Billing Fields

Here is a description of the fields on a billing eventA means of generating billing information that can be fed into a financial system, billing event batchA group of billing events and billing event item. This topic also describes the fields on the Billing Event Generation tab and the Account Billing and Project Billing pages.

Billing Event Fields

Key: R – Read-only; * – Mandatory field

Field			Description
Approved			Indicates whether the billing event is approved.
Approver			The person who is to approve the billing event.
Billing Contact			Lookup to the contact record associated with the billing event.
Billing Event Batch			The billing event batch to which the billing event relates.
Budget Remaining			Project Bookings minus the Summary Amount.
Created By			The person who created the billing event and the time of creation.
Currency	*		Currency for the billing amount.
Date			Date of the billing event.
Event Key			Generated key to identify a billing event.
Invoice Date			Date of the invoice associated with the billing event.
Invoice Number		R	The unique invoice number associated with the billing event.
Invoiced			Indicates whether the billing event has been invoiced.
Last Modified By			Person who last modified the invoice and the date on which it was modified.
Name		R	Unique name of the billing event.
Owner			The owner of the event.
Project			The project to which the billing event relates.
Released			Indicates whether the billing event is released.
Rounded Summary Amount			The sum of all rounded billing event item amounts using the Salesforce standard rounding precision.
Status			The current status of the billing event.
Summary Amount			The total amount for the billing event.

Billing Event Buttons

Button	Description
Clear Billing Data	Allows you to clear billing data and undo the process for business records that have gone through the entire billing cycleThe whole billing cycle from creation to Billing Event Release and Invoicing. You can use this button to ensure that affected records are properly updated.
Clone	Creates a copy of the billing event.
Delete	Deletes the billing event.
Edit	Makes the editable fields available for editing.
Invoice	Invoices the billing event.
New Billing Event Item	Allows you to create a new billing event item
Recalc	Recalculates the billing information for an unreleased billing event.
Release	Releases the billing event.

Billing Event Generation Fields

Here is a description of the fields in the Generate Billing events section of the Billing Event Generation tab.

Key: A – Displayed when PSA is not configured to use flexible billing periods; B – Displayed when PSA is configured to use flexible billing periods.

Field		Description
Account		Allows you to only generate billing events for a specific accountAccounts in the context of FinancialForce PSA are the same as accounts in Salesforce. Users can create and view certain FinancialForce PSA data related to the account on the related lists..
Include prior periods	A	Indicates whether billing events will be generated for all periods prior to the one selected.
Period	A	Allows you to specify the time periodA period of time with a start date and an end date to which forecasts, actuals calculations, billing event batches, utilization calculations and region plans belong. for which you want to generate billing events.
Cutoff	B	Allows you to enter a cut-off date on which to base project and account billing events. Billing events are generated for time periods that end on or before the date you specify.
Project		Allows you to only generate billing events for a particular project
Region		Allows you to specify the region on which to generate billing events. If your administrator has configured Region as the primary unit type, you can select the Any option when generating billing events. For instance, this allows you to generate billing events for projects where there is no region. Warning Selecting the Any option could generate more billing events than you want. If you want billing events to be generated using the top-level primary unit type, select that record from the drop-down list. For instance if unitType is set to Region and the top-level region in your organization is Global, select that region in the Region drop-down list.
Practice		Allows you to further filter on the selected unitType when generating billing events. This field is only displayed when your administrator has set the unitTypeFilter configuration option in the Billing configuration groupA collection of configuration options contained in the configuration groups tab that defines behaviour of a FinancialForce PSA object or feature. to true. If your administrator has configured Practice as the primary unit type, you can select the Any option when generating billing events. For instance, this allows you to generate billing events for projects where there is no practice. Warning Selecting the Any option could generate more billing events than you want. If you want billing events to be generated using the top-level primary unit type, select that record from the drop-down list. For instance if unitType is set to Practice and the top-level practice in your organization is PracticeA, select that practice in the Practice drop-down list.
Group		Allows you to further filter on the selected unitType when generating billing events. This field is only displayed when your administrator has set the unitTypeFilter configuration option in the Billing configuration groupA collection of configuration options contained in the configuration groups tab that defines behaviour of a FinancialForce PSA object or feature. to true. If your administrator has configured Group as the primary unit type, you can select the Any option when generating billing events. For instance, this allows you to generate billing events for projects where there is no group. Warning Selecting the Any option could generate more billing events than you want. If you want billing events to be generated using the top-level primary unit type, select that record from the drop-down list. For instance if unitType is set to Group and the top-level group in your organization is UK_IT, select that group in the Group drop-down list. The primary unit type is the field is located at the top-left of the Generate Billing Events section of the Billing Events page.

Process Billing Events

Here is a description of the fields in the Process Billing Events section of the Billing Event Generation tab.

Field	Description
Region	Allows you to filter the billing event batches by regionA level of hierarchy used in PSA to which other objects belong such as resources, opportunities and projects..
Account	Allows you to filter the billing event batches by accountAccounts in the context of FinancialForce PSA are the same as accounts in Salesforce. Users can create and view certain FinancialForce PSA data related to the account on the related lists..
Pre-Bill	Indicates whether the billing event batches are to be filtered based on whether they are pre-billed.
Time Period	Allows you to filter the billing event batches based on their time periodA period of time with a start date and an end date to which forecasts, actuals calculations, billing event batches, utilization calculations and region plans belong..
Category	Allows you to filter billing event batches based on the transaction category to which they belong.

Billing Event Generation Buttons

Here is a description of the buttons in the Generate Billing Events section of the Billing Event Generation tab.

