Your company-specific settings are on the Usage settings page. You can manage your settings in Usage settings under Management in Company info.
Usage settings
Text entered into the Sales invoice additional default info field will automatically be displayed in the Additional information fields of new sales invoices and sales orders. The maximum text length of additional default information is 500 characters. Additional default information will not be included on group invoices or invoices subject to contract invoicing. The additional default information will be visible on sales invoices imported through the Import data function if the data does not contain additional information and if additional default information has not been specified for the customer. Any additional default information entered for the customer will replace this data item. You can enter the additional information directly into the field or click on the 
button next to the field to open a window where you can edit the information. You can also use line breaks in this window, which are displayed in the field as \ characters.
The Mailing channel for sales invoices and orders setting determines the default postage method for the Mail invoice channel. You can also choose whether to send letters as economy or priority mail, and in colour or black and white. The envelope size is C5, i.e., 22.9 x 16.2 cm with a 9 x 6 cm window. The window is located 1.8 cm from the envelope’s left edge and 1.5 cm from its top. This mailing method will be used for group invoices and imported invoices with the Mail invoice channel.
The sales invoice posting setting defines the default posting method for sales invoices. The setting is enabled by default, which means that sales invoices will be posted by row. If you disable the setting, sales invoices will be posted by transaction. If you wish to use product-specific default postings or dimensioning for sales invoices, the invoices must be posted by row.
The Purchase invoice posting setting defines the default posting for purchase invoices. The setting is enabled by default, which means that purchase invoices will be posted by row. If you disable the setting, sales invoices will be posted by transaction. If you wish to use product-specific default postings or dimensioning for purchase invoices, the invoices must be posted by row.
The Travel and expense invoice posting setting specifies the default posting method for travel and expense invoices. The setting is enabled by default, which means that travel and expense invoices will be posted by row. If you disable the setting, sales invoices will be posted by transaction. If you wish to use specific posting defaults for travel and expense invoices, this setting must be enabled.
The Balance sheet items on the accounting page setting displays the identifier of the balance sheet item on the accounting page. This setting is disabled by default. Enabling the setting will add the row-level field Balance sheet item (free-form text, 40 characters) to accounting pages after the transaction description. The Balance sheet item fields of all balance sheet entries can then be edited. The Search open balance sheet items button in balance sheet itemisation retrieves the balance sheet entries from accrual journals and other receipts containing balance items that have not been set off until the end date of the specifications.
The Salary posting setting defines the default posting method for salaries. If this setting is enabled, accounting entries will be generated from each row on the salary slip and from each employer’s contribution. If the setting is disabled, entries will be combined by accounting account. You can specify default accounts for salary types in Management > Accounting information > Posting defaults > Default salary postings.
The Sales invoice verification entries setting specifies whether verification entries can be added to sales invoices. If this setting is enabled, invoices can be searched by verification entry author, number of entries and verification text using the Receipt search function. The search result displays the number, authors and dates of verification entries. The Inspection entry button for viewing the verification entries will be available on the Invoice information page. Each user will also be able to add a single verification entry, and to update or delete their own entries. This setting is disabled by default. Read the step-by-step instructions for using sales invoice verification entries.
The Terms of delivery setting determines whether delivery terms (Incoterms/Finnterms) will be used for invoices. The setting is disabled by default. If the setting is enabled, two new fields will be included on invoices.
The Cash discount for sales setting affects the use of two-part payment terms on sales invoices and sales orders, and in the customer register. If you enable this function, you can use a payment term with a cash discount due date and percentage in addition to the net due date for sales invoices and sales orders and in the customer register.
The Cash discount for purchases setting affects the use of two-part payment terms on purchase invoices and orders and in the supplier register. If you enable this function, you can use a payment term with a cash discount date and percentage or sum (on invoices only), in addition to the net due date for purchase invoices and purchase orders and in the supplier register.
The Salary types to be used setting determines whether the invoice rows of salary bases and salary slips will be limited to salary types from Procountor’s Salary type register. If this setting is disabled, salary rows can also be added manually.
The Job title on salary slip setting enables job titles saved in the Person register to be displayed in the address information on salary slips.
The Salary channel setting can be used to disable the use of email as a salary channel by clearing the selection in Enable email as a channel for delivering salary slips. If email as a salary channel is disabled, it will be removed from the salary channel options in the environment and cannot be used for sending salary slips. NOTE! It is recommended to make changes to the email salary channel settings when the salaries of the previous period have been fully processed and before the calculation of salaries for the next period has started.
The Products to be used on the travel invoice setting can be used to limit travel invoice products to those included in Procountor’s product register. If this setting is disabled, salary rows can also be added manually. You can specify default accounts for products retrieved from the product register in Management > Accounting information > Posting defaults > Default postings for travel/expense invoices.
The Products to be used on the expense invoice setting can be used to limit expense invoice products to those included in Procountor’s product register. If this setting is disabled, salary rows can also be added manually. You can specify default accounts for products retrieved from the product register in Management > Accounting information > Posting defaults > Default postings for travel/expense invoices.
