AP: Pay Cycle creates Check Reference exceeding Check # Length of Bank Account (Doc ID 620552.1)

Last updated on APRIL 04, 2025

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This document was previously published as Customer Connection Solution 200756072

Symptoms

Within External Account, Bank Account is setup with the Check # Length = 6 and Last Reference Number = 0000999998.  Four Vouchers are created for 4 different Vendors.  Within the Pay Cycle, Payment Selection process is ran.  The 4 vouchers are selected for Payment.  Payment Creation is ran to success.  Checks are printed.  The Pay Cycle completes successfully.  However, the Check Numbers assigned to 3 of the 4 Vouchers are not correct.  1st Voucher has the Reference of 999999, which is correct.  The 2nd, 3rd and 4th Vouchers have the Reference of 1000000, 1000001 and 1000002, respectively, which is incorrect since the Check # Length = 6.  Within External Account, Bank Account has the Last Reference Number = 1000002.  Customer needs to use 6 digits for the check# length due to the State Controller's requirement of an additional 4 digits to precede the check number.  

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