Overview
Enable Arrangement Installments Check 1 feature is a setting located under Financial Settings > General Settings > Arrangements Parameters, in the Arrangement Modifications sub-group.
What This Setting Does
This setting turns on an additional custom property that staff can manage at the individual installment level for every newly created Arrangement. The name shown for this extra property is not fixed – it can be renamed through the platform’s terminology settings, so institutions can label it to match their own internal process (for example a custom review flag, confirmation status, or similar tracking field).
Where It Is Used
This setting was found directly referenced in the Portal code. It affects the following screens:
- Main Menu > Financial Settings > Dropdown lists > Arrangement Plans – the billing plan setup form reads this setting to decide whether the extra installment-level property option is offered when configuring a plan.
- Main Menu > _Students_ > Students List > Edit Student > Financial tab – the extra installment property is shown as an additional column/flag on each installment of the Student’s Arrangement once the setting is enabled.
Business Logic / Behavior
- When enabled, an additional configurable property becomes available at the installment level for every newly created Arrangement.
- The label/name of this property can be customized through Classter’s terminology configuration rather than being a fixed name.
- This property is intended for tracking or flagging something specific to each installment; its exact use is left to the institution’s chosen terminology and internal process.
- When disabled, this extra installment-level property is not shown or available to users.
Example(s)
At Academy Alpha, the finance team enables this setting and renames the new property to “Confirmed by Guardian” using terminology settings. When a staff member named Dana creates a new Arrangement for a Student with 10 monthly installments of $150 each, all 10 installments now show this additional “Confirmed by Guardian” checkbox.
By the end of the first week, Dana has checked the box on 6 of the 10 installments after receiving confirmation emails from guardians, letting her see at a glance that the remaining 4 installments still need acknowledgement.
When to Use
This setting matters when the institution needs an extra custom data point tracked per installment that is not otherwise available in the standard Arrangement setup.
When to Enable
Enable this when staff need to record or track an additional piece of information for each installment of new Arrangements, and plan to label that field using terminology settings to fit their process.
When to Disable
Disable this if no additional installment-level tracking property is needed, to keep the Arrangement creation screen simpler.
Notes
To make the most of this setting, institutions should rename the feature’s property label via terminology configuration so it reflects its intended purpose.
- Enable Non-Required status for installments (Financial Settings > General Settings > Arrangements Parameters > Arrangement Installment Properties)
- Readjust arrangement when a _Student_’s service is deleted or terminated (Financial Settings > General Settings > Arrangements Parameters > Arrangement Modifications)
This setting behaves the same regardless of whether Higher Education Mode (Enable Configuration for Higher Education) is enabled or disabled.
