Holds that you apply manually or that Payables applies, prevent payment and, in some cases, creation of accounting entries for an invoice. You can remove holds that you apply, and you can manually release certain holds that Payables applies during Invoice Validation.
In addition to manually releasing holds, Oracle Payables integrates with Oracle Workflow to provide a resolution of user releasable holds through workflow. Holds resolution workflow is initiated during Invoice Validation.
Payables provides some generic invoice holds for you to use, and you can define your own, based on your invoice validation needs. You can also prevent payment of supplier invoices by placing a hold on the supplier rather than on each individual invoice.
This discussion on holds includes the following topics: