends on the business requirement , say-All the contract accounts belonging to the same BP are released to the same collection agency.
Hope it helps....
Thanks,
Amlan

Collection agency reporting individual invoices

I have three collection's for medical left on my report, they are paid. Now my question is these are three seperate invoices reporting, they are all from the same doctor and the account history with the dr office shows me having one account number and these visits were seperate invoices. Can the collection agency report these individually and if not what part of the fcra prevents them from doing this. Thanks in advance

There is no explicit provision of the FCRA that addresses how multiple billings on the same account are reported.Ít is strictly a CRA credit reportng gudelines issue. The CRA credit reporting manual calls for the reporitng of debt with the same creditor as a single collection.I would send a dispute to the CRA requesting their reinvestigation of the reporting of debt under a single OC account as multimple collections.

Can i use the same advertisement to multiple collections?

Can i use the same advertisement to multiple collections?
Advertisment A1 currently linked to collection C1.
Can i use the same advertisement A1 to a collection C2? Because my collection C1 is query based and the C2 would be a static one.
If i use the same A1 advert, will it affect the earlier linked C1 collection i any ways?
System Security analyst at CapG

Well, in 2007 you actually kind of can. You can used linked collections to make C2 a linked sub-collection under C1 and ensure that the advert applies to sub-collections.
Jason | http://blog.configmgrftw.com | @jasonsandys

Switched to shared plan-bill on old account sent to collection agency without notice!

On 9/16/12, my husband and I visited a Verizon store to upgrade our phones and enroll in a 2-year renewal contract, as we have done for years. While speaking with an in-store representative, we were encouraged to combine our plans into a family shared plan. We took the necessary steps to do this and my husband moved his account to combine with mine. From this point onward, we paid one bill together. We assumed my husband’s account was correctly closed and never heard anything else about it from Verizon. We were therefore unpleasantly surprised to receive a letter from a collection company demanding that he pay a $135.63 charge from his old account that we previously knew nothing about.
I have been a loyal customer since 2003 and have never missed or even been late on a payment throughout this time. To find out that there is a delinquent account sent to a collection agency which will affect my family’s credit is very disconcerting. Further, to read stories from former Verizon customers saying that they too had received letters from collection agencies regarding unpaid bills that Verizon never alerted them about leaves me wondering whether the procedures for closing an account are being properly conducted. In our case, the situation is even more frustrating since we are not former customers that Verizon had trouble contacting regarding outstanding charges. We are current customers who would have been happy to make a payment had we been aware of it in writing. A simple search would have shown that my husband’s phone number is still valid and is now part of my account in our shared plan. We would have expected to have either received a bill addressed to him regarding a final bill that was owed on his old account (he used auto-pay while that account was active) or to have had the final charge moved to my current account, since I am now the primary account holder with both of our phone numbers under one plan. It would seem surprising to send a bill to a collection agency when dealing with someone who is a current customer.
There is no issue with making a payment directly to Verizon as long as our credit is not affected. We have written a letter to Verizon but have not received any response from them in a month and a half. Has anyone else successfully dealt with a similar issue?
Thank you.

He didn't receive a hard copy because he had paperless billing set up (as well as auto pay). We checked his email for any billing statements sent and there were none after the account was closed. As SydneyK mentioned, since he only had paperless billing, after the account was closed there was no way to access it online and see that there was an outstanding balance. In fact, the Verizon representative stated that his account would be "moved over" to mine, which to me implied that everything, including a balance, would be "moved" to the shared plan. We finally figured out what the outstanding balance was for - for the new phone he upgraded to when we went to the store to upgrade our phones and switch to the family plan. They had charged his account for the phone, rather than my account/the shared account. Ugh.

How to add fields in fp03 Extenal Collection agency screen

Hi All,
As per our requirement, I need to add a check box and a date field in FP03 transaction - Extenal collection agency screen. I couldn't find any screen exit,BADI. Any one know how to add these two fields on the screen and save the values in DFKKCOLL and DFKKCOLLH table.
Your answer is highly appreciated.

