Make a Deposit in a Patron’s Account

You can accept payment for a deposit, or transfer a credit balance to the deposit. To record a deposit in a patron’s account:

  1. Open the patron’s record in the Patron Status workform - Account view. See Access the account data for a patron record.
  2. If you are transferring funds from the credit balance to use for the deposit, select one or more credits in the Account Transaction list.
  3. Click pDepositIcon.gif above the Account Transaction list, or press CTRL+I. The Deposit dialog box appears.
  4. Type the amount to deposit in the Amount box (maximum $2,000,000.00).

If you selected a credit or credits in the Account Transaction list, you can change the Amount box to any amount less than the credit amount.

  1. Select a payment method for the deposit in the Method box. If you are making a deposit from a credit, the method Deposit from Credit is already selected.
  2. If you want to add a note to the transaction, type the information in the Note box.
  3. Click OK on the dialog box. The workform appears with the deposit in the Account Transaction list, and the total amount of account deposits in the Deposits box.

Related Information

Return, forfeit, or credit deposits