Bank Enquiry

Bank Enquiry shows you your list of Banks.

To add banks, go to Utilities » Core PMS. Please see System Administration for full details.

1. Open ALB.
2. Select a batch, if required.
3. On the Home menu, click Bank Enquiry.

• Printer Reports: This enables you to print off the bank details report. The report will show the bank number, type, name and balance. Archived banks will only be included in the report if you have the Hide Archived Records feature deselected.

When you close the preview window you can save the report and amend the Description and Notes fields. See Report History to view historic reports. You also have the option to Export to Excel. Selecting this option, enables you to select a suitable folder and name to save the file.

• Bank Reset: If you are not using the Accounts and Billing Business Bank Reconciliation this will allow you to reset the relevant bank transactions to a date.

Caution the transactions will be deleted and not reconciled, and the opening balances will be updated. You will not be able to access these entries again.

• Report History: Displays the Banking Report History window where you can view existing reports.

Tab	Description
Select Report	Lists the different banking reports; Bank Details, Bank Reconciliation, Bank Transactions, Cleared Items, Reset Banks List and Unpresented Items. Select the required report to display a list of reports in the Report Details pane.
Report Details	Report History: Lists the previously run reports. Double-click to open a report. Right-click to Delete the report or Edit Report Details where you can amend the Description and Notes fields.   Report Info: Lists the Title and Description of the report.

To view Bank Transactions:

You can either double-click on a bank or right-click and select View Transactions. The Bank Transactions screen will display. These transactions can be viewed in two ways, as unpresented items and items reconciled but not cleared down or as a full list including items cleared down to history. The pane on the left of the screen allows for filtering and searching by date range, specific matter, value etc. This view can be toggled between displaying cleared down items and not displaying them by use of the Exclude reconciled tick box and clicking on the Refresh button.

Banking Report History
Menu	Description
Filter	Show or hide reversed postings.
Printer Reports	Bank Transactions: Select the Sort Order and whether to include a brought forward balance. When you close the window click Yes to save the report to history or No to discard it. You also have the option to Export to Excel. Select the folder and name to save the Excel worksheet.
Bank Reconciliation	Filters the transaction list. Select from Automatic Reconciliation or Uncleared, Cleared or History. See Bank Reconciliation for full details.   Note You can also go straight to these options using the right-click on the Bank in the Bank Enquiry window and selecting the appropriate item off the short cut menu.
Search by Transaction Details
Transaction Date	Set the date range using the From and To fields by either typing in the dates or using the data lookups.
Matter	Enter the matter reference.
Branch	Use the drop-down to select the required branch.
Ref	Enter the transaction reference.
Type	Use the drop-down to select the Transaction type.
Description	Enter the transaction description.
Amount	Use the drop-down to select All, Payments or Receipts and if required enter an amount.
Exclude Reconciled Items	Deselect if required.
Refresh	Click when the filters have been set to view the filtered list in the Bank Transactions pane.
Bank Transactions	Details of the bank transactions that match the filter set. double-click on a transaction to see full details on that transaction.
Bank Totals	B/Fwd Balance and Balance figures.