Validate Invoices Screen
The first step in working through Automated AP
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- AP - Automated Invoice Workflow
- AP - Payment Approval Management
- Global Upload Program (GUP)
- Document Register (DocReg)
- Rotables / Component Changeout
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The first step in using PSA Air Automated AP is to bring invoices into the system by scanning the new invoices. The validate invoices screen starts the process off by scanning all new invoices that have been received.
The OCR technology will attempt to scan invoices into the system and load the data into the system. The screen below is responsible for mapping supplier invoices into the critical fields within Pronto, validating the details after the scan and posting the invoices into the Automated AP solution.

Find
The find mode will allow users to search by supplier. It will automatically default to the column on which the sort is applied (identifiable by the icon).
Department
The Department mode will allow the user to select a relevant department for the invoice, if it has not been automatically allocated to a department. You can see how departments can be automatically allocated at the supplier level in the Supplier Details section or how it is allocated by PO GL coding in the Departments GL Prefix section.

Correct
For more information on the correct mode and its own modes/fields, please see the Validating Invoices - Correct Screen section of this wiki. This screen will allow the AP user to review the invoice visually and update any of the critical information that has been stored against the invoice.

Accept
The accept button allows a user to formally signal to the system that an invoice has been accepted and the details have been satisfactorily verified. There are some conditions around accepting an invoice.
An invoice can only be accepted once;
- The supplier is valid
- The invoice number has been populated
- The invoice number has a valid date
- The financials of the invoice balance Net + Tax = Gross.
An invoice will be automatically accepted when the invoice is scanned, has a PO and the PO and the invoice match 100%.
Upon accepting an invoice, it will appear in “Green” like the below;

A pink invoice signifies that the invoice is ready to be accepted, but may have some warnings against it prior to the user completing the acceptance.
Reject
The reject mode will delete the invoice from Air. This is particularly useful for duplicated invoices.

A warning will appear. Once rejected the invoice can not be recovered.
View Invoice
This allows the user to download a version of the PDF directly from the Pronto server. It is not as efficient as downloading through document register, as it uses a binary download, so large invoices could take a considerable amount of time to download.

Map
The map button maps the suppliers PDF format into the critical fields within Pronto. A vendor must have mapping set up for the invoices to automatically be scanned using OCR and return the data within the system. A more detailed article is posted on this topic under the Validate Invoices - Mapping an Invoice article.
When a user selects the Map mode, it will show the mapping of the invoice, or allow the user to map the invoice into the Pronto required fields. To understand how this works, see the prementioned article on Mapping an Invoice for detailed instructions.

Post All
Post All will post all invoices in the validate screen into PSA Air. The only way to remove entries from this screen is to Reject the invoice, or to Post it.
Post all will do a bulk posting for all invoice that have been ACCEPTED on this screen. ACCEPTED invoices will be GREEN like the below, and the VALIDATION field in the MAPPING INFO (shown in the bottom right of this screen) should read Ready to Post. All invoices accepted like this will be posted into PSA Air and removed from the validate invoices screen.
The journal entry will be
Dr. PSA Air on Hold (CRHOLD)
Cr. Accounts Payable

Post One
Post One will post the selected invoice in the validate screen into PSA Air. The only way to remove entries from this screen is to Reject the invoice, or to Post it.
Post one will do a single posting an invoices assuming it has been ACCEPTED on this screen. ACCEPTED invoices will be GREEN like the below, and the VALIDATION field in the MAPPING INFO (shown in the bottom right of this screen) should read Ready to Post. The invoice if accepted accepted like this will be posted into PSA Air and removed from the validate invoices screen and moved to invoice finance screen.
The journal entry will be
Dr. PSA Air on Hold (CRHOLD)
Cr. Accounts Payable

Re-Scan One
Re-Scan one will put the selected invoice through the SCANNING PROCESS again by using the latest mapping to extract the critical data from the PDF invoice and put it into the data tables in Pronto. The green check marks indicate the successful mapping of the fields.

Scan New
If there are no invoices in the Validate invoice screen, then this process runs automatically when the screen is opened from the main menu. This process will look at all the unscanned invoices and scan their data into PSA Air.
If no invoices exist, a blank screen like the below will show;

The screen will show a summary of the invoices ignored, which should reconcile to the invoices in the validate invoices data-grid as it wont rescan invoices already loaded into the system.
If invoices are detected, each invoice scanned will produce a log in real time of the success/failure of the scanning process for each field. It will check the status of the conversion from PDF to TEXT and to JPG, as well as the location of a vendor on the invoice in the first section.
Once a vendor has been found, it will use that vendor to see if mapping exists, and then try to map the critical fields.

The number of invoices imported, and the elapsed time will will display as a summary.
Air AP Notes
The notes on an invoice can be stored against an invoice from the validate screen all the way through to the invoice being finally posted to the suppliers ledger.
If an invoice has no notes against it, the screen will automatically go into Entry mode.
For more details, go to the Validate Invoice Notes section of this wiki.

Doc Register
This field is only available if the MFF for this mode is set to Y. IVAL_DCRG = “Y”.
The doc reg button opens up a new tab which takes the user to the document register website. This is the folder where the files are hosted.

Process and Credit // Credit note GL Coding
This will be covered in more detail in the Validate Invoices - Credit Notes section of this wiki.
Drill Down
The drill down button opens up the following menu:
These are shortcuts to the different Pronto modules.
Admin
The admin button gives access to the following functions: