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UPAY (DIRECT PAYMENT OVERVIEW)
(UPAY) Direct payments are those which do not require a purchase order. These payments are created in BASIS by the Departmental User on the University PAYment (UPAY) function. Payments made using this function are not subject to receiving.

After the transaction is created and saved, it is routed through the CBCC criteria of TARGET. Additional levels of TARGET approval (Tax Department) are required for those transactions indicating a NRA (Non-resident alien) vendor and for those transactions for which a proposed vendor has been created (Vendor Maintenance Person). After the record has been saved, you may press PF11 to view the TARGET routing chain, unless the initiator of the transaction is the only approver on the cost center, then upon submission, final approval is given. Rejected or withdrawn UPAY transactions cannot be updated and resubmitted. However, they can be viewed/copied to create a new UPAY transaction.



Types of payment authorized for use on this function include:

Payments that do not require supporting documentation:

Payments that require supporting documentation: For additional information, you may contact Business Affairs at 575-2551.


General Information:

How to create a UPAY record:

Copying an existing UPAY record:
  1. Enter UPAY in command field, V in action field and existing AP ID number and press enter. Change action to C and press enter again.
  2. This results in an action A with the following information displayed: Vendor ID, reference ID, CCC, category, project, commodity code, payment handling code, remittance advice, Bunit and extended text. Update fields as necessary.
  3. Press PF10 to save the new record and note the new AP ID number assigned.


These records will be reviewed by the Disbursing Officer and checks will be processed in a nightly batch job according to the payment due date assigned by the department.