Completing Billing Requests

Use the Billing Request component (BI_REQUEST) to set the parameters that the billing process uses to determine the type of bills generated. To complete a billing request, you must use the following two pages. Versions of both of these pages are included in the Student Billing Request (BI_REQUEST) and the Corp. Billing Request (BI_REQUEST_ORG) components.

  • Billing Request 1

  • Billing Request 2

On the Billing Request 1 page, you create the set of parameters that the billing process uses to generate bills. On the Billing Request 2 page, you create printing parameters that populate the printing process pages. In addition, the Billing Request 2 page enables you to print invoices for single students with the click of a button, without using a separate process to generate the bill and print the invoice.

Bill By Options for Student Billing Requests

Oracle delivers three bill by options for your use when creating new billing requests. Selecting a bill by option is required for each billing request that you create. The options are Bill One ID, Bill Range, and Bill All Not Yet Billed. The bill by option that you select specifies whether the billing process bills one specific student, all students meeting the criteria of the billing standard request that you select, or only those students for whom you have not already generated bills. The option that you choose also determines which selection criteria from the billing standard request that the system uses when generating bills.

This table lists the selection criteria that the system applies to the bill generation process according to the option that you select:

Selection Criteria

Bill All Not Yet Billed

Bill Range

Bill One ID

Last Name

X

X

Does not apply

Account Type

X

X

X

Account Term

X

X

X

Not Billed Since

X

X

Does not apply

Transaction Date

X

X

X

Service Impact

X

X

Does not apply

Career/Program/Plan

Does not apply

X

Does not apply

Campus

Does not apply

X

Does not apply

Student Groups

Does not apply

X

Does not apply

Bill By Options for Corporate Billing Requests

Just as with student billing requests, when you create a new corporate billing request, you must select a bill by option. For corporate billing requests, four options are available: Bill One Ext Org ID (bill one external organization ID), Bill Range, Bill Per Contract(s), and Bill All Not Yet Billed. The bill by option that you select specifies whether the billing process bills one specific corporation, all corporations meeting the criteria of the billing standard request that you select, corporations associated with specific third-party contracts, or only those corporations for whom you have not already generated bills. The option that you choose also determines which selection criteria from the billing standard request that the system uses when generating bills.

This table lists the selection criteria that the system applies to the bill generation process according to the option that you select:

Selection Criteria

Bill All Not Yet Billed

Bill Range

Bill One Ext Org ID

Bill Per Contract(s)

Name

X

X

X

Account Type

X

X

X

X

Account Term

X

X

X

X

Not Billed Since

X

X

X

Service Impact

X

X

Transaction Date

X

X

X

X

Page Name

Definition Name

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Usage

Billing Request 1

BI_REQUEST

Student Financials > Bill Customers > Student Bills > Create Billing Request > Billing Request 1

Specify basic student billing request parameters.

Billing Request 2

BI_REQUEST_ID

Student Financials > Bill Customers > Student Bills > Create Billing Request > Billing Request 2

Specify bill terms and print options for student billing requests.

Corp Billing Request - Billing Request 1

BI_REQUEST_ORG

Student Financials > Bill Customers > Corporate Bills > Create Billing Request > Billing Request 1

Specify basic corporate billing request parameters.

Corp Billing Request - Billing Request 2

BI_REQUEST_TWO

Student Financials > Bill Customers > Corporate Bills > Create Billing Request > Billing Request 2

Specify bill terms and print options for student billing requests.

Error Bill Message

BI_BILL_ERR_SEC_PN

Click the Error Info link from the preceding various pages.

View information regarding any errors that the system encountered while processing the bill.

Warning Bill Message

BI_BILL_WAR_SEC_PN

Click the Warning Info link from the preceding pages.

View information regarding any warnings that the system encountered while processing the bill.

Access the Billing Request 1 page (Student Financials > Bill Customers > Student Bills > Create Billing Request > Billing Request 1).

Field or Control

Description

Billing ID

Enter the ID of the billing standard request that you want to link to this billing request.

Invoice Date

Enter the date that you want to establish as the date of the invoice creation. The system can use this date to determine when generated bills are due. The system automatically populates the field with the current system date, but you can override this date.

ID

If you are creating a billing request for a single student, select the unique ID of the student in this field. This field is available only if you select the Bill One ID option when creating the request. Be sure that the student whom you select matches the criteria of the billing standard request that you select.

Calculate Tuition

If you are creating a billing request for one student ID, click this button to calculate tuition for that student. This button is available only if you select the Auto Calculate Tuition check box on the Tuition Calculation Controls page, and the student whose name that you select in the ID field requires tuition calculation.

Due Date/Days

Set a default due date for all the charges included in the bill that do not already have a due date.

Field or Control

Description

Due Date

Enter the specific due date that you want to assign to charges without a due date when you create the bill.

Due Days

You can set the default due date as a function of the date that you generate the bill. Enter the number of days that the system adds to the invoice date to determine a due date.

Item Due Info

Set a default due date for term-specific charges that do not already have a due date. You can use the fields in this group box in conjunction with the fields in the Due Date/Days group box. For example, using the Due Date field in the Due Date/Days group box, you set a due date of 10/31/2005 for all charges included in the bill. However, suppose that you want charges from a previous term to be due sooner. In this case, you can use the fields in the Item Due Info (item due information) group box to establish a separate due date for charges in that specific term. The system assigns the default due date of 10/31/2005 to any charges falling outside that term.

Field or Control

Description

Term

Select the specific term with the charges to which you want to assign a due date.

Due Date

Enter the specific due date that you want to assign to charges without a due date when you create the bill.

Due Days

You can also set the default due date as a function of the date that you generate the bill. Enter the number of due days that the system adds to the invoice date to determine a due date.

