Understanding the Billing Process Flow

The subsequent billing cycle diagram shows the flow of the billing process for rate-based contract lines. The numbered steps that are on the diagram correspond to updates that occur to these tables:

• PeopleSoft Contracts control tables—Billing Plans (CA_BILL_PLAN) and Billing Events (CA_BP_EVENTS).

  The Billing Plans table defines high-level information about the billing plan. The Billing Events table defines when payments are due.

• Contracts-Billing Cross-reference table (CA_BP_XREF).

  The Contracts-Billing Cross-reference table provides visibility of all billing activity that relates to contracts, regardless of where the billing activity originates.

• Project Transaction table (PROJ_RESOURCE).

The numbered steps are discussed in more detail in the following diagram:

This diagram illustrates the billing cycle flow for rate-based contract lines.