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# Create & Send Settlements
**Purpose:** Generate, review, and email settlements — receivables (customer invoices) and payables (vendor/driver payments).
**When to run:** After Approve Payables & Receivables is complete for the target date. Cadence is per company — can be run daily, weekly, or monthly. AR settlements can be generated on a different cadence than AP.
**Prerequisites:** All relevant payables and receivables for the date are approved. **If invoices are not approved first, settlement creation will not work.**
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## Part A — Receivable Settlements (Customer Invoices)
### Step 1 — Navigate to the Receivables tab
Click the **Receivables** tab, then filter by **Approved** status. Verify you are viewing the correct date.
> In the **Invoices** tab, you filter by the date of the hauling. In the **Settlements** tab, you filter by the date the settlement was created.
### Step 2 — Create the settlement
You have two options:
* **Option A:** Manually select the specific dispatches you want to include, then click **Create Settlement**.
* **Option B:** Click **Bulk** **Create Settlement** directly, then configure:
* **Date Range** — Select today (or the relevant date).
* **Customer** — Choose a specific customer, or leave blank to generate several settlements across multiple customers.
* **Output By** — Select **Load** (recommended) to itemize the settlement by ticket number. Otherwise select **Job** to group by truck or by driver. This configuration can be changed even after a settlement has been created.
Click **Confirm** to generate the settlement.
### Step 3 — Review the settlement
After generating, you'll see a success message pop up with a link to your AR settlement. Click the link, or navigate directly to the **Settlements** tab. Find the newly created settlement and review all details, including:
* Equipment type (as set on the job)
* Ticket numbers
* Rate values
If you need to include additional charges for the entire settlement, click **Add an Add-On** and enter the details. If an add-on was added by mistake, click **Remove**.
### Step 4 — Approve and email
1. Click **Approve** on the settlement.
2. Click **Email** to send the invoice to the customer. You will not be able to email without approving.
> **If the email field is not auto-populated** when you click Email, there's no email address on file for that vendor/driver. Open their profile, add an email address, and try again.
3. Click **Send** to confirm delivery.
4. Verify the email status — delivery confirmation appears in the status indicator and in the details section below.
### Step 5 — Generate Settlement PDF
1. Click on the 3-dot menu to the right of the settlement row.
2. Click on Generate PDF to see your full settlement document.
3. Click on Download Files if you would also like to download any other attachments as well (ex. scale tickets)
### Step 6 — Need to make edits?
Follow the Settlement Void process in this training guide for making changes to individual rates & add-ons for each job.
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## Part B — Payable Settlements (Vendor/Driver Payments)
The process mirrors receivables - follow the steps above for more information.
### Step 1 — Navigate to the Payables tab
Go to the **Payables** tab and confirm you are viewing the correct date.
### Step 2 — Create the payable settlement
Click **Create Settlement** and configure:
* **Date Range** — Select the relevant date.
* **Recipient Type** — Choose **Vendor** (sub-haulers, OOs) or **Driver** (internal).
* **Specific Recipient** — Select a specific vendor or driver. Leave blank to create settlements for all applicable vendors and drivers.
* **Output By** — Select your desired itemization, then click **Confirm**.
### Step 3 — Review, approve, and email
1. View the newly created payable settlement(s) in the **Settlements** tab.
2. Review all details for accuracy.
3. Click **Approve** on each settlement.
4. Click **Email** to send to the respective vendor or driver.
5. Click the 3-dot menu to **Generate** a settlement PDF.
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## Tips
1. **Filter the Settlements view** to manage your workflow:
* **Approved** — All settlements that have been approved.
* **Unapproved** — Settlements still pending approval.
2. **Use Bulk Settlement Creation** to create several settlements for different accounts at the same time for a given date range. It generates settlements for any invoice that has been approved within that date range.
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## Done when
Every settlement for the date — both receivable and payable — has been created, approved, emailed, and confirmed as delivered. See the Quick Reference Checklist for the end-to-end summary.