The Travel calculator usage setting determines whether the Travel calculator will open automatically when a user creates a new travel invoice. The default setting is that the calculator will not open.
The SSN check digits on travel and expense invoices setting determines whether the program will prompt users creating new travel or expense invoices to specify whether the check digits of their social security numbers will be hidden on the invoice. The options are prompt, always hide and never hide. The default setting is to always hide the SSN check digits.
The Two-levelled business partner groups setting determines whether main groups will be enabled in the business partner register. A Main group is a high-level business partner group, and only ordinary business partner groups, not individual business partners, can be added to it. Each business partner can only belong to one business partner group within the same main group, but the business partner can also belong to other business partner groups, each belonging to a different main group. Main groups can be used in all business partner and business partner group searches. Main groups are managed in the registers’ Main groups views, which are only visible if this setting is enabled. The main group principle is disabled by default.
The Two-levelled product groups setting determines whether main groups will be enabled in the product register. A Main group is a high-level product group, and only ordinary product groups, not individual products, can be added to it. Each product can only belong to one product group within the same main product group, but the product can also belong to other product groups, each of which belongs to a different main product group. Main product groups can be used in all product and product group searches. Main groups are managed in the registers’ Main product groups view, which is visible only if this setting is enabled. The main group principle is disabled by default.
The Use automatic search setting determines whether searches from, for example, registers will be initiated automatically when the user selects search criteria, or only when the user clicks on the Search button. Automatic searching is enabled by default.
When the Fuzzy search setting is enabled, text searches will be extended only from the end of the search term. The setting is disabled by default, i.e. searches are extended from both the beginning and the end. For example, a business partner search with the search term “a” will return all names that have the letter “a” by default. When the fuzzy search box is checked, the search will return only the names of business partners that start with the letter “a”. If you still wish to find all business partners whose names have the letter “a”, you must enter the search criterion in the format “*a”, where * represents any character string, including null.
Independent of the Fuzzy search setting, you can freely insert the * and ? characters in all text searches. The character * represents any character string. For example, the search term Pro*countor will also return Procountor in the results. The character ? represents any single character, but not an empty space. Therefore, the search term Pro?countor will not return Procountor in the results. If you enter nothing but a * as the search criterion, the search will return all results which contain any data whatsoever in the corresponding field. A space character also constitutes data in this regard, even though the field will appear empty.
When the Adding of partners setting is enabled, new customers or suppliers will be created in the appropriate registers automatically when their first invoice is saved. Before creating a new business partner, Procountor will check that the partner does not exist in the register (with the same business ID, customer number or name and address information). If the partner exists in the register, the invoice will be allocated to the existing partner.
When the Use automatic customer numbering setting is enabled, new customers will automatically be assigned the next free customer number. This setting is disabled by default.
When the Use automatic supplier numbering setting is enabled, new suppliers will automatically be assigned the next free supplier customer number. This setting is disabled by default.
When the Use automatic person numbering setting is enabled, new persons will automatically be assigned the next free personal customer number. This setting is disabled by default.
Existing business partners with no customer number can be numbered using the Edit multiple function in the business partner register.
Warning settings - When this setting is on, the user will receive a warning of an attempt to save a receipt for a date that is not included in any fiscal year or fiscal period. The notification states that the receipt date is not included in any fiscal year or fiscal period, and the user is requested to confirm whether to continue.
Customer service access – Customer service access is a function that temporarily allows Procountor’s customer service to view the customer environment when necessary for more efficient problem solving. No changes can be made to information in the environment with the customer service access rights, and all the transactions during the session are automatically recorded in the transaction log. Company users with full rights to the Usage settings can allow or block the use of the function in Management > Company info > Usage settings. You can activate the function by selecting the setting Allow Customer Service to access the environment for problem solving purposes under Customer service access. This function is allowed by default for all customers.
Balance sheet items on accounting entries
When the Balance sheet items on accounting entries setting is enabled, the Balance code (Invoice) column will be included on the accounting pages of receipts. An identifier for the receipt can be entered in this column.
Dimension settings
The Dimensioning qty field specifies the number of dimension items between which sums can be distributed. The setting is displayed in the dimensioning views of invoices and accounting and in the dimension settings of business partners and products. The options are 1, 2, 4, 6, 10, 14, 20, 30 and 40. The default option is 4, which means that, for example, an invoice can be distributed between four items within one dimension.
With the Combine default dimensions selection, you can define whether the default dimensions of business partners and products will be combined in invoices. The default is No, which means that the default dimensions will not be combined and the default dimensions of products will be used when creating invoices. If a product does not have a default dimension, the business partner’s default dimension will be used. Toggle this setting to Yes if you would like to combine the default dimensions, i.e., use the default dimensions of products on invoices and the default dimensions of business partners for dimensions that have not been specified as defaults for the products.