Hello,
I do not know the either user exit or BAdi for FP03. However I can suggest you a work around.
You can add an addl tabstrip in FPE2/FPE2M. This is possible by adding an addl field say 'ZZ' in tables DFKKOP/DFKKCOLL/DFKKCOLLH.
<also pls look into OSS Note 851023>
So when ever an item is submitted to collection agency, this field should be updated.
Hope this helps
Rgds
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What is the best way to sync multiple collections of contacts among multiple users?

(I originally submitted this question under the "Mac OS X Technologies" section, but got no response. I'm submitting a duplicate here because this is where all the smart folks are! My apologies that my question is only partially related to OS X Server . . . )
What is the best way to sync multiple collections of contacts among multiple users on iOS and OS X?
For example, suppose I have three collections of contacts: Bob's, Sally's, and Common. I want Bob to be able to access and sync Bob's contacts and Common contacts, and Sally to access and sync Sally's contacts and Common contacts. Bob and Sally never need to access or sync each other's contacts. Bob and Sally would both sync and share contacts in Common.
How would I best implement this? It's my understanding I have three options for managing contacts across iOS and OS X: 1. iCloud accounts, 2. Install OS X server, or 3. Install and manage Darwin CardDAV directly. Which method would best support what I wish to do?
I am a seasoned Unix geek well versed in the terminal, so I am prepared to get my hands dirty as much as necessary to achieve what I want. Also, it is sufficient if syncing takes place over WiFi on the local network, in fact, that is desirable versus syncing over the cloud.

Thanks for your reply Nick101. I see my example was oversimplified. When I say "multiple groups of contacts over multiple users" I'm really referring to N groups of contacts over N users.
So I need to add Fred, who can access and sync Bob's contacts, Sally's contacts, and Common contacts, as well as Fred's contacts. Can I do it with OS X server?
You mention you keep your and your partner's contacts administered locally. What keeps you from administering them through OS X server as well?
I am guessing this can all somehow be accomplished with multiple contact accounts, but I can't find any information on the web explicitly describing this.

Add single computer to multiple collections listed in a file

Good afternoon,
I am trying to figure out how to add a single computer to multiple collections based on the contents of a file. Basically, I have a frontend hta for deployments. On that hta are checkboxes for various bits of software that should be installed, for example
MS Office. When the hta is submitted, if a software checkbox is checked it writes to a text file on the server indicating it was checked. Once the deployment is completed a script is run via a status filter rule. The intent is for that script to read the file
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Obviously I am not having much luck which is why I am here looking for a bit of help.
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I have found that if I manually assign a value to $line everything works as expected, but if I try to read from the file and use either a while or foreach loop it fails.
I can enter a quick write-host and see that the value of each line is being returned as I would expect it but the system just returns the following error for each one:
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"-Resourceid $ClientName" is not correct because ResourceID != Clientname. See
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj850102(v=sc.20).aspx There is no parameter that accepts the name of the client.
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Thank you for the suggestion, but that is not the issue. As mentioned in the first post, if I manually assign the collection variable value it works without issue. This is to include *without* changing the $Clientname.
Previously in the script, which was not shown is the following:
$Clientname = (Get-CMDevice -Name $Clientname).ResourceID
If I do a Write-Host $Clientname after that line of code I am returned the correct numeric value. That said, part of my troubleshooting *before* I posted here was to hardcode the numeric resource ID of the client which did not change anything unless the
value of the collection variable was manually set or the variable replaced with the collection name.
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Need some help archiving and photos that are in multiple collections.

After creating a new catalog for photos from a collection, I'd want to remove the photos from Lightroom and keep on disk. In the collection, there are some photos that are in multiple other collections and I'd want to keep those images in their other collections and so not removed them from Lightroom.
Need some advice on how to easily identlfy those images that are in other collections and thus might not want to remove those images from Lightroom.

