I am loading owner payments for the purpose of tracking AFE payments against wells by owner. The payments loaded on Receive Owner Net Payments screen are being charged for bills previously paid that do not need to be netted. How do I clear the suspense history and prevent bills for other than the correct AFE being charged to the appropriate AFE/owner payment?

If you want to clear the suspense balance from the well so that the AFE payment is not applied to it, then you will have to clear the owner's suspense balance on that well prior to putting in the payment because the system will always net the payment amount with the owner's previous suspense balance on that well.

First, delete the payment you put in to record the owner's AFE payment using the Receive Owner Net Payment screen. You can delete the payment by clicking the red X on the toolbar.

Then, to clear their suspense balance on the well, you can use the Clear Owner Suspense utility from the Utilities menu, and choose to clear it for a single well. Of course make sure before doing that, that the owner truly should have all previous deficits removed from that well.

You can then enter the payment again, and after the payment is entered, adjust the suspense entry to make the amount applied to the appropriate well ID using the Suspense History screen.

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With the stand alone version we entered all deficit payments under the maintain suspense window. It looks like the preferred way to enter owner payments is using "Receive Owner Net Payments" which does look easier. Can I still use "all wells", rather than specifying particular wells that the deficit is from? I also previously had to enter the previous period to post against - now it appears entering the current date will result in posting the payment against the owner's current account balance - no need to worry about periods, right?

Yes, in this program, you'll be using the Receive Owner Net Payment screen. Entering a payment here= and saving it will automatically create a corresponding suspense history entry also. You can modify that suspense history entry to change the well if you like. If the owner has an outstanding deficit, the deficit will be listed in the grid of the Owner Net Payment screen, allowing you to apply the payment to the deficit.

However, if there are no deficits outstanding, it will be applied to the first well the owner has interest in, or ALL wells. Again, you can modify this if you want using the Suspense History screen. You don't have to worry about what period is used on the payment, simply enter the date of the check, or the date it was received.

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