Assignments

Assignments are the package’s mechanism for relating transactions which have opposite effects on an accounts balance with each other. For example, A Client Receipt can be assigned to a Client Invoice, thereby clearing it either partially or fully. This enables the Account Schedule report to display only the outstanding transactions that contribute to an accounts closing balance for a given period.

Attributes

• assignment_date: The date the assignment was made.
• cleared: The transaction being cleared.
• transaction: The transaction being assigned, i.e. clearing another transaction.
• cleared: The transaction being cleared.
• cleared_type: The full name (including path) of the model of the (Transaction/Balance) object being cleared.
• amount: The amount being cleared.
• entity: The entity associated with the assignment. Defaults to the entity of the logged in user.
• forexAccount: The account to which exchange rate differences between the clearing and the cleared transactions should be posted.

Constants

• Assignment::CLEARABLES: Transactions that can be cleared.
• Assignment::ASSIGNABLES: Transactions that can be assigned (can clear other transactions).

Methods

• Assignment::bulkAssign($transaction): Assign all clearable transactions that are outstanding for the main account of the given transaction on a FIFO basis until the balance of the account is exhausted.
• $assignment->attributes(): Presents the assignment’s attributes as an object. Useful for debugging.
• $assignment->validate(): Validate the assignment.
• $assignment->toString(): The string representation of the Assignment object instance.

Constraints (Exceptions)

• UnassignableTransaction: The transaction cannot be assigned.
• UnclearableTransaction: The transaction cannot be cleared.
• NegativeAmount: An Assignment cannot have a negative amount.
• SelfClearance: A transaction cannot clear itself.
• UnpostedAssignment: Transactions must be posted to be cleared or assigned.
• InvalidClearanceAccount: The assigned and cleared transactions must have the same main account.
• InvalidClearanceCurrency: The assigned and cleared transactions must have the same currency.
• InvalidClearanceEntry: The assigned and cleared transactions must have the same credit entry type.
• InsufficientBalance: The assigned transaction does not have sufficient balance to clear the amount given.
• OverClearance: The cleared transaction has less uncleared balance remaining than the amount given.
• MixedAssignment: A previously cleared transaction cannot be assigned, and vice versa.
• MissingForexAccount: An assignment with differences in exchange rates between the clearing and cleared transactions must have a forex account.
• InvalidTransaction: Compound Journal Entry Transactions can neither be assigned nor cleared.