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Last Updated: 2026-04-03
Steps: Set Up Miscellaneous Payment Requests

Steps: Set Up Miscellaneous Payment Requests

Review setup considerations for miscellaneous payment requests.
Self-service users can create miscellaneous payment requests when they've minimal knowledge of the company bank account information, or no direct authority to issue payments. You can preconfigure bank routing rules to determine the originating bank account for making the payments, enabling users to efficiently process and settle these one-time payments.
Example: An insurance claims agent needs to pay a client for a claim. The agent creates a miscellaneous payment request with the payee and payment details, and then submits it for approval. Once approved, the agent can settle the payment automatically through an express settlement run.
  1. Edit Domain Security Policies.
    Configure the security policies for all domains in the Miscellaneous Payments functional area.
  2. Access the
    Create Business Process Definition (Default Definition)
     task.
    Create the default definition for the
    Miscellaneous Payment Request Event
     business process. You can add business process steps for:
    • Approvers in your organization to review and approve submitted miscellaneous payment requests.
    • Budget checks on miscellaneous payment requests to ensure the availability of funds prior to settlement. You can apply budget checks when you use the accrual basis accounting method to process payments.
    Security: These domains in the System functional area:
    • Business Process Administration
    • Manage: Business Process Definitions
  3. Configure business document sequence IDs for miscellaneous payees and payment requests, and select a miscellaneous payment request accounting option.
    You can use either the accrual basis or cash basis accounting method for the miscellaneous payment.
  4. Access the
    Maintain Miscellaneous Payee Categories
     task.
    Create categories to identify miscellaneous payees for tracking and reporting purposes.
    Security:
    Set Up: Miscellaneous Payee Categories
     domain in the Miscellaneous Payments functional area.
  5. Access the
    Maintain Miscellaneous Payment Request Categories
     task.
    Create categories to identify miscellaneous payment requests for tracking and reporting purposes.
    Security:
    Set Up: Miscellaneous Payment Request Categories
     domain in the Miscellaneous Payments functional area.
  6. Select
    Miscellaneous Payment
     from the
    Primary Account Usage
     prompt.
  8. Configure bank routing rules for the
    Miscellaneous Payment
     payment category.
  9. Configure these account posting rule dimensions on the Payables and Spend posting rules:
    • Miscellaneous Payee Category
    • Miscellaneous Payment Request Category
    You can only configure these account posting rule dimensions on the Spend posting rule when you select accrual basis accounting as your accounting option.
  10. (Optional) Access the
    Maintain Worktag Usage
     report.
    Configure
    Miscellaneous Payment Request
     worktags.
    Security:
    Set Up: Enable Worktags
     domain in the Common Financial Management and Worktags functional areas.
  11. Select the
    Miscellaneous Payment Request Event
     option from the
    By Functional Area
     prompt.
  12. (Optional) Configure intelligent prompt recommendations.
    When you create miscellaneous payment request lines, you can select intelligently recommended values on the
    Spend Category
     prompt.
  13. (Optional) Edit Domain Security Policies.
    Grant user access to these related actions on miscellaneous payment requests:
    • Add Attachment
    • Add/Change Attachment
    Add security groups to these domains in the Miscellaneous Payments functional area:
    • Process: Miscellaneous Payment Request – Add Attachment
    • Process: Miscellaneous Payment Request – Add/Change Attachment
    Members of these security groups can use the related action to add or remove attachments for miscellaneous payment requests in any status without additional actions or business process approvals.
  14. Set up a settlement run.
    You can use either:
Create miscellaneous payment requests.