Note: The Due Date and Due Days fields are mutually exclusive. If you enter a value in both fields, the system keeps only the most recently added value after you refresh the page.

Invoice Range

Field or Control

Description

Start and End

If you run the billing process by clicking the Generate Invoice button on the Billing Request 2 page, the system displays the first invoice generated during the process in the Start field and the last invoice generated during the process in the End field.

Access the Billing Request 2 page (Student Financials > Bill Customers > Student Bills > Create Billing Request > Billing Request 2).

Bill Term

Field or Control

Description

Bill Term

Select the term or terms for which you want to generate bills. Valid values are:

All Terms: Select to bill students for all terms.

One Term: Select to bill students for one specific term. If you select this option, you must select a term in the From Term field.

Term Range: Select to bill students for a specific range of terms. If you select this option, you must select terms in the From Term and To fields.

From Term and To

If you enter One Term in the Bill Term field, enter the term for which you want to bill in the From Term field.

If you enter Term Range in the Bill Term field, enter the beginning term of the range in the From Term field and the ending term of the range in the To field.

Print Options

Field or Control

Description

Invoice Layout

Enter the invoice layout to print invoices.

Output Format

Select the method to print invoices using the Generate Invoice button. Four valid printing output methods are available: Crystal Bill, Other Bill (SQR), XML Publisher, and Form Based Extract Bill.

Aid Term From and To

Set the range of terms to print anticipated financial aid detail on the invoices. Enter the beginning term of the range in the Aid Term From field and the ending term of the range in the To field. These fields are required if you select either the Anticipated Aid Detail check box or the Include Anticipated Aid Total check box for the invoice layout that you select in the Invoice Layout field.

Generate Invoice

Select to generate and store the bill, but not print an invoice when you click the Generate Invoice button. This is the default option if you select the Bill All Not Yet Billed value or the Bill Range value when you access the component.

Generate & Print Bill

Select to generate a bill and print an invoice when you click the Generate Invoice button. Remember that this field is available only if you select the Bill One ID option when you access the BI_REQUEST component.

Print Schedule of Classes

Select to print the student's enrollment summary when you print invoices.

for Term

If you select the Print Schedule of Classes check box, use this field to select the academic term that includes the enrollment summary that you want to print on your invoices.

Address Usage

Enter the logic that the system uses to select the address printed on the bills.

Output File Directory

Enter the directory path to which the process stores the bills that it generates. Specifying an output file directory is necessary only when you are printing invoices using the value Form Based Extract Bill. If this field is left blank, output goes to the Report Repository.

Override Address Info (override address information)

This check box affects only the printing of invoices that the system already generated. If you select this check box, the system ignores the address that is already associated with the bills and selects addresses to print according to the order selected in the Address Usage field.

Address not required

Select to print invoices even if the process finds no address.

Use Email Address

Reserved for future use.

Print Zero Bill

Select to print zero balance bills.

The system creates only zero balance bills if you select Create Zero Bills in the Zero Bill Handling field on the General Selections page for the selected billing standard request.

Note: Students are included in the billing process, but actual bills or invoices aren’t printed.

Generate Invoice

Click to run the billing process manually and generate bills. If you select the Bill One ID value when creating the request and select the Generate & Print Bill option, the system prints an invoice for the specified student.

Information Messages & Errors

This group box displays messages indicating the success of the bill generation process after you click the Generate Invoice button.

Field or Control

Description

Invoice Generated

This message appears when the process generates bills successfully.

Error Info (error information)

If an error occurs when you run the billing process, this link appears in the Information Messages & Errors group box. Click the link to open the Error Bill Message page, where you can view detailed information about the nature of the error.

Warning Info (warning information)

If a warning situation occurs when you try to run the billing process, this link appears in the Information Messages & Errors group box. Click the link to open the Warning Bill Message page, where you can view detailed information about the nature of the warning.

Note: Although you can generate bills for a range of students using the Generate Invoice button in combination with the Generate Invoice option in the Print Choice group box, the Generate Invoice button is intended only for generating and printing an individual bill for a student. You should process bills for a range of students using the Bill Request process page. If you use the same run control ID to process your billing request and print your invoices, some of the values that you set in the Billing Request 2 page are supplied by default to their respective fields in the printing process page that you use. The values can be supplied from the following fields: Invoice Layout, Print Schedule of Classes for Term,Aid Term From, To, Address Usage, Output File Directory, Bill File, Override Address Info, Address not required, Use Email Address, Address, and Print Zero Bill.

Access the Corp Billing Request - Billing Request 1 page (Student Financials > Bill Customers > Corporate Bills > Create Billing Request > Billing Request 1).

Except for the External Org ID, Invoice per Student, and Contract Number fields, this page is identical to the Billing Request 1 page.

Field or Control

Description

External Org ID (external organization ID)

If you want to create a bill for a single organization, select the unique ID of the organization. This field is available only if you select the Bill One Ext Org ID (bill one external organization ID) option when you create the request. Be sure that the corporation that you select matches the criteria of the billing standard request (Billing ID) that you select.

Invoice per Student

This check box appears only if you select the Bill Per Contract(s) value when you create the request. If you select the Invoice per Student check box, the billing process generates a separate corporate bill for each student associated with the contract that you select in the Contract Number field.

For example, if the contract that you choose has ten students associated with it, then the system would generate ten separate bills for the corporation associated with the contract. If you do not select the Invoice per Student check box, the system generates one corporate bill per contract regardless of the number of students attached to the contract.

Third Party Contract

Field or Control

Description

Contract Number

Select the number of the contract that is associated with the corporation that you want to bill. You can select multiple contracts by inserting additional rows.

Invoice Layout ID

When the Bill By Option is Bill Per Contract(s), the Invoice layout associated with the selected contract number is displayed.