Warning, /office/kmymoney/doc/details-payees.docbook is written in an unsupported language. File is not indexed.
0001 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 0002 <chapter id="details.payees"> 0003 <chapterinfo> 0004 <authorgroup> 0005 <author> &Roger.Lum; &Roger.Lum.mail; </author> 0006 <author> &Ace.Jones; &Ace.Jones.mail; </author> 0007 <author> 0008 <personname><firstname>Michael</firstname><surname>Carpino</surname></personname> 0009 <email>mfcarpino@gmail.com</email> 0010 </author> 0011 </authorgroup> 0012 <date>2019-06-24</date> 0013 <releaseinfo>5.0.5</releaseinfo> 0014 </chapterinfo> 0015 0016 <title>Payees</title> 0017 0018 <para> 0019 The Payees View provides detailed information about all the payees and payers 0020 involved in transactions. These are the entities to and from which you 0021 transfer money. &kmymoney; stores information about all the payees and payers 0022 from all existing transactions. This makes it possible to pick a payee from a 0023 list instead of having to type the full name, which also decreases the chance 0024 of misspelling or typing the wrong name. 0025 </para> 0026 0027 <para> 0028 The Payees View is split into two main areas: a payees and payers list on the 0029 left, and a detail area on the right. The <guilabel>Your payees</guilabel> 0030 section allows for adding, deleting, renaming, and merging payees. The detail 0031 area has several tabs, showing the transactions, address, matching 0032 information, default category, and account numbers for the payee selected in 0033 the list. 0034 </para> 0035 0036 <para> 0037 <screenshot> 0038 <mediaobject> 0039 <imageobject> 0040 <imagedata fileref="payeeview.png" format="PNG" /> 0041 </imageobject> 0042 </mediaobject> 0043 </screenshot> 0044 </para> 0045 0046 <sect1 id="details.payees.list"> 0047 <title>Payees List</title> 0048 0049 <para> 0050 The list of all payees and payers in your data is shown on the left side of 0051 this view. The payee list is sorted alphabetically. 0052 </para> 0053 0054 <sect2> 0055 <title>Adding a Payee or Payer</title> 0056 0057 <para> 0058 To add a payee or payer, choose <guibutton>+New</guibutton>. This creates a 0059 new payee called <quote>New Payee</quote>. You can also right-click on any 0060 existing payee and select <guimenuitem>Add payee</guimenuitem>. 0061 </para> 0062 </sect2> 0063 0064 <sect2> 0065 <title>Renaming a Payee or Payer</title> 0066 0067 <para> 0068 To rename a payee or payer, either double-click on the name or right-click on 0069 the name and select <guimenuitem>Rename payee</guimenuitem>. The name then 0070 becomes editable. Changing the name will affect the name in all the 0071 transactions in which it appears. 0072 </para> 0073 </sect2> 0074 0075 <sect2> 0076 <title>Deleting a Payee or Payer</title> 0077 0078 <para> 0079 To remove a payee or payer, right-click the name and select 0080 <guimenuitem>Delete payee</guimenuitem>. If the payee has any transactions, 0081 you will be presented with a dialog that allows you to reassign them to a 0082 different payee, and also a check box to enable the deleted name to be added 0083 to the new payee's matching list. Another option for deleting an existing 0084 payee is to select the payee or payer by left clicking it and then left 0085 clicking <guibutton>Del</guibutton>. 0086 </para> 0087 </sect2> 0088 </sect1> 0089 0090 <sect1 id="details.payees.personalinformation"> 0091 <title>Additional Payee Details</title> 0092 0093 <sect2> 0094 <title>Personal Information</title> 0095 0096 <para> 0097 To view and edit the personal information associated with a particular payee, 0098 select the payee from the list and select the Address tab. Along with address 0099 information you can also store a telephone number, email address, and notes 0100 pertaining to the selected payee. To modify this information, edit the detail 0101 area directly and press the Update button when finished. 0102 </para> 0103 0104 <para> 0105 <screenshot> 0106 <screeninfo>The personal information tab</screeninfo> 0107 <mediaobject> 0108 <imageobject> 0109 <imagedata fileref="payee_info.png" format="PNG" /> 0110 </imageobject> 0111 <textobject> 0112 <phrase>Personal information</phrase> 0113 </textobject> 0114 </mediaobject> 0115 </screenshot> 0116 </para> 0117 </sect2> 0118 0119 <sect2 id="details.payees.personalinformation.matching"> 0120 <title>Transaction Matching Settings</title> 0121 0122 <sect3> 0123 <title>Overview</title> 0124 0125 <para> 0126 &kmymoney; has the ability to automatically assign the proper payee to imported 0127 transactions. This can be handy when importing transactions from your bank, 0128 when the payee name has extra unnecessary characters, or worse, if the payee 0129 names change. The ability to match transactions to a particualar payee assists 0130 in providing a consist naming of payees within the ledger and reports. 