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Billing Schedules
Modules > Subscription Billing > Billing schedules
Use this page to create and edit billing schedules. For information on standard Subscription Billing functionality, see the Subscription Billing documentation.
With Property Lease Management, the following additional fields and actions have been added to the to extend the functionality of Subscription Billing.
Using Invoice Adjustments
When you turn on Invoice adjustment in your Property Lease Management Parameters and apply an adjustment to a billing schedule line, you cannot change the billing frequency of that line.
If you have selected True up as the invoice adjustment method then adjustment amounts are added to first billing period which has not been invoiced.
If you have selected Catch up as the invoice adjustment method then adjustment amounts are billed in separate sales orders, with one sales order line for each adjusted billing period. For invoiced billing periods, a new sales order is created which contains lines for each adjusted period. For billing periods which are billed but not invoiced, adjusted periods are added to the existing sales order.
Manual Billing Schedule Number
When creating the Billing Schedule, the user can enter the Billing Schedule number if the Number Sequence is set to manual. This same functionality also applies when Copying the Billing Schedule.
All Billing Schedules
The following section describes the available fields when viewing your billing schedules.
Fields
The following field boxes are available:
Field | Description |
Invoice split | Displays whether or not Invoice split applies to the billing schedule. |
Split by item | Displays whether or not the invoice is split by item. |
Split by item group | Displays whether or not the invoice is split by item group. |
Split by customer reference | Displays whether or not the invoice is split by customer reference numbers. |
Split by customer requisition | Displays whether or not the invoice is split by customer requisitions. |
Split by delivery address | Displays whether or not the invoice is split by delivery addresses. |
Actions
The following actions are available:
Action | Description |
Billing schedule > Copy schedule |
Copies the current billing schedule to a new billing schedule.
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Billing schedule > Custom fields > Custom fields |
Opens dialog that shows all the custom fields for the header or line (depending on how the action was selected). The custom fields available are based on and in the order as set up on the Property Lease Management Parameters page. For billing schedules, specify or edit the custom fields as needed. For sales orders, the custom fields are updated after they are created from billing schedules through the Invoice Creator. Values for the custom fields can be edited at any time for billing schedules or billing schedule lines that are not terminated or for open sales orders.
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Billing schedule > Billing class> Billing class |
Opens a dialog, where you can review the billing class and billing cycle details. In this dialog, you can select a billing class (if it is currently not selected) or change it. While a billing class is not required, you can change the billing cycle details (such as calculation method and prior months or days) for the billing cycle. For a description of all available options, see Billing Class. When any value is changed, you have the option of updating all billing schedule lines. These values can be changed at any time, even after invoices have been created. However, future billing periods will be affected by the changes. |
Align to Header | Opens the Align to Headerpage. |
Billing schedule > Invoice split > Invoice split |
Opens a dialog where you can review the Invoice split settings. The Invoice split settings are based on your settings in the Billing Schedule Group > Invoice split. This option will decide if the schedule uses the Invoice split functionality or not. The default Invoice split settings are determined by your Property Lease Management Parameters. You cannot use invoice splitting with free-text invoices.
Note the following conditions for using invoice splitting:
For more information see: Invoice split process on Sales order |
Billing Schedule
The following section describes the different sections, actions, and fields that are displayed on a Billing schedule page.
Header Fields
The following field boxes are available:
Field | Description |
General tab | |
Sales group | Select the commission sales group to use for all invoices generated from the billing schedule. The default value is from the customer record and can be changed as needed. |
Commission group | Select the commission customer group to use for all invoices generated from the billing schedule. The default value is from the customer record and can be changed as needed. |
Sales tax group |
Only visible if you have turned on Sales tax in your ASM Parameters. Select the sales tax group to use for the billing schedule. The sales tax group you select on the header level will roll down to the billing lines section. When you invoice transactions and create sales orders, the tax groups for the invoices are based upon the tax group at the schedule line level. The default tax group for the schedule line is based on the tax group you select in the header, but you can change the schedule line level tax group as needed. |
Align with renewal date |
Allows users to select if they would like to align new escalation and discounts with the renewal date. The default field value will be based on what is set on the Parameters page, but can be adjusted as desired. This field and the Align With field dictate how the escalation or discount is added to the schedule lines. When the values are changed, they won’t affect any existing escalation and discount data or their behavior.
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Align with |
Allows users to select whether they wish to align the renewal date with the last renewal or next renewal. This field is only available when Align with Renewal Date is enabled. The default field value will be based on what is set on the Parameters page, but can be adjusted as desired. Changing this value won’t affect existing escalation and discount data or behavior.
By aligning the dates to renewal, escalation and discount will not be prorated. |
Financial tags tab | |
Financial tag name |
Only visible if the invoice transaction type is Sales order. Select financial tags to use for the billing schedule. Financial tags you select on the billing schedule header will roll down as default financial tags for billing schedule lines. Financial tags on the billing schedule header will be used on the sales order header for any sales orders you create based on the billing schedule. For information about financial tags, see: Financial Tags |
Financial tag value | Enter the financial tag value. |
Header Actions
The following actions are available:
Action | Description |
Billing schedule > Multiline advanced pricing options | Opens the Multiline Advanced Pricing Options window. At least two billing schedule lines are required to use this functionality. |
Billing schedule > Copy schedule |
Copies the current billing schedule to a new billing schedule.
