Recurring Billing Generation

 

The Recurring Billing Generation screen allows define new billing run or re-attempt a run that resulted in error.

 

Figure 21: Recurring Billing Generation screen

 

When errors exist on any prior storage run, an attempt to run storage produces a modified dialog that lists the storage runs that contain errors.

 

Figure 22: Recurring Billing Generation dialog with errors

 

Run the Recurring Billing Check Report to identify orders with potential errors.

 

If the errors have been corrected, then you can press Continue to proceed with the storage run.

 

Refer to the Recurring Billing Overview topic for more usage information on this screen.

 

 

Technical Field and Function Information

 

The following table describes the fields and functions available within Recurring Billing Generation.

 

Field/Function

Description

Journal Date

Enter the effective posting date of the transactions generated for this billing run.  Billing transactions post to the general ledger in Microsoft Dynamics GP with this date.

See Date Fields for data entry options.

Document Date

Enter the creation date for MoversSuite document related to transactions generated for this billing run.   

See Date Fields for data entry options.

Invoice Report

Select a document to build the invoices report with from the list. 

 

NOTE: Reports available within this option have a System Location of Recurring Billing Invoice in Report Setup.

 

Branch Selection

Choose a branch using the Select Branch option or choose to include All Branches.  The Select Branch option includes a drop-down menu that includes the branch identification number and sort option on Branch or ID

Refer to Branch Setup for a listing.

Billing Type Selection

Choose a Billing Type using the Select Billing Type option or choose to include All Billing Types

Users will receive notification when the application is unable to compute the next billing cycle based on the branch and billing type selection.  A message of “All branch(es) and storage type(s) do not have the same billing period.  Unable to get last bill period” will appear.  In such case, modify the Branch Selection and Billing Type Selection.

Refer to Storage Type Setup for a listing.

Last billing cycle

The date range of the last billing cycle appears in this field once the user has made Branch Selection and Billing Type Selection.

 

Figure 23: Last billing cycle

 

Next billing cycle

Once the application computes the last billing cycle, the anticipated starting billing date will be set.  The user can enter the ending date of the billing period and proceed to Generate the billing run.

Generate/Continue

Once a user enters the ending date of the billing cycle, the Generate button will become active.  Pressing this button will start the process of generating billing transactions and invoice creation.  Upon a successful completion of the generation process, the user will receive an Information confirmation that includes the number of transactions generated.

 

Figure 24: Number of transactions dialog

 

Generated transactions will appear within the Transactions data grid and be available for further processing and invoicing.  Users can use the View Invoices option to view, print, and email the billing run invoices.

 

Storage billing can be time and resource intensive. Therefore, MoversSuite allows the generation process 24 hours before timeout occurs.

 

Cancel (Alt+C)

This function closes the screen abandoning the billing cycle process.

 

 

RELATED TOPIC:

Recurring Billing Generation Errors

Recurring Billing Overview