# Generate and verify a disbursement batch

Before generating a disbursement batch, finish returns, supported payment clearing, and exception tasks. Review Client Balances for the intended Company. Casey's example shows two hundred dollars in cleared payments and no disbursements yet. Read the creditor accounts as well: an open account needs the correct program payment, delivery route, and applicable hold or group settings. Available money alone does not make an account ready. Resolve missing routing or unexplained balances before production.

Open Disbursement Report and confirm the Company. Use report filters to inspect relevant records, but understand the generation scope. Generate Disbursements creates records for eligible clients across the selected Company. The Client ID filter shown here does not limit that action to Casey. Read the confirmation and follow the approved batch procedure. Do not use generation as a preview. This lesson explains the action without running a Company-wide batch against the example accounts.

When the reviewed run is ready, generate once and inspect the result before repeating anything. CMA applies the configured eligibility and allocation rules, including holds, groups, fees, and extra-payment settings. This simple diagram is illustrative: allocating one hundred seventy seven dollars from two hundred would leave twenty three dollars. Your actual batch can differ because of those rules. Compare the created recipients and amounts with the expected allocation. Review unexpected results before considering another run. Repeating the operation is not a repair.

After generation, reconcile Disbursement Report and Client Balances using the same Company and run period. Pending and held disbursements already affect available balances; they are not unallocated cash simply because they have not been sent. Separate the held exceptions from records eligible for output. Check gross, net, and Fair Share amounts, and keep the run reference. Only then continue to the appropriate output workflow. A generated disbursement is an accounting record, not evidence that a creditor has received money.