When all the items have been entered on the purchase order lines, you can calculate the invoice discount for the entire purchase document by choosing Actions and then choosing Calculate Invoice Discount.

If the Calc. Inv. Discount field is selected in the Purchases & Payables Setup window, then the amount is invoice discount amount is calculated automatically. For more information about when the automatic calculation occurs, see Calc. Inv. Discount.

The discount will be apportioned over all the lines in the purchase document for items where the Allow Invoice Disc. field on the purchase order line contains Yes. This is the default setting for items.

Invoice discount terms are defined in the Vendor Invoice Disc. table to calculate the invoice discount. The currency code on the purchase document is used to find the invoice discount terms in the corresponding currency.

If invoice discounts have not been defined for foreign currencies, then the invoice discount terms in LCY defined in the Vendor Invoice Disc. table and the exchange rate on the posting date on the purchase document are used to calculate the invoice discount in foreign currency.

To see existing vendor invoice discounts on a vendor card, choose Navigate, and then choose Invoice Discounts.

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