Generate Metering Invoices
Explanation
Use this activity to generate metering invoices. A
metering invoice can be generated either automatically or manually.
Prerequisites
- Metering lines should have been created in the Metering
Invoicing tab of the relevant object information windows.
- Measurements for the objects should have been
entered in the
Measurements window.
System Effects
As a result of this activity, metering invoices are
created and the information is displayed in
Metering
Invoicing History.
Window
Serial Object
Functional
Object
Generation of Metering Invoices
Related Window Descriptions
Serial Object
Serial Object/Metering Invoicing
Functional
Object
Functional Object/Metering Invoicing
Generation of Metering Invoices
Generate Invoice
Procedure
Alternative 1: Manual Generation
- Open the Functional Object
or Serial Object windows and query for the object
that contains the metering lines which needs to be invoiced (F3). Click the
Metering
Invoicing tab.
- Select the metering line which you want to generate
the invoice for.
- Right-click and click Generate Invoice. The
Generate
Invoice dialog box appears.
- Enter the maintenance organization and authorizer in
the appropriate fields. Click List to select suitable values.
- Click OK.
Alternative 2: Automatic Generation
- Open the Generation of Metering Invoices
dialog box (Menu path: Metering Invoices/Generation
of Metering Invoices).
- In the Criteria area enter the generation
type (either Interval or Limit), the customer to be invoiced and the site.
Click List to select appropriate values.
- In the Generation Parameter area enter the
maintenance organization and the authorizer. Click List to select
appropriate values.
- Click one of the following options depending on how
you want the generation to take place:
- Online - If you want to generate the
invoices online. Note: This option may take a long time and you will
have to wait for the generation to be completed before resuming work with
the application.
- Background - If you want the invoices to be
generated as a background job.
- Scheduled at - If you want the invoices to be
generated on a specific day.
- Daily at - If you want to generate invoices at a
particular time on a daily basis.
- Weekly on - If you want to generate invoices on a
weekly by basis.
- Click OK.