It's a common practice for a system administrator to implement and test new system functionality, perform system upgrades, apply service packs or change any other system wide parameters. Very often the impact of such changes to a production environment can't be evaluated from the very beginning, and can result in severe problems or even a complete collapse of the system. To avoid such dangerous situations a SunSystems test environment has to be created and maintained on a separate machine. It's the test environment that is used for all testings before they are applied in the production.

In this article I am going to show you how using Transfer Desk functionality you can automate the process of writing-off small amounts from customer accounts. The same process can be used for P&L account month or year end closure for example.