Entities

With Nimble AMS you can track and manage one or more financial entities. Each financial entity of your association managed within Nimble AMS is represented by an entity record. The entity holds a variety of settings and information used when entering orders and other financial processes, as well as analytics. 

 In this section, you will find information and steps for working with entities. 

Entity Information

When you create an entity, you can record the following information: 

• Entity name
• Logo URL
• Entity contact information—such as phone and website
• Main entity address
• Remittance address, which is optionally used on invoices and renewals
• Remittance text, which is optional text used on invoices and renewals
• Accounting settings such as bill me enablement, batch export configuration, and invoice terms
• Payment gateway settings
• Email template settings

This information is used throughout Nimble AMS and can be used in your analytics. 

Entity Information on Related Objects

Additional configuration information about an entity is stored in related objects. Below are the entity-related information that you set up using related objects. 

AR Agings

With Nimble AMS, you can manage and reconcile your accounts receivable (AR) using AR aging categories. AR Agings are first defined on each entity by an Administrator. Then, on each order with a balance, the Invoice AR Aging is automatically populated and maintained by Nimble AMS.

Bank Accounts

Using Bank Accounts, you can track cash, checks, and other types of payments. When setting up bank accounts in Nimble AMS, at least one bank account should be created for each entity. The bank accounts you create are used to set up payment methods and credit card issuers for your entities.

Entity Credit Card Issuers

By creating entity credit card issuers, you set the entity credit care issuer that each entity has available for credit card payments, as well as setting the bank account that is used for recording the payments. The credit card issuer you set up for an entity are available in the staff view order process when your batch is set for that same entity. In Community Hub, constituents can enter payments using the entity credit card issues for your Default Entity. The Default Entity is set by an administrator.

Entity Crossovers

Using entity crossovers, you can manage multiple financial entities within your single instance of Nimble AMS. When you set up entity crossovers, products from multiple entities can be processed in a single order, and when a payment is applied to the order, any necessary inter-entity transactions are automatically generated based on the entity crossover. The entity crossover specifies the due-to and due-from general ledger (GL) accounts for the entities.

Entity Order Items

By creating entity order items, you set the order item types that each entity has available to sell. The entity order items you create are listed in the Staff View order process "Let's Get Started" dialog box.

Entity Payment Methods

With Nimble AMS, you create payment methods for the ways staff can pay for orders—cash, check and credit card are examples of payment methods. The entity payment methods define the payment methods that are available for a specific entity, along with the bank account that should be associated with that entity payment method.

GL Accounts

General ledger accounts, or GL accounts, are used in Nimble AMS to link back to your general ledger. After you set up GL accounts in Nimble AMS, and use them on products, bank accounts, and other financially-related records, the transactions generated by Nimble AMS are automatically tagged with the GL accounts. The transactions can then be exported from Nimble AMS and imported into your general ledger with the correct GL accounts. All GL accounts set up in Nimble AMS must be tied to an entity.

Membership Types

Membership types in Nimble AMS are the primary building blocks for your association's membership setup, and are vital for tracking membership history on a term-by-term basis for all past, present and future members. Each membership offering requires a separate membership type record, which controls all membership business rules and provides different dues options for staff to sell and constituents to purchase.

Products

In Nimble AMS, you use products to represent the goods or services your association offers to your constituents. Your products are set up using product types which define what attributes the products have. For example, an event session product has a start and end date, but a merchandise product does not. Your products are purchased by your constituent using orders.

Sales Taxes

You can charge and collect sales taxes on the merchandise products you sell to your constituents.

Other Objects that Use Entities

In addition to the configuration-oriented objects, transaction-oriented records throughout Nimble AMS are tagged with the entity owner. Examples of records that require the entity to be identified include events and batches. The entity is also recorded automatically on order, payments, and transactions.  

Nimble AMS supports orders that involve more than one entity. After you have configured entity crossover, the inter-entity, or due to/due from, transaction are automatically generated.