Ledger Card

The Ledger Card page displays all the accounting information for the student, including charges and payments, refunds, account status, and so on. Within this page, you can:

  • View ledger card transactions
  • Post charges and payments
  • View, post, or schedule refunds
  • Print receipts, registration bills, and ledger card transactions
  • View pending charges
  • View pending checks if Anthology Student is integrated with Anthology Finance & HCM
  • Adjust, delete, or void ledger card transactions
  • Assign or update the Student Accounts advisor, student’s account status, and billing address

The ledger cards for a campus can be set up to display the transactions for all enrollments or only current enrollments. Go to Settings > System > Campuses > Student Accounts > General and check the setting for Default Enrollment on Student LedgerClosed Specify the initial default view of a student's ledger card when the Ledger Card is loaded. The options are All Enrollments and Current Enrollment.. The default for this setting is for the ledger card to display All Enrollments upon opening a ledger card.

Ledger card transactions that are not associated with a Program Version are listed when the "All Program Versions" option is selected on the student profile.

Prerequisites

To view the page, you must have:

  • Common - Student - View authorization

  • Student Accounts - Student Account Transaction - View authorization

Your institution must have enabled accounting for the specified campus.

Your institution must have set Allow Transaction Due Dates to Yes. (Select the Settings tile > expand System > select Campuses > select the name of an existing campus, or select the New button, specify the required information, and Save the campus > select the Student Accounts tile.)

Access Method

Select the Students tile > select the name in the Students list > expand Student Accounts > select the Ledger Card tile.

Tabs

Transactions

Displays all the charges, payments, and adjustments that have been posted to the ledger card by term if applicable to the program version. On this tab, you can post charges and payments to pay for the charges, view the balance column regardless of what column is being sorted by on the ledger card, and so on.

You can sort the transactions based on only one of the following list items except Check Num/Ref Num, Balance, and Academic Year Sequence (A/Y). You can view the balance only when you sort the transactions by transaction date. An arrow icon appears next to the column name in the column header to indicate that the transactions are sorted by that column. The default sort for the transactions is the Transaction Date.

You can also print receipts, registration bills, and ledger card transactions, and you can delete or void transactions and return checks from the More menu.

A/YClosed The Academic Year Sequence or Payment Period associated with the transaction.

Added ByClosed The name or user ID of the person who added the person or item.

BalanceClosed Total balance due after the payment was made.

CampusClosed The campus or campuses to which a person or item is assigned. It is filtered to display the campuses to which you have access. In some cases, it is also used to filter a list to only those items for the campus. In some lists, you can select more than one campus or select All. In lists that display columns, if the column contains more than one campus, you cannot sort or filter on that column.

ChargesClosed The charge or adjustment amount that has been posted.

Check Num/Ref NumClosed The check number and, if applicable, reference number used for the transaction. This is displayed only if you select Check as the Payment Method.

CodeClosed The alphanumeric code assigned to the item by your institution. In most cases, codes must be unique. Select or assign the code for this item.

PaymentsClosed The payments, refund, or stipend amount.

Post DateClosed Indicates the date on which the transaction is posted. This date is system-generated, so it cannot be modified. You can re-order subsidiary ledger entries by date sequence.

TermClosed Specifies the term associated with the record. Terms are configured by your institution. The term start date must be before the end date of the award year.

Tran DateClosed The date on which the transaction occurred.

Trans Due DateClosed This field displays the payment due date and is visible only for debit transactions when the transaction due date option is enabled for the applicable campus in Student Accounts > General system settings. Users may enter a specific due date, which will then be recorded for the transaction. If no due date is specified, the system automatically determines the due date using the active due date rule for the campus and selected transaction code, if available.

Tran NumClosed The number of the transaction.

TransactionClosed The transaction name and code associated with the enrollment charges paid by the student.

Apply Credits

Displays the list of all transactions, only credit transactions, or only debit transactions.

Academic YearClosed The academic year date range configured by your institution and associated with the record.

Amount AppliedClosed The payment or credit amount applied to the charges.

CodeClosed The alphanumeric code assigned to the item by your institution. In most cases, codes must be unique. Select or assign the code for this item.

Payment PeriodClosed The payment period associated with the enrollment. Payment periods only apply to program versions configured with an academic year.

Program VersionClosed The program version associated with the student or item.

Tran AmountClosed The dollar amount associated with the record.

Tran DateClosed The date on which the transaction occurred.

Tran NumClosed The number of the transaction.

