Lock the Invoices in an Invoice Batch

The invoices must be locked before journal entries can be created for the invoice items.

If invoice printing settings are configured to Preserve Invoice Report Information, locking the invoices generates the invoice XML and stores it in the MineMarket database. See Specify Sales and Marketing Settings.

This activity presumes that you have created an invoice batch. See Create a Batch of Invoices.

Security Note: You need the following security rights for this activity:
• Allow invoice maintenance in the Contracts domain security rights group
• The applicable Allow the user to lock [document type] in the Invoice user group security group

Activity Steps

1. Open the Invoice Batch Processing screen.
2. Right-click in the Generated Invoices table and select Lock All from the menu.

   The Batch Log displays the status of the invoice locking for each invoice in the batch.

   If the contractual invoice configuration includes the automatic generation of journals upon invoice locking, journals are created.

3. Close the Batch Log.
4. Click Save.