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Billing schedule > Custom fields > Custom fields |
Opens dialog that shows all the custom fields for the header or line (depending on how the action was selected). The custom fields available are based on and in the order as set up on the Property Lease Management Parameters page. For billing schedules, specify or edit the custom fields as needed. For sales orders, the custom fields are updated after they are created from billing schedules through the Invoice Creator. Values for the custom fields can be edited at any time for billing schedules or billing schedule lines that are not terminated or for open sales orders.
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Billing schedule > Billing class> Billing class |
Opens a dialog, where you can review the billing class and billing cycle details. In this dialog, you can select a billing class (if it is currently not selected) or change it. While a billing class is not required, you can change the billing cycle details (such as calculation method and prior months or days) for the billing cycle. For a description of all available options, see Billing Class. When any value is changed, you have the option of updating all billing schedule lines. These values can be changed at any time, even after invoices have been created. However, future billing periods will be affected by the changes. |
Align to Header | Opens the Align to Header page. |
Billing schedule > Invoice split > Invoice split |
Opens a dialog where you can review the Invoice split settings. The Invoice split settings are based on your settings in the Billing Schedule Group > Invoice split. This option will decide if the schedule will be using the Invoice split functionality or not. The default Invoice split settings are determined by Property Lease Management Parameters.
For more information see: Invoice split process on Sales order |
Billing schedule>Escalation and discount |
Opens the Escalation and Discount window where users can update the escalation and discount rates of that billing schedule. Within this window is the Append Escalation and Discount Lines option:
This setting must be enabled on the Parameters page. Within this window is the Update Empty End Date When Appending option. This option will only be enabled if the Append Escalation And Discount Lines option is set to Yes. If “Append escalation and discount lines” is changed to No, “Update empty end date when appending” will be automatically set to No and will be disabled. When it is changed back to Yes, the latter will be defaulted to what is set in ASM parameter window. Once the new line is added and the prior escalation/discount end date is empty (Never), it will be updated to one day prior to the new start date. |
Billing Schedule Lines Fields
The following field boxes are available:
Field | Description |
Align to header |
Determines whether the billing period start and end dates for a billing schedule line are to be aligned with the billing period of the billing schedule header. The default setting is from Align to Header dialog. This option is available when the billing frequency of the line is the same as the billing frequency of the header.
After the first invoice for the line has been created, this option becomes read-only and cannot be changed. |
Billing Schedule Lines Actions
The following actions are available:
Action | Description |
Custom fields |
Opens dialog that shows all the custom fields for the header or line (depending on how the action was selected). The custom fields available are based on and in the order as set up on the Property Lease Management Parameters page. For billing schedules, specify or edit the custom fields as needed. For sales orders, the custom fields are updated after they are created from billing schedules through the Invoice Creator. Values for the custom fields can be edited at any time for billing schedules or billing schedule lines that are not terminated or for open sales orders.
Custom large text fields: New grid is added to the custom fields, which only displays the large text fields once the label is defined on the Parameters>Custom fields Property Lease Management Parameters Otherwise, no large text field is displayed on the grid.
Limitation: In the schedule line inquiry form, the schedule lines cannot be filtered with large new text fields because the data type of these fields is 'memo' which has limitation in F&O that user cannot do filtration on memo fields. |
Escalation and discount |
Opens the Escalation and Discount window. Within this window is the Update Empty End Date When Appending option. When adding escalation or discount manually on the billing schedule line, the option “Update empty end date when appending” set on the ASM parameter window will be followed, however it can also be changed here. The “Append escalation and discount lines” option is not shown here because a new escalation/discount is always appended in this case. |
Line Details
The following field boxes are available:
Field | Description |
General tab | |
Sales group | Displays the commission sales group to use for all invoices generated from the selected billing schedule line. The default value is from the header and can be changed as needed. |
Commission group | Displays the commission customer group to use for all invoices generated from the selected billing schedule line. The default value is from the header and can be changed as needed. |
Item sales tax group |
Select the item sales tax group to use for the billing schedule line. When you create an invoice and sales order the item sales tax group that you select in this field will be used for the item sales tax group of related sales order lines. |
Sales tax group |
Only visible if you have turned on Sales tax in your ASM Parameters. Select the sales tax group to use for the billing schedule line. The default value for the sales tax group is based on the sales tax group you select on the billing schedule header. When you create an invoice and sales order the sales tax group that you select in this field will be used for the sales tax group of related sales order lines. |
Billing class tab | |
Displays the billing class name and the billing cycle details for the selected billing schedule line. The default values are from the header and can be changed for the selected billing schedule line as needed. You can select a billing class (if it is currently not selected) or change it. While a billing class is not required, you can change the billing cycle details (such as calculation method and prior months or days) for the billing cycle. For a description of all available options, see Billing Class. These values can be changed at any time, even after invoices have been created. However, future billing periods will be affected by the changes. |
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Lease tab | |
General |
Lease component: Select to enable using a lease on the billing line
Classification: Select the type of lease:
Payment option: Select the payment option.
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Lease components: Visible if Lease component is turned on. The lease components area displays the accounts related to the lease. Different accounts are visible depending on:
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Lease components: ASC 842 |
For a Sales type lease, the following accounts are visible:
For a Direct financing lease, the following accounts are visible:
For an Operating type lease, the following accounts are visible:
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Lease components: IFRS 16 |
For a Sales type lease, the following accounts are visible:
For a Direct financing lease, the following accounts are visible:
For an Operating type lease, the following accounts are visible:
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Financial tags tab | |
Financial tag name |
Only visible if the invoice transaction type is Sales order. Select financial tags to use for the billing schedule line. For information about financial tags, see: Financial Tags |
Financial tag value | Enter the financial tag value. |