Approval circulation settings
Approval circulation is a feature that enables easy circulation of purchase, travel and expense invoices from one verifier to the next and then to the approvers. When the circulation is enabled, verifiers and approvers can be specified for individual invoices. The e-mail addresses of verifiers and approvers must be entered in their Personal information if the e-mail reminder of invoices waiting for verification or approval will be used. Note! E-mail notifications of received purchase invoices will also be sent if Circulation for approval is disabled and a single verifier or approver has been specified in the Usage settings.
The author of an invoice can use the Send to circulation button on the invoice creation page to send e-mail reminders of the invoice to the verifiers/approvers. Verifiers are automatically notified of received e-invoices and invoices received through the scanning service. After all the verifiers have examined the invoice, its status will change to Verified, and an e-mail notification will be sent to the approver.
Procountor sends reminder messages to verifiers at certain intervals. If more than one reminder is to be delivered to the same verifier or approver, these will be compiled into a single e-mail message. For this reason, verifiers or approvers might not receive the e-mail reminder immediately after the invoice creator has clicked on the Send to circulation button.
When Circulation for approval is enabled, users can use the Search invoices to approve search type in the Search functionReceipt search to search for purchase invoices awaiting their verification or approval. Extended employee privileges can be used to give users privileges to use the Receipt search to search for purchase invoices awaiting their verification or approval.
The Purchase invoice approval circulation setting determines whether approval circulation for purchase invoices is enabled. The approval circulation setting is disabled by default. The functions and fields related to the circulation will not be displayed if the setting is disabled. Purchase invoices can still be verified and approved even if their circulation is disabled.
The Travel and expense invoice approval circulation setting determines whether approval circulation for travel and expense invoices is enabled. The approval circulation setting is disabled by default. The functions and fields related to the circulation will not be displayed if the setting is disabled. Travel and expense invoices can still be verified and approved even if their circulation is disabled.
The Approval circulation order setting determines whether verification and approval must be performed in a specific order.
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If the Approval circulation order setting is enabled, an e-mail notification of an invoice waiting for verification will be sent to the first verifier when the invoice is sent to circulation. When that verifier has examined and verified the invoice, the next one will be notified, and so on. The invoice status will only change to Verified once the last verifier has verified it. If a person other than the next verifier or approver verifies or approves the invoice, the program will issue a notification. If this setting is enabled and a person other than the next verifier verifies the invoice, its status will change to Verified even if all specified verifiers have not verified the invoice yet.
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If the Approval circulation order setting is disabled, all verifiers will be notified immediately when an invoice is sent to circulation, and the order in which they verify the invoice is irrelevant. The invoice status will change to Verified only after all verifiers have verified it. The same applies to approvers.
The Payment setting can be used to prevent the payment of invoices before they have been approved.
If the Purchase order and invoice matching setting is enabled, a selection window for retrieving purchase orders to be allocated to the purchase invoice will be available in the Verification view. Use this setting if you wish to allocate received e-invoices to existing purchase invoices, for example. This function will allocate the entire purchase order to the purchase invoice, i.e., allocation by row may not be used.
The Max. number of verifiers setting specifies the maximum number of verifiers for invoices.
The Max. number of approvers setting specifies the maximum number of approvers for invoices.
The Verifier list setting enables verifiers and approvers to be selected from a pre-defined Verifier list.
If approval circulation is enabled, verifiers and approvers will be assigned to purchase, travel and expense invoices by default if the invoice is created on a blank template or for a business partner for whom dedicated verifiers or approvers have not been specified. You should define the most commonly used approval circulation in Company information. Approval circulations can also be defined for individual suppliers, persons or invoices.
Read more about invoice approval circulation.
Collection and penal expenses settings
The Collection and penal expenses setting determines whether the automatic handling of collection and penal expenses is enabled. The setting is disabled by default.
The Sales product register product used for charging the collection costs is specified in the Collection costs product section. If no product is selected, the automatic handling of collection and penal expenses will be disabled.
The Sales product register product used for charging penal costs is specified in the Penal expense product section. If no product is selected, the automatic handling of collection and penal expenses will be disabled.
The Penal expense date marginal field specifies the number of extra days permitted for payment after the due date.
The Default sales invoice interest rate field specifies the default penal interest rate for new customer in the Business partner register or for sales invoices created on blank templates. If no value is provided, Procountor will use the penal interest specified in currently valid legislation.
The Default terms of payment for sales invoices field specifies the default payment terms for new customers created in the Business partner register, sales invoices created on blank templates, and group invoices. If no value is provided, Procountor will use a default payment term of 10 days.
The collection agency is selected from the Collection partner menu. The default partner is Svea Ekonomi, and the other option in the menu is Duetto Group Oy. The selected company will be displayed in the Payment reminders for multiple invoices / transfer to debt collection view in the sales invoice search.
Read more about collection and penal expenses.
External financing settings
The External financing setting determines whether external factoring-type financing will be used. When the setting is enabled, the Financing contracts button will be displayed in the top right corner of the Company information page. Clicking on the button will open the Financing contracts page, on which the details of contracts signed with financing companies are entered.
Read more about external financing.