Last updated 06 October 2025

Payment Run States

States are applied to payment runs to identify what stage they are at when being processed.

Changes can only be made to payment runs with Draft status.

Status	Description
Cancelled	Payment run has been cancelled and payments are available again to be included in future payment runs. Payment run can be deleted.
Draft	Payment list has been set up. Payments can be or some might already have been added. Accounts and payments can still be removed. Payment run can be deleted.
Done	All payments included on the list were successfully processed.
Media failed	BACS file or cheques could not be created. To try again, create the media.
Media ready to print or Waiting for approval or Waiting for media approval	For BACS or other electronic payments, the media file for the bank has been or can be created. Cheques have been or can be printed or filled out. Must be approved before the payment run can be processed further. Can be rejected if the details are incorrect.
Media rejected	Authoriser did not approve the media file. Edit the payment run and recreate the media to send again for approval.
Payment Failed	Documents failed to post in IRIS Financials. Either: Retry posting the documents Cancel the payment run
Rejected	Payment run was not approved. To make the payments available for another payment run, cancel the rejected run.