Transaction Logging

Transaction Logging

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CAUTION : This document is for ProDon 5. To view ProDon 4 document, click here.

Introduction

ProDon allows you to enter transactions of revenues associated with activities that have previously been defined in the "Donation Occasion Management". 

Once the transactions are entered, you must transfer them, in order to be able to generate documents such as thank-you letters and receipts. 

To learn how to transfer a transaction batch, see this document. 

CAUTION: To enter transactions with instant payment methods (credit card or bank transfer), the Electronic Transactions Module must be active in ProDon.

For more details on this module or to learn how to enter transactions with PaySafe, click here.

Add Transaction

The transaction logging is done in the "Transaction Management".

To go to the "Transaction Management", click on the "Transactions" menu, then select "  Transactions ".

The Transaction Management allows you to enter and transfer the transactions in ProDon. To add a new transaction, click on the button. To learn how to transfer transactions, see this document.

Add Transaction

In the "Transaction Management", click on the button to add a new transaction.

Selecting a Client for the Addition of a Transaction

After clicking on the button, the following window opens, in order to select the client who made the transaction.

First check, using the search bar at A, if the client already exists in ProDon. If he or she already exists, select him or her at B, then click on the " Add a transaction for this client" button at C. If the client does not exist in the database, click on the " Add client" button at D, in order to create a new client file for him or her. After confirming the addition of the new client file, the transaction logging window opens. To view the file of the client selected at B, click on the "  Edit this client" button at E.

Transaction Logging

NOTE: If the client has commitments in progress or pending transactions, see this section.

After adding a new client, click on the "  Add a transaction for this client" button or select a pending transaction or a commitment, the following window opens.
CAUTION: The fields of this window vary according to the type of transaction (standard or with a sale price), depending whether a third-party donor is assigned to the transaction and also depending on the payment method (cash, cheque, in goods and services donation, etc) used. Moreover, once the transaction is confirmed, depending on the payment method used, the transaction will be in different tabs of the transaction management.
A: Allows you to assign a third-party client to the transaction.	B: Allows you to print the receipt of the transaction in progress. In order for this button to be available, the transaction must have previously been saved.
C: Allows you to open the client file of the transaction.	D: Allows you to assign the transaction to a commitment of the client (the Prospecting and Commitments module must be active for this button to be available).
E: Allows you to indicate the main contact address	F: Allows you to indicate the date on which the transaction was made. Caution, this date determines the taxation year of the tax receipt.
G: Allows you to specify that the transaction must remain anonymous.	H: Allows you to select the donation occasion and the activity for which the transaction was made.
I: Allows you to select the General Ledger group, the General Ledger account or the accounting project to assign to the transaction.	J: This field allows you to indicate the quantity or the amount of the transaction (depending on the configuration of the activity selected at H).
K: Allows you to select the payment method used by the donor. Based on the selected payment method (e.g. cheque, goods and services, etc), some fields may be added.	L: Allows you to enter the payment reference.
M: In order for a receipt to be generated, select the "To be issued" option; otherwise, select none. If the status of the receipt is "To be calculated", it means the value of the benefit was not specified in the configuration of the activity selected at H. The amount of the receipt generated is indicated at the right of the "Receipt" field.	N: In order for the receipt to be generated only at the end of the year, check the "Annual receipt" checkbox.
O: Allows you to select the documents to be issued for a transaction transfer.	P: Allows you to add notes related to the transaction.
Q: Allows you to select a canvasser for the transaction.	R: Allows you to add a contact for the transaction.
S : Allows you to add a custom field.	T: This tab allows you to identify the participants for the transaction.
U: Allows you to add the characteristics applicable to this transaction.	V: This tab allows you to add a task linked to the transaction.
W: By clicking on the " Confirm " button, the transaction will be found in one of the tabs of the transaction management.	X: By clicking on the " OK + Other transaction", the transaction is found under one of the tabs of the transaction management and another transaction addition file in the name of the client for whom the transaction was just added will open.
NOTE: It is possible to activate default values in the transaction logging window, in order for the information to always be documented automatically when adding a new transaction.

After clicking on "  Confirm addition" or on "  OK + Other transaction", it is possible the following window opens. This means a required piece of information was not entered.