0131 </para> 0132 0133 <para> 0134 For example, let's say your monthly mortgage payment comes in from your bank 0135 like this <quote>SUN TRUST BANK MAPLE VALLEY, GA 111506</quote> one month and 0136 then <quote>SUN TRUST BANK MAPLE VALLEY, GA 121606</quote> the next month. You 0137 would really like both of those transactions to be assigned to your payee 0138 <quote>Sun Trust</quote>. The transaction matching feature is for you! 0139 </para> 0140 0141 <para> 0142 <screenshot> 0143 <screeninfo>The payee matching tab</screeninfo> 0144 <mediaobject> 0145 <imageobject> 0146 <imagedata fileref="payee_match.png" format="PNG" /> 0147 </imageobject> 0148 <textobject> 0149 <phrase>Payee matching details</phrase> 0150 </textobject> 0151 </mediaobject> 0152 </screenshot> 0153 </para> 0154 </sect3> 0155 0156 <sect3> 0157 <title>Setting up</title> 0158 0159 <para> 0160 From the Matching tab, you can set the transaction matching settings. You can 0161 select one of four options with the <guilabel>Match method</guilabel> 0162 dropdown. 0163 </para> 0164 0165 <itemizedlist> 0166 <listitem> 0167 <para> 0168 No Matching. This disables the feature for this payee. This is the 0169 default setting for all payees. 0170 </para> 0171 </listitem> 0172 0173 <listitem> 0174 <para> 0175 Match Payees name (partial). This enables the feature based on a partial 0176 name matching of the Payee and and uses the payee name itself as the Match 0177 Key. 0178 </para> 0179 </listitem> 0180 0181 <listitem> 0182 <para> 0183 Match Payees name (exact). This enables the feature based on an exact 0184 match of the Payee. You would use this matching ability when you want to 0185 keep track of different Payees that have the same business name but have 0186 different locations. 0187 </para> 0188 </listitem> 0189 0190 <listitem> 0191 <para> 0192 Match on a name listed below. This enables matching based on multiple 0193 different or optional names for a Payee. You would use this matching 0194 ability when you have a particular Payee that has different business 0195 names but you want all imported transactions identified by any of those 0196 names to be associated with a single Payee in &kmymoney;. 0197 </para> 0198 </listitem> 0199 </itemizedlist> 0200 0201 <para> 0202 With any of these options you can choose whether or not to ignore the case 0203 sensitivity of the spelling of the payee based on whether you check 0204 <guilabel>Ignore Case</guilabel>. 0205 </para> 0206 </sect3> 0207 0208 <sect3> 0209 <title>Importing Transactions</title> 0210 0211 <para> 0212 The Match Keys you have set will be considered whenever you import 0213 transactions using the QIF import, or using a plugin such as OFX or AqBanking, 0214 If the Match Key for one of your payees is found anywhere in the payee of the 0215 imported transaction, the corresponding payee from your list will be assigned 0216 to that transaction. Thus, a Match Key of <quote>Sun Trust</quote> will match 0217 <quote>SUN TRUST BANK MAPLE VALLEY,GA</quote> or even 0218 <quote>MORGEN SUN TRUST&LOAN</quote>. So choose your Match Keys carefully. 0219 </para> 0220 <para><note> 0221 <para> If a transaction payee matches more than one Match Key, the behavior 0222 is undefined. &kmymoney; will arbitrarily pick one of the matching 0223 payees.</para> 0224 </note></para> 0225 </sect3> 0226 </sect2> 0227 </sect1> 0228 0229 <sect1 id="details.payees.transactionhistory"> 0230 <title>Viewing Transaction History</title> 0231 0232 <para> 0233 To view all transactions associated with a particular payee, select the payee 0234 from the list and select the Transaction tab in the detail area. 0235 Double-clicking a particular transaction will bring you directly to that 0236 transaction in the Ledgers View for the appropriate account. 0237 </para> 0238 0239 <para> 0240 <screenshot> 0241 <screeninfo>The transaction tab</screeninfo> 0242 <mediaobject> 0243 <imageobject> 0244 <imagedata fileref="payee_history.png" format="PNG" /> 0245 </imageobject> 0246 <textobject> 0247 <phrase>Transaction history</phrase> 0248 </textobject> 0249 </mediaobject> 0250 </screenshot> 0251 </para> 0252 </sect1> 0253 </chapter> 0254