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# Review and adjust commission lines

> Check calculated commission, then decline, postpone, restore, or correct lines before anyone is paid.

Reviewing commission before money moves is how you catch duplicates, ineligible deals, and lines that are correct but not yet ready, so payouts go out right the first time. This guide takes you through reading the calculated lines, then every adjustment you can make: decline a line to void it, restore one declined in error, postpone a line that should wait, and correct a line's amount or description. Reach for it every cycle, before you create a payout.

## What you'll achieve

A reviewed, clean set of commission lines: the ones that should pay are approved and accurate, the ones that should not are voided with a recorded reason, and anything not ready is held for a later cycle. You finish confident that the next payout reflects exactly what each partner has earned.

## Before you start

<Steps>
  <Step title="Confirm access">
    You need write access to commissions.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Have calculated lines">
    Active commission plans with enrolled partners should already have generated lines for qualifying records.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Steps

### Phase 1 - Review what was calculated

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the commission dashboard">
    Go to [Commission](https://app.introw.io/commission). The dashboard shows the money in motion across a few cards: **Expected commission** (earned but not yet on a payout), **Upcoming payouts** (on approved or scheduled payouts, not yet paid), **Total paid**, and **Declined commission** (lines that were declined and can be restored). These give you the totals to reconcile against before paying.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Open a card to see its lines">
    Select a card, such as **Expected commission**, to open the list of commission lines behind it. Each line carries a status pill so you know where it sits: **Potential** and **Expected** are not yet on a payout, **Approved** is attached to a payout, **Postponed** is held back, and **Declined** is voided. Use this to focus your review on the lines that still need a decision.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Inspect an individual line">
    Open a line to see its commission amount, the partner it belongs to, its status, and the source record it was calculated from. Trace anything that looks off back to its deal or billing record so you can decide whether it should pay, wait, or be voided. You can also open a partner's payout panel to review all of that partner's commission items together.
  </Step>
</Steps>

### Phase 2 - Adjust the lines

<Steps>
  <Step title="Decline a line that should not be paid">
    For a line that is wrong (a duplicate, an ineligible deal, or one already paid elsewhere), use **Decline**. Choose a reason so the decision is auditable:

    * **Duplicate commission**, **Ineligible commission**, **Already paid**, **Disputed by partner**, or **Outside commission policy** for a canned reason, or
    * **Custom**, which requires you to type the specific reason.

    Declining voids the line and detaches it from any payout, so it will never be paid. Prefer declining over deleting, because a declined line keeps the record and can be restored.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Restore a line declined in error">
    If you declined something you should not have, open it from the **Declined commission** card (or the partner's panel) and choose **Restore**. This un-voids the line and returns it to the flow so it can be approved and paid in a later payout. Restore is the correct fix rather than recreating the line by hand.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Postpone a line that is valid but not ready">
    For a line that is correct but should wait (for example while a deal is still being confirmed), use **Postpone to next cycle**. This frees the line from the current payout without voiding it, holding it for later. When it is ready, choose **Unpostpone** to make it available to the next payout again.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Correct a line's details">
    When a line is right in principle but the amount or wording needs fixing, use **Edit commission** to adjust it:

    * **Name** - the label that appears on the line and the partner's statement.
    * **Description** - optional context for the adjustment.
    * **Commission** - the amount payable to the partner, in your organisation currency.
    * **Source amount** - the optional underlying deal or revenue amount the commission is based on; clear it if it no longer applies.

    Editing is for genuine corrections; document why in the description so the change is traceable.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Verify it worked

Each line shows the status you intended: lines to pay read **Approved** (or **Potential** / **Expected** until batched), voided lines read **Declined** with a recorded reason, and held lines read **Postponed**. The dashboard cards reconcile to those decisions, and the partner sees only the commission that should pay in their portal. Your next payout will pick up exactly the approved, unpostponed lines.

## Related

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Add a manual commission line" icon="book-open" href="./add-a-manual-commission-line">
    Add an adjustment a plan cannot calculate.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Run a payout cycle" icon="book-open" href="/features/commissions/payouts/guides/run-a-payout-cycle">
    Turn the approved lines into paid payouts.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Build and launch a commission plan" icon="book-open" href="/features/commissions/commission-plans/guides/build-and-launch-a-commission-plan">
    Fix at the source if lines are consistently wrong.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Implementation reference" icon="screwdriver-wrench" href="../technical">
    Full configuration options.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>
