Configure Auto Engagement Rules 

Receivables allows you to implement business functions and automate the entire customer engagement process by adding multiple rules in an engagement cycle. It enables you to schedule automatic email reminders for your customers based on specific engagement rules. Receivables have defined various engagement rules for creating engagement cycles and scheduling automatic email reminders for your customers. You can add engagement rules both at a cycle level and a reminder level.

Auto Engagement  rules are categorized into three categories. You can define cycle rules by selecting any of the following rule categories:

  1. Customer Level Rule: Add customer level rules to create a cohort of customers to whom automatic emails should be sent.
  2. Invoice Level Rule: Add invoice level rules to filter invoices that should go in the email as an embedded invoice table.
  3. Payments Level Rule: Add payment level rules for sending automatic emails related to payment failures to ensure that customers are promptly notified of any issues with their payments.

Customer Level Rules 

To add cycle rules at the customer level, select a cycle from the Auto Engagement Cycles page and click + ADD RULES > Customer tab at the top of the Set Up Auto Engagement Rules window. You can define a rule by selecting a specific rule from any of the fields given under General, Amount, and Custom Fields subcategories. Select an appropriate operator and the value for the specified rule and click + icon to add the rule. Once you have defined the rules, click Save.

The table below lists the Customer level rules defined under the General, Amount, and Custom Fields subcategories:

Rules Operator Example
Outstanding <, >, =, !=, between Outstanding is greater than USD 1,000.
Overdue <, >, =, !=, between Overdue Amount is greater than USD 1,000.
Net Overdue <, >, =, !=, between Net Overdue Amount is greater than USD 1,000.
Open Debits <, >, =, !=, between Open Invoice Amount is greater than USD 1,000.
Unaccounted Payment <, >, =, !=, between Unaccounted Payment is greater than 0.
Unutilisted Credit <, >, =, !=, between Unutilised Credit is greater than 0.
Ageing Bucket(eg. 1-30) <, >, =, !=, between Ageing for bucket 1-30 is greater than USD 5,000.
Open Issue Amount <, >, =, !=, between Open issue/dispute amount is equal to 0.
Open P2P Amount <, >, =, !=, between Customer promise to pay amount is greater than USD 2,000.
Last Email Date <, >, =, !=, between Last Email Date is 30 days ago.
Last Reply Date <, >, =, !=, between Last Reply Date is 30 days ago.
Next P2P Date <, >, =, !=, between Customer has an upcoming P2P Date in next 7 days.
Finance Owner includes, excludes Finance Owner includes "Username".
Sales Owner includes, excludes Sales Owner includes "Username".
Outstanding Mismatch Yes,No Customers who do not have outstanding mismatch between Billing & Receivables system.

Invoice Level Rules 

To add cycle rules at the invoice level, select a cycle from the Auto Engagement Cycles page and click + ADD RULES > Document tab at the top of the Set Up Auto Engagement Rules window. You can define Invoice level rules by selecting a rule from any of the fields under General, Date, Amount, and Custom Fields subcategories. Select an appropriate operator and value for the specified rule and click + icon to add the rule. Once you have defined the rules, click Save.

The table below lists the Invoice level rules defined under the General, Date, Amount, and Custom Fields subcategories:

Rules Operator Example
Amount <, >, =, !=, between Invoice original amount is greater than USD 1,000.
Balance <, >, =, !=, between Invoice Pending Balance is greater than USD 500
Converted Amount <, >, =, !=, between Invoice original amount in company's base currency is greater than USD 1,000.
Converted Balance <, >, =, !=, between Invoice pending balance in company's base currency is greater than USD 500.
Open Issue Amount <, >, =, !=, between Invoice Open Issue Amount is equal to 0.
Open P2P Amount <, >, =, !=, between Invoice Open P2P Amount is greater than 0.
Document Date <, >, =, !=, between Invoice date is 30 days ago.
Due Date <, >, =, !=, between Invoice due date is 30 days ago.
Posting Date <, >, =, !=, between Invoice posting date is 30 days ago.
P2P Date <, >, =, !=, between Invoice P2P Date is in next 7 days.
Open P2P Amount <, >, =, !=, between Customer promise to pay amount is greater than USD 2,000.
Last Email Date <, >, =, !=, between Invoice was last emailed 30 days ago.
Last Reply Date <, >, =, !=, between Invoice was last replied 30 days ago.
Transaction Type includes, excludes Transaction type os credit or debit.
Document Type includes, excludes Document Type includes Invoice & Debit Note.
Currency includes, excludes Invoice Currency includes USD.
Location includes, excludes Invoice Location includes New Delhi.
Business Unit includes, excludes Invoice Business includes retail outlets.
Has P2P Date Yes,No Invoice has P2P Date.
Disputed Yes,No Invoice is not disputed.
Paid Yes,No Invoice is not paid.
Custom Field Depends on data type of custom field User can configure rules on custom fields coming from billing system at invoice level.

