> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.fusioncore.us/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Enabling Installments

> Control which products can be split into installments using the Allow Installments checkbox, which is checked by default.

## Overview

A product is eligible for installments when its **Allow Installments** checkbox (`Product2.FCORE_PAY__Allow_Installments__c`) is checked. This checkbox is **checked by default**, so most products are already eligible without any action from you.

You only need to visit a product to **exclude** it — that is, to uncheck **Allow Installments** so that its amount can never be split into installments on an Order.

<Note>
  "Enabling installments" happens in two places. This page covers the product-level eligibility checkbox. The actual scheduling — choosing a frequency and generating the installments — happens on the Order, covered in [Creating Installments](/end-user-guides/orders/installments/creating-installments).
</Note>

## Prerequisites

* You need access to edit products (`Product2` records) in your fusionCore org.

## How to Set Product Eligibility

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the Products tab">
    Click the **App Launcher** (the grid icon at the top left of the screen), type `Products`, and select it.

    <Frame caption="Finding the Products item in the App Launcher">
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/fusionspan/dgaf-BkijdfqhSNr/images/end-user-guides/4858740757/app-launcher-products.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=dgaf-BkijdfqhSNr&q=85&s=e560c6350804e057172f617aef2eb13d" alt="App Launcher with the Products item highlighted" width="1440" height="900" data-path="images/end-user-guides/4858740757/app-launcher-products.png" />
    </Frame>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Open the product record">
    Select the product you want to review.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Check or uncheck Allow Installments">
    Find the **Allow Installments** field (`FCORE_PAY__Allow_Installments__c`).

    * Leave it **checked** (the default) to let this product's amount be split into installments.
    * **Uncheck** it to exclude this product. Its amount will never be split, even on an Order that has an installment plan.

    <Frame caption="Allow Installments checkbox on a Product record">
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/fusionspan/dgaf-BkijdfqhSNr/images/end-user-guides/4858740757/image-20251209-171006.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=dgaf-BkijdfqhSNr&q=85&s=582bfe6bb88608430e85361fc85c7286" alt="Allow Installments checkbox on a Product record" width="816" height="586" data-path="images/end-user-guides/4858740757/image-20251209-171006.png" />
    </Frame>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Save">
    Click **Save**. The product is now ready to have installments created against it on an Order.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Limitations and Common Pitfalls

* **The default is on, not off.** **Allow Installments** ships checked. You do not turn it on to enable installments — you uncheck it only when you want to exclude a product.
* **Eligibility is checked at generation time.** Only products that are eligible appear as selectable line items on the **Manage Installments** screen. If a product you expect is missing there, confirm **Allow Installments** is still checked on that product.
* **Product eligibility alone does nothing.** Checking the box does not create any installments. You still have to schedule a plan on the Order — see [Creating Installments](/end-user-guides/orders/installments/creating-installments).