Tran TypeClosed The transaction type.

TransactionClosed The transaction name and code associated with the enrollment charges paid by the student.

Refunds

Displays the refund source and refund information, and enables you to post or schedule refunds for the student.

Review the refund items and select Next.

Academic YearClosed The academic year date range configured by your institution and associated with the record.

Amount ReceivedClosed The dollar amount associated with the record.

Amount RefundedClosed The dollar amount associated with the record.

Amount ScheduledClosed The dollar amount associated with the record.

Award YearClosed The financial aid award year associated with the record.

Fund SourceClosed The source of the award. Fund sources are configured by your institution.

Stipend AmountClosed The Stipend amount is the net amount received for the stipend. It is the total amount received minus all refunds/stipends/voids. Validation exists to prevent the edited stipend amount from exceeding the net amount received. If the amount entered is greater than the net amount received, a warning message is displayed, and the stipend amount will revert to its original calculated value.

Specify the following details and select Post/Schedule.

Academic YearClosed The academic year date range configured by your institution and associated with the record.

AmountClosed The dollar amount associated with the record.

Apply RefundClosed Enabled only if you select Post Directly to Ledger Card. You can apply the specified refund amount to various charges associated with the student.

Bank AccountClosed The bank account associated with the transaction.

Check NumberClosed The check number and, if applicable, reference number used for the transaction. This is displayed only if you select Check as the Payment Method.

Date SentClosed The date when the requested item, information, or document is sent.

DisbursementClosed The sequence number for the disbursement. For Pell grants, if there are disbursements from other enrollments, the numbering scheme picks up where the previous disbursements left off.

NoteClosed Area that displays, or that you can use, to specify comments or additional information related to the record or subject.

Program VersionClosed The program version associated with the student or item.

ReferenceClosed A reference value associated with the record.

Refund NameClosed The name of the refund.

Refund OptionClosed The refund options are Scheduled Refund or Post Directly to Ledger Card (No Check Required).

Return MethodClosed The return method for the refund or stipend. The return methods are Checks, Master Checks, EFT, Net, ACH, and Credit Card. If the Schedule Refund option is selected, the return method will default to ACH if the campus is configured for an ACH processor for refunds, and the student has at least one checking or savings account configured for direct deposit. ACH is allowed only if the fund source is CASH. If Post Directly to Ledger is selected, the Return Method will always display Check.

TermClosed Specifies the term associated with the record. Terms are configured by your institution. The term start date must be before the end date of the award year.

Transaction NameClosed The name or description for the transactions.

Adjustments

Displays the complete audit trail of all adjustments made to the transactions.

Adjustments Made to Ledger Card Transactions

Date ModifiedClosed The date when the item was changed. On some pages, the date also includes the timestamp.

Modified ByClosed The name or user ID of the person who changed the item.

NoteClosed Area that displays, or that you can use, to specify comments or additional information related to the record or subject.

Tran NumClosed The number of the transaction.

Adjustment Details

Changed FromClosed The value for the field in the Anthology Student database before it was changed.

Changed ToClosed The value for the field in the Anthology Student database after it was changed.

FieldClosed Name of the field that was adjusted.

Additional Information

Displays the student's billing and account information. You can also update the billing, advisor, and account information as needed.

Billing Address

CityClosed The name of the city where the building, person, or organization is located.

CountryClosed The country of residence. If you are specifying a country, the field defaults to the country for the campus. The country also determines the format of phone numbers. If you change the country, the phone numbers are automatically reformatted to the format for that country.

First NameClosed The first name of the student. staff member, or other person.

Last NameClosed The last name of the student, staff member, or other person.

Phone NumberClosed Phone number associated with the record. The format depends on how your institution configured phone numbers (such as whether phone numbers use parentheses and hyphens).

StateClosed If within the United States, the name of the state.

Street AddressClosed The street address. For student addresses, if an address exceeds 40 characters, the additional characters in the address line will not be extracted and sent to COD but will be truncated. For this property, the Advanced Search Operator list displays the Starts With option only.

TitleClosed The title for the person associated with the record.

Use Student AddressClosed Indicates whether the Student Profile’s address or the student’s Contact Manager billing address will be used as the billing address.

ZIP Code/Postal CodeClosed The postal code for the address. If you are specifying an address, you must specify a value for City or State. If you specify a city, state, or both, the list contains the valid ZIP codes.

Advisor/Account Status AdvisorClosed Name of the student advisor. Account StatusClosed The account statuses that apply to the student.