Universal Application: Auto Configure Installments – Foundant Technologies

This article is relevant if you use the Universal Application feature. If you do not use that feature, refer to Auto Configure Installments instead.

The Auto Configure feature for an installment form allows you to set the initial installment date, the number of installments to add, and the number of months between each installment. When approving a request, the installments will then automatically be configured according to your settings.

This can be helpful if you have a typical pattern for award installments within a universe or a specific opportunity. For example, if most awards for an opportunity are paid across three installments, spaced 6 months apart, with the first installment due 14 days after the decision date, then auto configuring an installment form configured for that opportunity with those settings can save you time when approving requests.

Even if you have auto configured the installment form, you have the opportunity to remove or add additional installments as you are approving an award and can adjust the due dates as needed.

Auto Configure an Installment Form

Click Tools on the upper navigation bar, and then click Process Manager.
Click the universe name.
Click the Decision tab.
Click the installment form name.
Select the due date type to configure the due date for the first installment.
- Time Span - Set the first installment due date based on a certain period of time before or after the decision date or award date.
  - The number of days, before or after the date, and the choose date need to be selected.
  - For example, the administrator could configure this to be one month after the decision date. Even if awards for the opportunity/universe are approved on different dates, the first installment due date for each award will always be set to one month after the decision date.
- Specific Date - Set the first installment due date to a specific date.
  - For example, if there is a specific date that all awards for this opportunity/universe will receive their first installment, this would be the appropriate option.
- Sliding Date - Set the first installment due date to the beginning or end of the month, quarter, year, or a specific month, based on the decision date.
  - For example, the administrator can set the date to the end of the month and approve an award in March, which means the first installment due date will auto configure to March 31st.
  - If the administrator sets the date to the end of October, the first installment due date for awards will auto configure to October 31st of the same year as the decision date.
Enter the number of installments to add automatically and the number of months between each installment.

To manually add installments and due dates for each award, select Not Using.