This article will explain how to process a Store Credit on a Customer Record and then how to report on Store Credits



Prerequisite


For a user to be able to process a Store Credit on a Customer Record, the user will need to have the user permission - Adjust store credits 




How to process a Store Credit on a Customer Record


1.  Navigate to the relevant Customer record that you need to process a Store Credit on


2.  On the Customer record scroll to the Store Credit section




  1. Click on > then select Adjust Store Credits



  1. Store Credit Adjustment window will pop up for you to complete the Amount and Note and then click on 



  1. The Store Credit Adjustment will be now listing in the Activity section with a running Store Credit Balance under the Summary section

  


Please Note:


If you have Accounting Integration, keep in mind that once you have added a Store Credit Adjustment it will cause a journal to your accounting package


Debit - Store Credit Expense General Ledger

Credit - Store Credit Accrual General Ledger 


The mapping for the above General Ledger can be seen in System Settings > Accounting Integration - Control Accounts - Store Credit Accrual / Store Credit Expense 


Example below:





How to run a Report to list Store Credits 

It may be necessary to run a report to see a list of all Customers with Store Credits


  1. Run a Customers Report 

 


  1. Once the report has generated, click on User-added image and add the Store Credits column


  1. You can change the report to only list Store Credits by changing the search parameters
Clicking on User-added image > click on User-added imagethen click on Store credits 

  1. Once the Store Credits is added to the parameters, change Store Credits fields from Any to Greater than 0


User-added image
  1. When you click on User-added image the report will change to only report on Customers who have Store Credits greater than 0

To see what the Summary Totals for Store Credits is, click on User-added image



Where to use Store Credits 


A Store Credit can be used as a Deposit on a Customer Order as well as through Checkout 

For further information, please review our article - Using Store Credits as a Customer Order Deposit