[IMP] accounting: batch payments sdd

Forward to 16.0

closes odoo/documentation#3034

X-original-commit: fe2d694aff
Signed-off-by: Antoine Vandevenne (anv) <anv@odoo.com>
Signed-off-by: chiaraprattico <chpr@odoo.com>

content/applications/finance/accounting/receivables/customer_payments/batch_sdd.rst

@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ Batch payments: SEPA Direct Debit (SDD)
 =======================================
 
 SEPA, the Single Euro Payments Area, is a payment-integration initiative of the European Union for
-simplification of bank transfers denominated in EURO. With **SEPA Direct Debit**, your customers can
+simplification of bank transfers denominated in euros. With **SEPA Direct Debit** (SDD), your
-sign a **mandate** that authorizes you to collect future payments from their bank accounts. This is
+customers can sign a mandate that authorizes you to collect future payments from their bank
-particularly useful for recurring payments based on a subscription.
+accounts. This is particularly useful for recurring payments based on a subscription.
 
-You can record customer mandates in Odoo, and generate XML files containing pending payments made
+You can record customer mandates in Odoo, and generate `.xml` files containing pending payments made
 with an SDD mandate.
 
 .. note::
@@ -19,11 +19,12 @@ with an SDD mandate.
 Configuration
 =============
 
-Go to :menuselection:`Accounting --> Configuration --> Settings`, activate **SEPA Direct Debit
+Go to :menuselection:`Accounting app --> Configuration --> Settings`, activate
-(SDD)** and click on *Save*. Enter your company's **Creditor Identifier**. This number is provided
+:guilabel:`SEPA Direct Debit (SDD)`, and click on :guilabel:`Save`. Enter your company's
-by your bank institution, or the authority responsible for delivering them.
+:guilabel:`Creditor Identifier`. This number is provided by your bank institution, or the authority
+responsible for delivering them.
 
-.. image:: batch_sdd/batch-sdd-creditor-identifier.png
+.. image:: batch_sdd/creditor-identifier.png
    :align: center
    :alt: Add a SEPA Creditor Identifier to Odoo Accounting
 
@@ -33,117 +34,94 @@ SEPA Direct Debit Mandates
 Create a mandate
 ----------------
 
-The SEPA Direct Debit Mandate is the document that your customers sign to authorize you to collect
+The :abbr:`SDD (sepa direct debit)` Mandate is the document that your customers sign to authorize
-money directly from their bank accounts.
+you to collect money directly from their bank accounts.
 
-To create a new mandate, go to :menuselection:`Accounting --> Customers --> Direct Debit Mandates`,
+To create a new mandate, go to :menuselection:`Accounting app --> Customers -->
-click on *Create*, and fill out the form.
+Direct Debit Mandates`, on :guilabel:`Create`, and fill out the form. Export the PDF file by
-
+clicking on :guilabel:`Print`. It is then up to your customer to sign this document. Once done,
-.. image:: batch_sdd/batch-sdd-mandate-form.png
+upload the signed file and click on :guilabel:`Validate` to start running the mandate.
-   :align: center
-   :alt: Fill out SEPA Direct Debit in Odoo Accounting
-
-Export the PDF file by clicking on *Print*. It is then up to your customer to sign this document.
-Once done, upload the signed file in the **Original Document** field, and click on *Validate* to
-start running the mandate.
 
 .. important::
    Make sure that the **IBAN bank accounts details** are correctly recorded on the debtor’s contact
-   form, under the *Accounting* tab, and in your own :doc:`Bank Account
+   form, under the :guilabel:`Accounting` tab, and in your own :doc:`Bank Account
    <../../bank/setup/bank_accounts>` settings.
 
-SEPA Direct Debit as a Payment Method
+SEPA Direct Debit as a payment method
 -------------------------------------
 
-SEPA Direct Debit can be used as a payment method both on your **eCommerce** or on the **Customer
+SDD can be used as a payment method both on your **eCommerce** or on the **Customer
 Portal** by activating SDD as a **Payment Acquirer**. With this method, your customers can create
 and sign their mandates themselves.
 
-To do so, go to :menuselection:`Accounting --> Configuration --> Payment Acquirers`, click on *SEPA
+To do so, go to :menuselection:`Accounting app --> Configuration --> Payment Acquirers`, click on
-Direct Debit*, and set it up according to your needs.
+:guilabel:`SEPA Direct Debit`.
 
 .. important::
-   Make sure to change the **State** field to *Enabled*, and to check **Online Signature**, as this
+   Make sure to change the :guilabel:`State` field to :guilabel:`Enabled`, and to check
-   is necessary to let your customers sign their mandates.
+   :guilabel:`Online Signature`, as this is necessary to let your customers sign their mandates.
 
 Customers using SDD as payment method get prompted to add their IBAN, email address, and to sign
-their SEPA Direct Debit mandate.
+their SDD mandate.
-
-.. todo::
-   Add link to future **Payment Acquirer** documentation.
 
