Use this routine to define the messages that you can link to Revolving customer statements and indicate where on the statements the messages are to appear. Once established, you can assign these messages to revolving customer statements using Indicate Message to Print on Customer Statements.
Message
Message CodeEnter up to five alphanumeric characters to identify the statement message you are creating or editing. To locate an existing statement message, click the Search button and access the Read-Only Lookup Window.
ExpiresTo establish an expiration date for this statement message, use this optional field to indicate the date. To select a date from the drop-down calendar, click the Calendar icon. Once this expiration date has been reached, this message no longer appears on revolving statements for any customers to which this message is assigned.
If you leave this field blank, this message continues to print on linked customer's revolving statements until you remove the message or the assignment.
MessageUse the text entry box at this field to enter/edit the revolving statement message text.
Use thismandatory field to select the section of the revolving statement where you want this message to appear.Click the Arrow button to select one of these statement sections from the drop-down list. If you select Changes to Account Terms, the Account Terms tab becomes active.
Payment Information
Changes to Interest Rate
Changes to Account Terms
Special Purchase Plan Summary
General Notes
Account Terms
This tab is active if you select Changes to Account Terms at the "Print within" field on the Message tab. You can use this tab to associate this message to account terms. The fields you enter on this screen are not mandatory. Use them to create a table that prints on the customer's revolving statement, notifying them of changes to their account terms.
Here is an example of the Changes to Account Terms section of a statement, advising the customer of revised payment terms. The table shown was created using the fields on this tab.
Text HeaderUse this optional field to enter up to 25 characters of text to be the header description of the text column in the account terms table.
Value HeaderUse this optional field to enter up to 25 characters of text to be the header description of the value column in the account terms table. (In the sample table above, "Revised Terms as of 03/06" was entered in this field.)
TextUse this field to enter up to 25 characters of text to describe the account terms in the table. (In the sample table above, "APR for Purchases" was entered in this field.)
ValueUse this field to enter up to 25 characters to indicate the value associated with the Text in the table. (In the sample table above, "26%" was entered in this field.)
The grid displays the description Text and Value for each account term you added.
To add items to the grid, enter the Text and Value fields, and then click the Add button. The data is added into the next available row in the grid, unless the exact Text already exists in the grid, in which case the Value is updated for that line.
To edit a line in the grid, double-click the line. Your options are to edit the Value field, click the Remove button to delete the line from the grid, or click the Clear button to cancel editing that line. You cannot edit the Text field for an existing line.
To change the position of a row in the grid, use the Promote and Demote buttons to move a highlighted row up or down.
Message CodeEnter up to five alphanumeric characters to identify the statement message you are creating or editing. To locate an existing statement message, click the Search button and access the Read-Only Lookup Window.
to move a highlighted row up or down.