Well, Bob, that works, but agreeing with Geoff, I don't think this is the best solution to the problem; in fact I don't even think this is a good solution to this problem.
If there isn't a lot of space left, and the user wants to do something about the photos in those collections, then the photos should be moved (in Lightroom, or via this process: http://www.computer-darkroom.com/lr2_find_folder/find-folder.htm) to a different drive. This generates more free space on the SSD drive. The photos remain in the Lightroom catalog, and they remain in the multiple collections that they are in now.
MrhoniKeith -- your photos probably should not go on the SSD in the first place. Photos ought to be stored on a normal hard drive, not an SSD. You can move them to a regular hard drive en masse, freeing up plenty of space on the SSD via this method: http://www.computer-darkroom.com/lr2_find_folder/find-folder.htm. This is the BEST solution to your problem -- keep everything in a single catalog, with photos on a normal hard disk. The idea of having multiple catalogs to help free up space on one drive works opposite to the best practices of using Lightroom, in which most people recommend using a single catalog for all of your photos, except in special cases where the photo's contents are completely non-overlapping, for example Personal and Business catalogs.
Removing photos from some collections but not others will NOT free up space. That's not how Lightroom works. Lightroom has not made multiple copies of your photos for each collection. Deleting photos from collections will NOT free up space.

Save data into multiple collections in Data Control

Hi,
In another post (https://forums.oracle.com/message/11094155) I asked how to merge data from multiple collections and show it into a table. FrankNimphius gave me the correct answer. I have now my table with data merged from some collections from my data control. But now I have the opposite request: the table must allow insert new rows and store the data in the model that is represented by all those collections.
I saw this blog https://blogs.oracle.com/jdevotnharvest/entry/how_to_add_new_adf, and is great, but works with one collectionModel, but the idea is exactly the same, just with multiple collectionModels inside a parent one.
The table is not bounded to one collectionModel, it is bounded to a List<MyObject> in my managed bean, so the built-in Create/Delete data control operations of the parent collection don't work.
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Hi Frank,
I tried calling the create built-in operation for each collection.
I insert the row in the parent RowSetIterator and set it as the currentRow, then call the create operation. Later insert rows in each children and call the create operation of each one. Finally I call the commit operation.
I tried and it worked, but you said that there would be a tricky part. I don't know if in the code bellow I did that, please let me know.
In the bellow code the PersonasBinding2 is bind to the iterator of the parent collection, and the PersonaNaturalBinding2 and IdentificacionBinding2 are bind to the children collections.
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            JUCtrlHierBinding personaNaturalBinding = (JUCtrlHierBinding)bindingContainer.findCtrlBinding("PersonaNaturalBinding2");
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            nuevaFilaPersonaNatural.setAttribute("PrimerNombre","PN");
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AAPDL

Cheques based commission to collection agency

Hi All,
I have requirement where we need to pay commission to the collection agencies on the bases of numbers of cheques collected by the agency. Collection agency is only responsible for collecting cheques only from drop boxes irrespective of due date and amount and send the respective file on daily basis. Later on monthly basis company pay commission to the agency on the basis of number of cheques collected .
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reubello wrote:
Hello Forum - Has anyone had any experience working with this collection agency - ARstrat? I have this on my CR and is 1 of 2 collections left on my report. Not much on the internet about them. It is for a medical bill from 2014 for $1300. I was going to call in to negotiate a PFD but wanted to see if anyone had any past dealings beforehand. Being a fairly recent collection, for a sizeable amount and still within the SOL, I would hate to approach it the wrong way without a chance for PFD and get taken to court in the process of trying to hold out for what I want. Was thinking about sending a letter, but wanted to resolve sooner than later. The last 2 medical collections I settled were done by phone, went to the local office, paid, and picked up a deletion letter. This collector is based in Houston, wont be that simple. Thanks myFICO.I would attack this with these steps. For unpaid medical debt that is reporting on your CR:
1. Call the OC and ask that they recall the collection in exchange for full payment
2. Send the reporting CA a PFD offer
3. Google the HIPAA Process and contact its creator for help

Collection agency illegally added collection to report?

Just found this today after re newing my monthly subscription here. Here is the story. A girl i know had a collection with this collection agency. She ask me to help her out so i told her i would pay the collection for her. This collection is totally hers 100% in her name etc. So i call in to the collection agency and pay the collection for her on my debit card. This collection was in no way associated with me or has never been on my credit report and never was in my name or associated to my name. So guess what happens next?? Few days after i pay it for her it shows up on MY credit report as a paid collection! **bleep**? I will call them first thing this morning and demand they call Experian to remove asap but what else should i do? This has to be illegal i would think.