Click on "  Ok ", then ProDon will return to the "Add transaction" window. Then search for the checkbox(es) with blue label, this means that the information is required. Enter the missing information and by clicking again either on " Confirm addition" or on "  OK + Other transaction", the transaction is entered correctly.

Different types of Transactions :

• Standard Transaction
  
• Transaction with a Sale Price
  
• Transaction with a Third-party Client
  
• Transaction Paid by Cheque
  
• Transaction in Goods and Services( In-kind)
  

StandardTransaction

A standard transaction is a transaction made for an activity for which no sale price has been defined in advance.

This type of transaction is mainly used for simple cash donations. 

A: The amount of the transaction must be entered here.	B: The amount of the receipt is the same as the transaction's.

Transaction with a Sale Price

A transaction with a sale price is a transaction made for an activity for which a sale price has been defined in advance. 

This type of transaction is used, for instance, for a ticket sale in a fundraising activity.

A: Instead of entering an amount for the transaction, you must enter the number of tickets sold. The amount of each ticket is entered in the middle ($500.00) and the total amount of the transaction is entered on the right ($2,000.00). The amount for the ticket was determined when creating the activity.	B: The amount of the receipt is different from the transaction's. In a transaction with a sale price, the person who buys the ticket has an advantage; for instance, a golf round or a dinner, so the amount of the receipt is automatically calculated according to the amount of the benefit specified when creating the activity.
NOTE: For more details concerning the management of donation occasions and activities, click here

Transaction with a third-party Client

A: This client is the donor.	B: This client is the third-party donor.
NOTE: To know what a third-party client is, see the "Different Clients of a Transaction" procedure.

Transaction Paid by Cheque

A: When the "Cheque" payment method is selected, the "Ref." field is inserted. This field allows you to enter the cheque number.

Once a transaction paid by cheque is saved, it is found under the "Deposit" tab of the "Transaction management".

Transaction in Goods and Services (In-kind)

A: The amount of the transaction is the value of the goods specified at B.	B: The "Property" field allows you to specify the items that were donated.
C: The "Appraiser(s)" field allows you to enter the name of the company or the person who appraised the items specified at B.	D: The amount of the receipt is usually the same as the value of the item specified at A.

Once a donation in goods transaction is saved, it is found under the "Deposit" tab of the "Transaction management".

If the Client has a Commitment in Progress or a Pending Payment

NOTE: If the client does not have any commitment in progress nor pending transactions, see this section.

A: If the selected client has a pending transaction, the " Pending Transaction(s)" button is available. By clicking on that button, the pending transactions of the client are displayed.	B: If the selected client has a commitment in progress, the "  Current Commitment(s)" button is available. By clicking on that button, the current commitments of the client are displayed. NOTE: The "Prospecting and Commitments module" must be activated in the database in order for the clients to be able to have current commitments.
C: To assign a transaction to a current commitment or to a pending transaction of the selected client, or to add a transaction that do not have any current commitment or pending transaction of the selected client, click on the " Add a transaction for this client" button.

After clicking on the "  Add a transaction for this client" button, this window opens.
A: To assign the transaction to a commitment in progress, click on the "Commitment(s)". After clicking on that button, this window opens.	B: To assign the transaction to a pending transaction, click on the "Transactions" button. After clicking on that button, this window opens.
C: To create a new transaction without assigning it to current commitments or to pending transactions of the client, click on the "New transaction" button. After clicking on that button, this window opens.	D: To return to the client selection window, click on the "Cancel" button.
NOTE: If, for instance, the client only has one or more commitment(s) in progress and no pending transaction, the "Transactions" button will not be visible. If, on the other hand, the client only has one or more pending transaction(s) and no commitment in progress, the "Commitments" button is visible.

Current Commitments

After clicking on the "Commitment(s)" button, the following window opens.
A: If the client has many commitments in progress, select the commitment to which the transaction should be assigned.	B: After selecting the right commitment, click on the "  Confirm" button. After clicking on that button, this window opens to complete the transaction entry.

Pending Transaction(s)

After clicking on the "Transactions" button, the following window opens.

To assign the received payment to a pending transaction, select the right transaction at A, select the option "The selected transaction" at B, then click on the "Confirm" button at D. To create a new transaction without assigning it to a pending transaction, select the option "New transaction" at C, then click on the "Confirm" button at D. To delete a pending transaction, select it at A, then click on " Delete", at E. To return to the client selection window, click on «  Cancel», at F.

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