Active Units of Work page

The page displays the units of work that Transaction Correction and Reconciliation (TCR) locked for adjustment.

The page is also used to do balancing at the batch (ICL) level. For the transaction balancing process to consider transactions that were rejected, the nonconforming transaction (NCI) adjustment action must be configured for the customer type. The balancing status displayed for units of work that are not batches (ICLs) is based on the balancing state of any batches (ICLs) that are contained by that unit of work.

Several TCR functions, such as doing a delete or undo for an item, are also available on the transmission hierarchy page of Transaction Server. For more information, see Transmission hierarchy page.

Columns

The columns that are available on the page are shown in the following table.
Table 1. Active Units of Work page columns
Column name or function Description
Selection control The first column is used to select one or more unit-of-work records from the list. Selecting the box in the table header selects all the unit-of-work records in the list.
Unit of Work The type of the unit of work that is locked for adjustment. The valid unit-of-work types are shown in the following list.
  • inbound transmission
  • batch (ICL)
Unit of Work Id The ID that was assigned to the unit of work when it was locked. It is a link to the transmission hierarchy page for this unit of work.
Status The status of the unit of work. A unit of work progresses through a sequence of status changes as TCR processes it. Valid values are shown in the following list.
Locked
This unit of work was locked and it has batches (ICLs) that need to be balanced.
Ready
This batch (ICL) was accepted and is ready to be adjusted by an operator.
Edit
This batch (ICL) is assigned to a TCR operator and is being adjusted.
Edit Paused
The TCR operator paused when they were adjusting this batch (ICL) or it was suspended due to inactivity.
Complete
The TCR operator finished adjusting this batch (ICL) and it is ready to be approved.
Approved
The adjustments made to this batch (ICL) by the TCR operator were approved and applied to the FTM database for distribution.
Batches The number of batches (ICLs) associated with this unit of work. If the unit of work is a batch (ICL), the number that is displayed in this column is one.
Product Code The product code for this batch (ICL).
Calculated Debit Amount The debit amount from this batch (ICL). It is displayed in the system currency, which is specified in the system properties.
Calculated Credit Amount The credit amount from this batch (ICL). It is displayed in the system currency, which is specified in the system properties.
Calculated Debit Count The number of debit transactions that are in this batch (ICL).
Calculated Credit Count The number of credit transactions that are in this batch (ICL).
Out of Balance Amount The out of balance amount for this batch (ICL). It is displayed in the system currency, which is specified in the system properties.
Changes The total number of adjustment actions that were done for this unit of work.
Assignments The number of times this unit of work was assigned to a different user.
Balancing Rules Displays the balancing rules that were configured in the inbound product. TCR supports balancing at the following levels:
Batch Transaction
The balance state is set when the credits equal the debits in the in-clearing batch (ICL). This rule expects the first transaction in a cash letter or batch (ICL) to be a credit that is followed by debits.
Bundle Transaction
The balance state is set when the credits equal the debits for all other batches (ICLs). This rule expects the first transaction in a segment or bundle to be a credit that is followed by debits.
Control
The balance state is set when the control totals equal the calculated totals.
If no balance rule is defined in the inbound product for this batch (ICL), the out of balance amount is zero.
Revising Indicates whether this unit of work is being revised. Adjustments made when the unit of work is being revised are not available to be approved.
Assigned The user ID of the operator that is assigned to adjust this batch (ICL).
Created Timestamp that indicates when TCR received this unit of work for adjustment.

Actions

The actions that are available on the page are shown in the following list.
Note: Depending on user permissions, a user might not be able to use some of the actions on the page.
  • Help displays the help page.
  • Refresh redisplays the list of records to show any new records and the updates that are made to existing records.
  • More > Actions > Complete changes the state of the selected units of work to complete. The units of work are no longer available for editing and are awaiting review.
  • More > Actions > Approve approves the adjustments that were made to the selected batches (ICLs) by the TCR operator and stores them in the FTM database. This action does not apply to batches (ICLs) that are not balanced or have reviews that are not finished.
  • More > Actions > Complete and approve completes and then approves the selected units of work.
  • More > Actions > Edit changes the state of the selected units of work to edit and allows the operator to continue editing.
  • More > Actions > Pause edit allows the operator to indicate that the selected units of work are not yet complete but that they are not actively adjusting them.
  • More > Actions > Assign to others opens the assign users dialog box that allows the operator to change the user who is assigned to this unit of work. The operator selects from a list of user IDs that have permission to view or edit active units of work.
  • More > Actions > Force approve approves the adjustments that were made to the selected batches (ICLs) by the TCR operator. This action also stores the changes in the FTM database, even when the batches (ICLs) are not balanced or have reviews that are not finished.
  • More > Actions > Reset to original discards any existing adjustments for the selected units of work.
  • More > Actions > Reload causes the selected units of work to be reloaded by TCR.
  • More > Actions > Add Comment opens the add comment dialog box to allow the operator to add a comment to the selected units of work.
  • More > Preference > Apply (Session Only) allows the user to keep the current page preferences for their entire user session.
  • More > Preference > Save Layout saves any changes that are made to the column layout.
  • More > Preference > Restore Defaults restores the page to its default column layout.
  • More > Preference > Show/Hide Columns displays a page to select which columns are shown or hidden in the column layout.