Create payment schedules

In the left navigation section, navigate to Payments > Payment Schedules.

On the Payment Schedules page, click New Payment Schedule. The Create New Payment Schedule page is displayed.

In the Basic Information section, specify the following information:

1. From the Customer Account list, select the customer account that you want to create a payment schedule for. Alternatively, you can click Search… next to the Customer Account list, and then search for and select a customer account in the Search Customer Account window that opens.
2. If you want to create standalone payments without associating the payment schedule with any billing documents, select the Standalone checkbox. If you leave Standalone unchecked and at the same time don’t select any billing document, the payment schedule will create payment schedule items that create unapplied payments.
3. Leave the Is Custom checkbox unselected.
4. In the Start date field, specify the date that you want to collect the first payment.
5. In the Occurrences field, specify the number of recurring payment schedule items to be created starting from the start date and within the recurring period specified.
6. From the Period list, select the frequency of payment collection starting from the start date: Monthly, Weekly, or BiWeekly. By default, Weekly is selected.
7. In the Run Hour field, specify the hour of the day in the tenant’s time zone when the payment is collected. Available values are the integers from 0 - 23. The default value of this field is 0. Note: If the time difference between your tenant’s timezone and the timezone where Zuora servers are is not in full hours, for example, 2.5 hours, the payment schedule items will be triggered half hour later than your scheduled time.
8. In the Type of Amount field, specify the total amount of the payment schedule or the amount to be collected from each payment schedule item.
9. From the Currency list, select the currency that applies to the payment.
10. From the Payment Gateway list, select the payment gateway that processes the payment.
11. From the Payment Method list, select the payment method that you want to collect the payment. Note: You can select either electronic payment methods or external payment methods. When an external payment method is selected, the Payment Gateway field will be ignored and no payment will be created.
12. Check the Prepayment checkbox if you want to use the payment schedule to add reserved payments to the customer account. For more information, see Prepaid Cash with Drawdown.
13. Optional: In the Description field, specify a description of the payment schedule.
14. If you have configured custom fields specific to payment schedules, specify information about these custom fields in the expanded Additional Fields subsection. Note: The values will automatically be pushed to payment schedule items if the same fields exist at the payment schedule item level.

In the Invoice/Debit Memo Selection section, select the billing documents that you want to collect payments for during the payment schedule.

Click Save Changes to save the configurations of the payment schedule. The payment schedule is then created.

In the left navigation section, navigate to Payments > Payment Schedules.

On the Payment Schedules page, click New Payment Schedule. The Create New Payment Schedule page is displayed.

In the Basic Information section, specify the following information:

1. From the Customer Account list, select the customer account that you want to create a payment schedule for.
   Alternatively, you can click Search… next to the Customer Account list, and then search for and select a customer account in the Search Customer Account window that opens.

2. Select the Is Custom checkbox.

3. If you want to create standalone payments without associating the payment schedule with any billing documents, select the Standalone checkbox.

4. If you have configured custom fields specific to payment schedules, specify information about these custom fields in the expanded Additional Fields subsection.

In the Payment Schedule Items section, add custom payment schedule items.

1. Click New Payment Schedule Item.

2. In the New Payment Schedule Item window that opens, specify the following information:

   1. In the Collection Date field, specify the date that you want to collect the payment.
   2. In the Run Hour field, specify the hour of the day in the tenant’s time zone when the payment is collected. Available values are the integers from 0 - 23.  The default value of this field is 0. Note that If the time difference between your tenant’s timezone and the timezone where Zuora servers are is not in full hours, for example, 2.5 hours, the payment schedule items will be triggered half hour later than your scheduled time.
   3. In the Amount field, specify the amount of the payment that is collected.
   4. From the Currency list, select the currency that applies to the payment.
   5. From the Payment Gateway list, select the payment gateway that processes the payment.
   6. From the Payment Method list, select the payment method that you want to collect the payment. Note: You can select either electronic payment methods or external payment methods. When an external payment method is selected, the Payment Gateway field will be ignored and no payment will be created.
   7. Optional: In the Description field, specify a description of the payment schedule.
   8. Click Save to save the configurations.
3. Repeat steps 4.a and 4.b to add more payment schedule items as needed.

In the Invoice/Debit Memo Selection section, select the billing documents that you want to collect payments for during the payment schedule.

1. The balance of the billing document must not be 0.
2. The status of the billing document must be Posted.
3. The billing document and the payment schedule must belong to the same customer account.

1. If the billing document’s balance is 0, the current payment schedule item will be skipped.
2. If the document balance is greater than or equal to the amount of the payment schedule item, the item will be processed to create a payment against the billing document.
3. If the document balance is less than the amount of the payment schedule item. A payment with the amount specified in the item will be created. The payment will be applied to the billing document to pay all the remaining balance of the document. The remaining amount on the payment will be kept as unapplied amount.