Purge Criteria - Receivables Transactions
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When you select all desired options in the Purge
wizard and then start the purge process, the wizard analyzes whether
individual transaction and maintenance records can be deleted based on
a number of criteria. This topic describes the criteria that determine
when receivables transactions will not
be purged.
Quotes
An unconverted quote is retained if one of
the following is true:
- The transaction
date is greater than the purge-through
date.
- If the quote includes a good-through date and
the good-through date is greater than the purge-through date.
A converted quote is retained if the following is true:
- The sales order, proposal, or invoice that it was converted to is retained.
Sales Orders
A sales order is retained if
one of the following is true:
- The transaction
date is greater than the purge-through
date.
- The sales order is still open.
Sale Transactions, Including Credit Memos and Customer Beginning Balances
A sale transactions is retained if one of the following is true:
- The transaction date is greater than the purge-through date.
- The transaction is not fully paid—that
is, there is still a net amount due, either negative or positive.
- The transaction has been paid by a receipt that
cannot be purged.
- The transaction is related to a job that cannot
be purged.
- The transaction has been paid by a credit memo
that cannot be purged.
- The transaction is a credit memo paying an invoice
that cannot be purged.
- The transaction uses a general ledger account
that requires reconciliation
AND the transaction has not been reconciled.
- The transaction is related to a sales order that
cannot be purged.
- The transaction is related to a ticket (Sage 50 Premium Accounting and higher)that has not been purged.
- The transaction is voided and either the original
sale or the related void transaction cannot be purged. In this case, both
transactions are retained.
- The transaction was reconciled after
the purge transaction.
Receipts and Prepayments
A customer receipt is retained if one of the following is true:
- The transaction date is greater than the purge-through date.
- The transaction applies to a sales invoice, credit
memo, payment to a customer, or a prepayment that cannot be purged.
- The transaction relates to a job that cannot be
purged.
- The transaction uses a general ledger account
that requires reconciliation
AND the transaction has not been reconciled.
- The transaction is a prepayment that has not been
fully applied—that
is, the remaining amount is not equal to zero.
- The transaction is a prepayment that applies to
a receipt that cannot be purged.
- The transaction was reconciled after the purge-through
date.
Customer Refunds
A customer refund is retained if one of the following is true:
- The transaction date is greater than the purge-through date.
- The transaction is not fully applied—that
is, there is still a net amount due, either negative or positive.
- The transaction relates to a receipt that cannot
be purged.
- The transaction uses a general ledger account
that requires reconciliation
AND the transaction has not been reconciled.
- The transaction was reconciled after the purge-through
date.