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Hi there,
We recently upgraded our system to ECC 6.0 in the month of February 2010. We have a problem with recalled items.
Issue description: Open items are submitted (Transaction: FP03M)to collection agency 'X' by the dunning activity when they reach a certain dunning level. After a 60 day period, the uncollected items (at colleciton agency) are recalled back (Transaction FPCI) to the organization from the collection agency 'X'. The recalled items are written-off 5 days later (Transaction FP04M). This write-off process creates a) Statistical Write-off and b) Write-Off receivable items. The Statistical Write-off items are submitted to a different collection agency 'Y' (Transaction FP03M). Later, the business users reverse these items (Statistical write-off and write-off receivables items) to make corrections/adjustments on them. When the users reverse these items the updates ( reversals, resets, payments etc.) on these items should be sent to collection agency 'Y' and not to collection agency 'X' because they have been recalled from this agency. But the updates are being sent to both the collection agencies (X and Y). With the updates sent to collection agency 'X' after recall, there is mis-matching balances between our organization and collection agency 'X'.
Has anyone come across this problem? Anyone there to help me out? Any clues/suggestions are welcome and appreciated.
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Praveen

Hi Amlan,
I tried this too. The variants are same in both the systems. Unfortunately, Production seems not to work right.
I have a explanation of this issue in a different view which might help understand it better.
The order of submission status is different in Production system compared to same scenario in Development.
Order of submission status for open items:
Production:
01- Receivable released for submission
02 - Receivable submitted
09 - Receivable Recalled
06 - Receivable Written-0ff
05 - Receivable Reversed (here, after write-off on recalled items, Statistical write-off and Receivable write-off items are reversed)
02 - Receivable submitted
Above order of submission status for an item seems unachievable in development.
Development/QA:
01- Receivable released for submission
02 - Receivable submitted
09 - Receivable Recalled
06 - Receivable Written-0ff
09 - Receivable Recalled (System assumes this status after the item(write-off receivable) is reversed)
05 - Receivable Reversed
If you notice the order of submission status above, in Production status is ending with 02 for an item. System is assuming 02 status as receivable submitted to first collection agency 'X'. And hence when the item is reversed, the updates are sent to first collection agency too.
Thanks,
Praveen

Possible to add multiple 'Collections' to a container

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In DB XML, is a 'Container' equivalent to an xquery 'Collection' ? All of the examples that I see, refer to the container when specifying the collection.
Basically, I would like to create one Container - call in container1.dbxml Within container1, I would like to have multiple collections, collection1, collection2.
I would then like to be able to run xqueries such as:
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How to best sync multiple collections of contacts between multiple users

What is the best way to sync multiple collections of contacts among multiple users on iOS and OS X?
For example, suppose I have three collections of contacts: Bob's, Sally's, and Common. I want Bob to be able to access and sync Bob's contacts and Common contacts, and Sally to access and sync Sally's contacts and Common contacts. Bob and Sally never need to access or sync each other's contacts. Bob and Sally would both sync and share contacts in Common.
How would I best implement this? It's my understanding I have three options for managing contacts across iOS and OS X: 1. iCloud accounts, 2. Install OS X server, or 3. Install and manage Darwin CardDAV directly. Which method would best support what I wish to do?
I am a seasoned Unix geek well versed in the terminal, so I am prepared to get my hands dirty as much as necessary to achieve what I want. Also, it is sufficient if syncing takes place over WiFi on the local network, in fact, that is desirable versus syncing over the cloud.

Thanks for your reply Nick101. I see my example was oversimplified. When I say "multiple groups of contacts over multiple users" I'm really referring to N groups of contacts over N users.
So I need to add Fred, who can access and sync Bob's contacts, Sally's contacts, and Common contacts, as well as Fred's contacts. Can I do it with OS X server?
You mention you keep your and your partner's contacts administered locally. What keeps you from administering them through OS X server as well?
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