Button	Description
Generate	Generates billing event batches for the selected Region, Account Period and Project.
Schedule	Allows you to automatically schedule generation of billing event batches at specific time intervals. Note If you use this feature, items may not be ready for billing when the billing event generation occurs.

Here is a description of the buttons in the Process Billing Events section of the Billing Event Generation tab.

Button	Description
Refresh	Refreshes the billing event batches listed based on values set in the filters fields.
Release	Releases the selected billing event batches to the financial system in place
Remove	Removes the selected billing event batches.

Billing Event Batch Fields

Here is a description of the fields on a billing event batch.

Field			Description
Account			Account to which the billing event relates.
Currency	*		Currency of the billing event batch.
Group			Group to which the billing event batch relates.
Batch Key			Key used to identify a billing event batch. This field contains the time the billing event batch was generated, account to which the batch relates, currency and time period to which the batch applies.
Name		R	Unique ID of the billing event batch
Owner		R	The owner of the billing event batch.
Practice			Practice to which the billing event batch relates.
Region			Region to which the billing event batch relates.
Released			Indicates whether the billing event batch is released.
Summary Amount			The total amount for the billing event batch
Time Period			Time period to which the billing event batch relates.

Business Record Billing Fields

The following fields exist on business records such as Timecard Splits, Expenses, Milestones, Budgets and Miscellaneous Adjustments:

Field	Description
Billing Event	The billing event associated with the billing event item.
Billing Event Status	The status of the billing event associated with the billing event item.
Billing Event Released	Indicates whether the billing event has been released to the financial system in use.
Billing Event Invoiced	Indicates whether the billing event item has been invoiced.

Billing Event Item

Here is a description of the fields on a billing event item:

Field		Description
Amount		Amount of the billing event item.
Billing Event		Billing event to which the billing event item applies.
Billing Event Batch		Billing event batch to which the billing event item applies.
Budget		Lookup to the budget to which the billing event item relates.
Category		Category of the billing event item. This can be one of the following values: budgetAn amount used to manage expenditure on customer purchase orders, internal budgets, outbound vendor purchase orders and work orders. A budget must be associated with a project. expenseA record of expenses incurred by resources assigned to a project or opportunity. milestoneA fixed target, which when achieved, can be billed to the customer for a fixed fee or by logging time against it. miscellaneous adjustmentA catch-all business record that allows you to correct data entry errors or adjust transactions. timecardA mechanism for logging time against a project or an assignment..
Category		Category of the billing event item. This is either a timecard, expense or a milestone. This field is determined by the billable object that the billing event item was generated from.
Date		Date of the billing event item
Description		Description of the billing event item.
Expense		Lookup to the expense to which the billing event item relates.
Milestone		Lookup to the milestone to which the billing event item relates.
Miscellaneous Adjustment		Lookup to the miscellaneous adjustment to which the billing event item relates.
Object ID	*	ID of the billable object that the item was generated from.
Project		Project to which the billing event item relates.
Quantity		Quantity of the expense or timecard hours to be billed.
Rounded Amount		The rounded total amount for the billing event item using the Salesforce standard rounding precision.
Subcategory		Category of the billing event item. For instance, if the billing event item category is an expenseA record of expenses incurred by resources assigned to a project or opportunity., the subcategory shows the type of expense to which the billing event item relates.
Timecard Split		Lookup to the timecard splitA whole timecard or part of a timecard. to which the billing event item relates.
Unit Price		Unit price of the item to be billed.

Eligibility for Billing

For an item to be eligible for billing, the following applies:

Project Account — A project account must be selected.
Project Exclude from Billing — must be deselected.
Business record Billing Hold — must be deselected.
Business record Include In Financials — must be selected.
Business record Billable — must be selected on timecard splits, expenses, budgets, milestones and miscellaneous adjustments.
Business record Billed — must be deselected.
Business record Invoiced — must be deselected.
Business record — must NOT have an existing billing event item lookup value.
If your administrator has set the approvalsEnabled configuration option in the Billing configuration groupA collection of configuration options contained in the configuration groups tab that defines behaviour of a FinancialForce PSA object or feature. to true, the Approved for Billing checkbox on the business recordTimecard Split, Expense, Milestone, Miscellaneous Adjustment or Budget must be selected.
On miscellaneous adjustments, the Transaction Category field must match one of the transaction categories in the PSA miscellaneousAdjustmentCategories option in the Billing configuration groupA collection of configuration options contained in the configuration groups tab that defines behaviour of a FinancialForce PSA object or feature..

Account and Project Billing Fields

Here is a description of the fields on the Account Billing and Project Billing pages.

Key: R – Read-only; C – The filters that appear depend on the configuration options that your administrator has chosen. See "Billing Settings".

Field			Description
Account / Project	R		The account or project that you want to generate billing events for.
Currency	R		Currency of the account or project.
Timecards Expenses Milestones Miscellaneous Adjustments Budgets		C	Allows you to filter the billing eligible items displayed.
Resource			Allows to view billing eligible items for an individual resource only.
Start Date End Date			Allows you to restrict the billing eligible items displayed to a particular date range.

Here is a description of the buttons on the Account Billing and Project Billing pages..

Button	Description
Filter	Filters the billing eligible items displayed based on your selections.
Clear Filters	Clears any active filters and resets the status of the available filters.
Generate Billing Event	Based on your selections, generates billing events for the account or project.

Concept Information

Billing Event Items, Billing Events and Billing Event Batches

About Flexible Billing Periods

Clearing Billing Data

Processing Individual Billing Events

Recalculating Amounts in a Billing Event

Removing Billing Events and Batches

Scheduling Billing Events

Customizing Billing Event Items

Reference Materials

Schedule Generate Billing Events Fields

Account Fields

Project Fields

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