diff --git a/content/applications/finance/accounting/payables/misc/forecast.rst b/content/applications/finance/accounting/payables/misc/forecast.rst index b8455f296..bc651f0b9 100644 --- a/content/applications/finance/accounting/payables/misc/forecast.rst +++ b/content/applications/finance/accounting/payables/misc/forecast.rst @@ -2,71 +2,47 @@ Forecast future bills to pay ============================ -When you get hundreds of vendor bills per month with each of them having -different payment terms, it could be complex to follow what you have to -pay and when. Paying your vendors too early can decrease your cash -availabilities and paying too late can lead to extra charges. - -Fortunately, Odoo provides you the right tools to manage payment orders -to vendors efficiently. +In Odoo, you can manage payments by setting automatic **Payments Terms** and **follow-ups**. Configuration: payment terms ============================ -In order to track the vendor conditions, we use payment terms in Odoo. -Payment terms allow to keep track of the conditions to compute the due -date on an invoice. As an example, a payment term can be: +In order to track vendor conditions, we use **Payment Terms** in Odoo. They allow keeping track of +due dates on invoices. Examples of **Payment Terms** are: - 50% within 30 days - - 50% within 45 days -To create your most common payment terms, use the menu: :menuselection:`Configuration --> -Management --> Payment Terms` in the **Accounting** application. The following -example show a payment term of 30% directly and the balance after 30 -days. +To create them, go to :menuselection:`Accounting --> Configuration --> Invoicing: Payment Terms` and +click on :guilabel:`Create` to add new terms or click existing ones to modify them. -.. image:: forecast/forecast01.png - :align: center +.. seealso:: + `Odoo Tutorials: Payment Terms + `_ -Once payment terms are defined, you can assign them to your vendor by -default. Set the Vendor Payment Term field on the Accounting tab of a -vendor form. That way, every time you will purchase to this vendor, Odoo -will propose you automatically the right payment term. - -.. image:: forecast/forecast02.png - :align: center +Once **Payment Terms** are defined, you can assign them to your vendor by default. To do so, go to +:menuselection:`Vendors --> Vendors`, select a vendor, click the :guilabel:`Sales & Purchase` tab, +and select a specific **Payment Term**. This way, every time you purchase from this vendor, Odoo +automatically proposes the chosen Payment Term. .. note:: + If you do not set a specific Payment Term on a vendor, you can still set one on the vendor bill. - If you do not set a specific payment term on a vendor, you will still be - able to set a specific payment term on the vendor bill. +Forecast bills to pay with the aged payable report +================================================== -Forecast bills to pay with the Aged Payables report -=================================================== - -In order to track amounts to be paid to the vendors, use the Aged -Payable report. You can get it from the Reports menu of the Accounting -application. This report gives you a summary per vendor of the amounts -to pay, compared to their due date (the due date being computed on each -bill using the payment term). - -.. image:: forecast/forecast03.png - :align: center - -This reports tells you how much you will have to pay within the next +To track amounts to be paid to the vendors, use the **Aged Payable** report. To access it, go to +:menuselection:`Accounting --> Reporting --> Partner Reports: Aged Payable`. This report gives you a +summary per vendor of the amounts to pay, compared to their due date (the due date being computed on +each bill using the terms). This report tells you how much you will have to pay within the following months. Select bills to pay =================== -Using the menu :menuselection:`Purchases --> Vendor Bills`, you can get a list of vendor -bills. Using the advanced filters, you can list all the bills that you -should pay or the bills that are overdue (you are late on the payment). +You can get a list of all your vendor bills by going to :menuselection:`Vendors --> Bills`. To view +only the bills that you need to pay, click :menuselection:`Filters --> Bills to Pay`. To view only +overdue payments, select the :guilabel:`Overdue` filter instead. -.. image:: forecast/forecast04.png - :align: center - -From this screen, you can also switch to the pivot table or the graph -view to get statistics on the amount due over the next month, using the -group by "Due Date" feature. +You can also group bills by their due date by clicking :menuselection:`Group By --> Due Date` and +selecting a time period. diff --git a/content/applications/finance/accounting/payables/misc/forecast/forecast01.png b/content/applications/finance/accounting/payables/misc/forecast/forecast01.png deleted file mode 100644 index 9b50ef004..000000000 Binary files a/content/applications/finance/accounting/payables/misc/forecast/forecast01.png and /dev/null differ diff --git a/content/applications/finance/accounting/payables/misc/forecast/forecast02.png b/content/applications/finance/accounting/payables/misc/forecast/forecast02.png deleted file mode 100644 index 069b4f61b..000000000 Binary files a/content/applications/finance/accounting/payables/misc/forecast/forecast02.png and /dev/null differ diff --git a/content/applications/finance/accounting/payables/misc/forecast/forecast03.png b/content/applications/finance/accounting/payables/misc/forecast/forecast03.png deleted file mode 100644 index bac4420ea..000000000 Binary files a/content/applications/finance/accounting/payables/misc/forecast/forecast03.png and /dev/null differ diff --git a/content/applications/finance/accounting/payables/misc/forecast/forecast04.png b/content/applications/finance/accounting/payables/misc/forecast/forecast04.png deleted file mode 100644 index d999b9d5b..000000000 Binary files a/content/applications/finance/accounting/payables/misc/forecast/forecast04.png and /dev/null differ