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If you are manually creating this document, make sure that From Customer is selected in the Transaction Type field—this enables the fields appropriate for this transaction type.
On this tab, the following fields are required: Customer, Cash Flow Item, Amount, Entity, Clearing Date, and Cheque No.
The "Cheque Received (create)" form. The Main tab
In the Customer field, specify a company or another legal entity from whom the payment is received. Select it from the Companies list.
<Auto> in the Number field indicates that a number to this document will be assigned automatically when you save the document. The From field is populated automatically with the current business date. You can select another date, if necessary.
In the Cash Flow Item field, specify the cash flow item associated with this customer payments to be able to analyze the cash flows later.
In the Clearing Date field, select the date starting which you can cash this check.
In the Cheque No. field, specify the number printed on the cheque.
In the Amount field, specify the amount drawn on cheque received from the customer and select the currency of the cheque. You can apply this amount to multiple documents of this customer on the Payment Details tab. The effective exchange rate (with respect to the national currency) is shown to the right of the field.
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In the Entity field, select an entity of your company for which this document is being prepared. The Entity field is available if the Multi-Company Accounting option is selected on: Administration > Settings > General Settings. You can select your personal default entity to appear in documents; for this, refer to Personal Settings. If you have not selected your default entity, the entity defined first will be used as the system default value.
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For descriptions of other buttons, see Document Toolbar.