[IMP] accounting: batch payments sdd

Forward to 16.0

closes odoo/documentation#3037

X-original-commit: d8f9c121ff
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
-sign a **mandate** that authorizes you to collect future payments from their bank accounts. This is
-particularly useful for recurring payments based on a subscription.
+simplification of bank transfers denominated in euros. With **SEPA Direct Debit** (SDD), your
+customers can sign a mandate that authorizes you to collect future payments from their bank
+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
-(SDD)** and click on *Save*. Enter your company's **Creditor Identifier**. This number is provided
-by your bank institution, or the authority responsible for delivering them.
+Go to :menuselection:`Accounting app --> Configuration --> Settings`, activate
+:guilabel:`SEPA Direct Debit (SDD)`, and click on :guilabel:`Save`. Enter your company's
+: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
 
@@ -33,38 +34,34 @@ SEPA Direct Debit Mandates
 Create a mandate
 ----------------
 
-The SEPA Direct Debit Mandate is the document that your customers sign to authorize you to collect
-money directly from their bank accounts.
+The :abbr:`SDD (sepa direct debit)` Mandate is the document that your customers sign to authorize
+you to collect money directly from their bank accounts.
 
-To create a new mandate, go to :menuselection:`Accounting --> Customers --> Direct Debit Mandates`,
-click on *Create*, and fill out the form.
-
-.. image:: batch_sdd/batch-sdd-mandate-form.png
-   :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.
+To create a new mandate, go to :menuselection:`Accounting app --> Customers -->
+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,
+upload the signed file and click on :guilabel:`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
-Portal** by activating SDD as a **Payment Provider**. With this method, your customers can create
-and sign their mandates themselves.
+SDD can be used as a payment method both on your **eCommerce** or on the **Customer Portal** by
+activating SDD as a **Payment Provider**. With this method, your customers can create and sign their
+mandates themselves.
 
 To do so, go to :menuselection:`Accounting --> Configuration --> Payment Providers`, click on *SEPA
 Direct Debit*, and set it up according to your needs.
+To do so, go to :menuselection:`Accounting app --> Configuration --> Payment Acquirers`, click on
+:guilabel:`SEPA Direct Debit`.
 
 .. important::
-   Make sure to change the **State** field to *Enabled*, and to check **Online Signature**, as this
-   is necessary to let your customers sign their mandates.
+   Make sure to change the :guilabel:`State` field to :guilabel:`Enabled`, and to check
+   :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.
@@ -75,75 +72,61 @@ their SEPA Direct Debit mandate.
 Close or revoke a mandate
 -------------------------
 
-Direct Debit mandates are closed automatically after their *End Date*. If this field is left blank,
-the mandate keeps being *Active* until it is *Closed* or *Revoked*.
+Direct debit mandates are closed automatically after their :guilabel:`End Date`. If this field is
+left blank, the mandate keeps being **Active** until it is **Closed** or **Revoked**.
 
-.. image:: batch_sdd/batch-sdd-revoke-close.png
-   :align: center
-   :alt: Close or Revoke an SDD Mandate in Odoo Accounting
+Clicking on :guilabel:`Close` updates the mandate’s end day to the current day. This means that
+invoices issued after the present day will not be processed with an SDD payment.
 
-Clicking on **Close** updates the mandate’s end day to the current day. This means that invoices
-issued after the present day will not be processed with an SDD payment.
-
-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.
+Clicking on :guilabel:`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
-method.
+To do so, open the invoice, click on :guilabel:`Register Payment`, and choose
+: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
-process all payments at once.
+`.xml` files with all SDD payment instructions can be uploaded to your online banking interface
+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
-   the banks.
+   required by the SEPA customer-to-bank `implementation guidelines
+   <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
-*Accounting dashboard*, then click on *Direct Debit Payments to Collect*.
+To generate your `.xml` file of multiple pending SDD payments, you can create a batch payment.
+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
-
-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
+   :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
-   :menuselection:`Accounting --> Configuration --> Customers --> Batch Payments`.
+   You can retrieve all the generated SDD `.xml` files by going to
+   :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>`_