Outgoing payment with Payment Wizard with Bank Transfer

Question

Hello to everyone !!!
I'm Configuring a Company who want to use the 'Payment Wizard' to make Outgoing Bank Transfers payments with it.
I did the configuration in 'Payment Methods' of Outgoing Bank Transfers, where I chose a File Format from the list (Even I don't know which one should I choose) and I also chose de 'House bank', bank and account where the Outgoing Bank Transfers will come.
At the time when I did the payment wizard it suggest me to make an outgoing payment of my due A/P invoice very well. The problem is in the next step (STEP 7) when i run the execution and in STEP 8 it says:
0 Payments were added
0 Bank transfers were added
So, It did not make any bank transfer Transaction!!!! =S
Someone knows what i'm missing from the configuration???
Someone knows if this is a bug??
Thanks for your Help!!!!

Answer 1

Hi Karina,
please see the info from SAP Note 725786. The note is currently being updated with the new information relating to system behaviour in version 2007  & should be released again shortly:
In order for the payment wizard and subsequently the payment engine to
work properly, SAP Business One must be defined correctly as follows:
1. Define the House Bank:
a) Administration -> Setup -> Banking -> House Bank Accounts - Setup.
b) Choose the Bank Code, Country and Account Number.
c) If the business partner bank is a postoffice bank, tick the Post Office box.
d) Update the window.
e) Enter into the House Bank Account Setup winod again and enter the Branch and the account number of the corresponding G/L Account.
f) Update the window.
2. Define Business Partner bank:
a) Administration -> Setup -> Banking -> Banks.
b) Choose the Country Code, Bank Code and Bank Name, if necessary Swift number.
c) If the business partner bank is a postoffice bank, tick the Post Office box.
d) Update the window.
3. Define Payment Methods:
a) Administration -> Setup -> Banking -> Payment Methods.
b) Enter the Payment Method Code, Description and the Transaction Type.
c) Select the Payment Type and the Payment Means.
d) In "File Format" choose the correct plug-in for the transaction (refer to the Payment Engine Online Help for the correct plug-in for the transaction you have defined).
e) Select your House Bank for this particular payment method.
f) Select the validation options and remember to tick Post Office Bank, if the bank is a Post Office Bank.
g) If the outgoing payment is by cheque, restrictions can also be defined here.
h) Add or update the window.
4. Set up a Business Partner for the payment wizard:
a) Business Partner -> Business Partner Master Data.
b) Under the "Payment Terms" tab, enter the bank country.
c) Enter the account number and the branch, update to return to Business Partner Master Data.
d) Under the Tab "Payment system" tab, tick the desired Payment Method to include it in a payment run.
e) Under the Tab "Payment system", select the house bank that was defined for the desired payment method used for transactions with this business partner.
f) Update the window.
5. Generate invoices for this business partner.
6. Define the standards for the payment run:
a) Banking -> Payment System -> Define Payment Run Defaults (In 2007 A version the path is: Administration -> Setup -> Banking -> Payment Run Defaults).
b) Define tolerance days, cash discounts etc as needed.
c) Define minimum and  maximum payments if necessary.
d) Tick the box beside "Payment Methods".
e) Click on the radiobutton beside "Payment Methods" and select the payment method(s) to be executed in this payment run by putting a tick in the tick box.
f) Update the window.
7. Open the Payment Wizard (Banking -> Payment System -> Payment Wizard).
a) Select a new payment run - Step 1.
b) Click on "Next" and define the Payment Run Name and the Posting Date, the payment type and the payment means - Step 2.
c) Click on "Next" and select the business partners to be included in this payment run, make sure that the tick box for the relevant Business Partner Name is ticked - Step 3.
d) Click on "Next" and define the document parameters - Step 4.
e) Click on "Next" and select the payment method this payment run is applied to by ticking the box to the left of the payment method code - Step 5.
f) Click on "Next" and tick the payment number for the business partner to be included, individual invoices can be selected by clicking on the "Expand All" button and either selected or deselected. This also applies to Credit Memos (and to manual Journal ENtries in 2007 A). Click on "Non-included Trans." to identify any troublesome transactions - Step 6.
g) Select to either "Save the selection criteria", or "Mark as recommended" to process at a later point in time or select to "Execute" immediately - Step 7.
h) In Step 8, you are given the Payments Run Summary.
i) If you selected to execute the payment run, in Step 9 the Document and Report Printing options will be displayed. To generate the bankfile and any associated documents relevant to your localisation, click on the radiobutton "Bankfile".
j) A "Browse for Folder" window will pop up where the destination directory of the output files must be selected. Once a folder was selected and "OK" was clicked, the payment engine will take the data out of Business One and create the defined files.
k) Once the procedure has completed, an information system message will be displayed: Payment Engine run was successful"
8. Go to the destination folder and check the logfile and the bank file(s).
All the best,
kerstin