Payment Level Rules 

Send automatic emails related to payment failure to keep customers informed about the issues with their payments made for the invoices. The payment level rules are applicable to all types of payment methods that the customer has chosen to pay for the invoices. To add payment level rules, select a cycle from the Auto Engagement Cycles page and click + ADD RULES > Payments tab at the top of the Set Up Auto Engagement Rules window.

You can define Payment level rules by selecting a specific rule from the fields given under Last Attempted Payment, Payment Methods, Payment Terms, and Email Engagement subcategories. Select an appropriate operator and value for the selected rule and click + icon to add the rule. Once you have defined the rules, click Save.

The table below lists the Payment level rules defined under the Last Attempted Payment, Payment Methods, Payment Terms, and Email Engagement subcategories:

Rules Operator Example
Last Attempted Payment Date Current Month, Last 7 Days, Last 15 Days, Last 30 Days, Custom Last Attempted Payment Date is last 7 Days.
Last Attempted Payment Status All, Success, Failure, Voided, In Progress, Timeout Last Attempted Payment Status is Success.
Last Attempted Payment Amount greater than, lesser than, in between, equal to, not equal to Last Attempted Payment Amount is greater than USD 1,000.
Last Attempted Payment Method None, All, Cash, Card, Cheque, Chargeback Last Attempted Payment Method is Cash.
Last Attempted Payment Failure Error Based on the defined scnerios. Last Attempted Payment Failure is Insufficient funds.
Last Payment Gateway Used All Payment Gateway supported by Chargebee. Learn more  Unaccounted Payment is greater than 0.
Dunning Status of Last Attempted Payment In Progress, Exhausted, Stopped, Success Dunning Status of Last Attempted Payment is Exhausted.
Count of Payment Attempts greater than, lesser than, in between, equal to, not equal to Retries Elapsed is greater than 1000.
Next Scheduled Retry Current Month, Last 7 Days, Last 15 Days, Last 30 Days, Custom Next Scheduled Retry Date is last 7 Days.
Primary Payment Method None, All, Cash, Card, Cheque, Chargeback Primary Payment Method is Cash.
Backup Payment Method None, All, Cash, Card, Cheque, Chargeback Backup Payment Method is Card.
Masked Credit Card Numbers Credit Card same as Last Update and Not Updated Primary Credit Card same as Last Updated.
Auto Collection On, Off Auto Collection is On.
Net Term Days greater than, lesser than, in between, equal to, not equal to Net Term Days is greater than USD 1,000.
Payment Risk High, Medium, Low Payment Risk is High.
Payment Source Status Valid, Invalid, Expiring, Expired Payment Source Status is Valid.
Monthly DSO (Days) greater than, lesser than, in between, equal to, not equal to Monthly DSO (Days) is greater than USD 1,000.
Average Payment Attempts greater than, lesser than, in between, equal to, not equal to Average Payment Attempts Per Invoice is greater than USD 1,000.
Subscription Status Future, In-trial, Active, Canceled, Paused, Non-renewing Subscription Status is Active.
Last Email Last Email Sent, Last Email not Sent Last Email Date is before last 7 Days.
Last Reply Date Last Reply Received, Last Reply Not Received Last Reply Date is before last 7 Days.
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