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Bill Runs are configured in Setup / Finance / Billing / Bill Run |
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Bill runs can be set to run daily, however, executing a bill run does not mean billing, invoicing or other enabled bill run options will occur for every account that the bill run is evaluatingevaluates. Bill runs check bill dates on accounts to determine if billing, invoicing and other bill run actions should occur. For instance, bill runs configured to bill packages will evaluate the 'next bill date' value on account-packages and only if bill dates have been reached the bill run period start date and end date range include the account-package next bill date will packages be billed.
More information on bill run options and when these options execute can be found below in this guide.
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Note: The operations listed below will only execute if you have enabled the relevant setting on the bill run Settings tab. |
Execute accounts receivable terms. E.g. apply late payment penalties, suspend accounts for non-payment, etc. before billing runs
Bill packages
Bill usage (note: unbilled usage in the past will be billed when billing usage, the Bill Period Start date set on the bill run isn’t observed when billing usage)
Execute contract termsApply transactions to invoices/ (apply early termination fees, commitment fees)
Run Invoicing (compile charges, apply taxes, total up balances and stamp the invoice id on account transactions)
Collect Payments (utilize a payment gateway configured in the system to collect payment for accounts setup with an ‘Auto Pay’ payment method configured)
Render the invoice (create and finalize itthe PDF invoice)
Deliver the invoice based on the account's bill group invoice delivery configuration
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The information in this panel reflects the currently selected bill run. From here you can change bill run details (fields will display a red left border if a value is required and purple text if the field is read-only and cannot be modified).
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Name: a unique and descriptive name of your bill run, e.g. 'Recurring Bill Run'
Collection Type: defines how payments are collected during a bill run. Note that this field will only appear be editable when the ‘Collect Payments’ option is selected enabled on the bill run ‘Settings’ tab
Account Balance: collect payment if the account has a positive balance
Invoice Due Date: collect payment for invoices that are due
Bill Period Start: this value determines the start of the billing period range. The billing period range is defined by the Bill Period Start date and the Bill Period End date. When the bill run executes account-packages will be billed if the package’s 'Next Bill Date' falls within the billing period range and the option 'Bill Package' is enabled on the bill run. Note: back billing of old unbilled usage charges related to the account-packages selected for billing will occur regardless of the Bill Period Start date, this setting is not used to limit how far back usage charges should be billed. This Bill Period Start date setting does not control when the bill run executes, as these are execution is determined based on a the bill run schedule which is configured on the Schedule tab
Bill Period End: this value determines the end of the billing period range. See the Bill Period Start notes above for more information
Posting Date: allows you to specify a posting date for all transactions generated by the bill run
Bill Run Status Type: indicates the status of a bill run that is running or has finished running (i.e. this field will indicate if the bill run is in progress or completed)
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Billing:
Bill Package: bills account-packages that have a 'Next Bill Date' that falls within the Bill Period (Bill Period Start to Bill Period End) date range
Bill Usage: bills usage charges related to account-packages that have a 'Next Bill Date' in the bill period date range (Bill Period Start to Bill Period End). All unbilled usage charges that precede the 'Bill Period Start' date will also be billed if it is determined that the account-package should be billed
Invoicing:
Run Invoices: compiles charges, applies taxes, totals up balances and stamps transactions with an invoice number
Render Invoices: generates invoices in a pdf format. A rendered invoice is a finalized invoice that cannot be edited or have additional transactions added to it. Rendering will only occur when the invoicer account's ‘Bill Day' is reached (the bill day falls within the Bill Period Start and Bill Period End range), until the invoicer account’s bill day is reached the bill run will not render an invoice when this option is selected
Deliver Invoices: delivers invoices based on the bill group's 'Invoice Delivery' setting. Invoices that are not rendered will not be delivered (i.e. no invoice exists to be delivered). Invoices are only delivered when the invoicer account's bill day is within the billing period (i.e. the bill day falls within the Bill Period Start and Bill Period End date range)
Contracts:
Run Contract Commitments: when enabled account and account-package contracts on the accounts being billed will be evaluated to see if contract related charges are applicable. If commitments are not met/contracts have been terminated prematurely then any configured penalty fees on the contract will be applied. When this option is enabled contract dates will be checked to determine if contract charges are valid, the 'Bill Period Start' date on the bill run is not referenced when the system is evaluating contracts on accounts/account-packages. This means that contract charges related to periods earlier than the specified bill period start date will be applied
AR Terms:
Run Dunning Process: when enabled this setting will trigger the execution of dunning rules that have been configured on the account (e.g. send the account's billing contact an email notification if they are X days overdue for payment, email and change the account status to suspended if payment is Y days overdue, etc.). It's recommended that you configure a standalone bill run to execute dunning rules on a daily schedule
Payments:
Collect Payments: when enabled payment can be collected from accounts that have an ‘Auto Pay’ payment method configured. Integration with a payment gateway must also be configured for payment collection to function
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This tab displays which bill groups are associated with the bill run and allows you to connect or disassociate the bill run with existing bill groups.
See the guides pages below under this article for instructions on how to add or remove bill groups on bill runs.
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This tab allows you to configure when the bill run executes as well as view currently running and previously completed bill runs. Bill runs can be scheduled on a 'one-off' basis or on a recurring frequency (e.g. daily, monthly).
See the Scheduling Bill Runs article for instructions on how to schedule bill runs.