Customer Outstanding Report by Optional Field Value in Sage 300

Optional Field is one of the best feature in Sage 300 to capture various information at any level. It means we can link Optional Fields at Masters as well as Transaction Level. Only one drawback is that the Optional Field cannot be linked to the Bank Services (For Masters as well as Transactions).

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By using this feature, we can generate many reports without any additional efforts. In this blog we will be explaining about the most demanded report in any organization which is Customer Outstanding Report.

We can generate Customer Outstanding Report in Sage 300 by using Optional field value. We can pull the Report by selecting Optional Field Values at Transactional Report level to display accurate information which is usually required by top Management.

After posting the Transactional Batch successfully, we will be in the position of generating report Project wise outstanding without any extra efforts.

For using this functionality follow the below steps:

Creation of Optional Field.
Link Optional field to Account Receivable (Customer) Masters and Transactions as per your requirement.
All transactions should be posted successfully before printing Customer Outstanding Report.

Let us explain it one by one:

Creation of Optional field :

Path: Common Services: Optional Field

Here we are defining Optional Field.

Linking of Optional Field to Accounts Receivable Masters :

Path: Accounts Receivable -> A/R Setup -> Optional Field.

Here we can link Optional Field to the specific Transaction / Master.

Linking of Optional Field value at Customer Master :

Path: Accounts Receivable -> A/R Customer -> Customer.

Here we can create / update Customer details. In Optional Field Tab we are updating Optional Field Value. It’s treated as Master. At any time we can change this Value.