 Close or revoke a mandate
 -------------------------
 
-Direct Debit mandates are closed automatically after their *End Date*. If this field is left blank,
+Direct debit mandates are closed automatically after their :guilabel:`End Date`. If this field is
-the mandate keeps being *Active* until it is *Closed* or *Revoked*.
+left blank, the mandate keeps being **Active** until it is **Closed** or **Revoked**.
 
-.. image:: batch_sdd/batch-sdd-revoke-close.png
+Clicking on :guilabel:`Close` updates the mandate’s end day to the current day. This means that
-   :align: center
+invoices issued after the present day will not be processed with an SDD payment.
-   :alt: Close or Revoke an SDD Mandate in Odoo Accounting
 
-Clicking on **Close** updates the mandate’s end day to the current day. This means that invoices
+Clicking on :guilabel:`Revoke` disables the mandate immediately. No SDD payment can be registered
-issued after the present day will not be processed with an SDD payment.
+anymore, regardless of the invoice’s date. However, payments that have already been registered are
-
+still included in the next SDD `.xml` file.
-Clicking on **Revoke** disables the mandate immediately. No SDD payment can be registered anymore,
-regardless of the invoice’s date. However, payments that have already been registered are still
-included in the next SDD XML file.
 
 .. warning::
-   Once a mandate has been *closed* or *revoked*, it cannot be reactivated.
+   Once a mandate has been :guilabel:`closed` or :guilabel:`revoked`, it cannot be reactivated.
 
-Get paid with SDD Batch Payments
+Get paid with SEPA Direct Debit batch payments
-================================
+==============================================
 
-Customer Invoices
+Customer invoices
 -----------------
 
 You can register SDD payments for invoices issued to customers who have an active SDD mandate.
 
-To do so, open the invoice, click on *Register Payment*, and choose *SEPA Direct Debit* as payment
+To do so, open the invoice, click on :guilabel:`Register Payment`, and choose
-method.
+:guilabel:`SEPA Direct Debit` as payment method.
 
-Generate SEPA Direct Debit XML files to submit payments
+Generate SEPA Direct Debit `.XML` files to submit payments
--------------------------------------------------------
+----------------------------------------------------------
 
-**XML files** with all SDD payment instructions can be uploaded to your online banking interface to
+`.xml` files with all SDD payment instructions can be uploaded to your online banking interface
-process all payments at once.
+to process all payments at once.
 
 .. note::
    The files generated by Odoo follow the SEPA Direct Debit **PAIN.008.001.02** specifications, as
-   required by the SEPA customer-to-bank Implementation Guidelines, which ensures compatibility with
+   required by the SEPA customer-to-bank `implementation guidelines
-   the banks.
+   <https://www.europeanpaymentscouncil.eu/document-library/implementation-guidelines/sepa-credit-transfer-customer-psp-implementation>`_,
+   which ensures compatibility with the banks.
 
-To generate your XML file for the pending SDD payments, go to the related *bank journal* on your
+To generate your `.xml` file of multiple pending SDD payments, you can create a batch payment.
-*Accounting dashboard*, then click on *Direct Debit Payments to Collect*.
+To do so, go to :menuselection:`Accounting app --> Customers --> Payments`, select the needed
+payments, then click on :guilabel:`Action`, and finally :guilabel:`Create a batch Payment`. Once
+you click on :guilabel:`Validate`, the `.xml` file is directly available for download.
 
-.. image:: batch_sdd/batch-sdd-collect.png
+.. image:: batch_sdd/xml.png
    :align: center
-   :alt: Start the SDD payments collection in Odoo Accounting
+   :alt: Generate an .XML file for your SDD payments in Odoo Accounting
-
-Select all the payments you want to include in your SDD XML file, then click on *Action* and select
-*Create Batch Payment*.
-
-.. image:: batch_sdd/batch-sdd-batch.png
-   :align: center
-   :alt: Create a batch payment with all the SDD payments in Odoo Accounting
-
-Odoo then takes you to your *Batch Payment*’s form. Click on *Validate* and download the SDD XML
-file.
-
-.. image:: batch_sdd/batch-sdd-xml.png
-   :align: center
-   :alt: Generate an XML file for your SDD payments in Odoo Accounting
 
 Finally, upload this file to your online banking interface to process the payments.
 
 .. tip::
-   You can retrieve all the generated SDD XML files by going to
+   You can retrieve all the generated SDD `.xml` files by going to
-   :menuselection:`Accounting --> Configuration --> Customers --> Batch Payments`.
+   :menuselection:`Accounting app --> Customers --> Batch Payments`.
 
 .. seealso::
    * :doc:`batch`
    * :doc:`../../bank/setup/bank_accounts`
-   * `Odoo Academy: SEPA Direct Debit Mandates (SDD) <https://www.odoo.com/r/Zxs>`_
    * `List of all SEPA countries
      <https://www.europeanpaymentscouncil.eu/document-library/other/epc-list-sepa-scheme-countries>`_
+   * `Sepa guidelines
+     <https://www.europeanpaymentscouncil.eu/document-library/implementation-guidelines/sepa-credit-transfer-inter-psp-implementation-guidelines>`_