Designing Your Bill Cycle

The number of bill cycles is determined by the frequency that you bill your customers. So, for example, if you bill every month, you'll have 20 bill cycles - one for each bill day during the month. If you bill bimonthly, you'll have 40 bill cycles. If you bill quarterly, you'll have 60 bill cycles. Etc.

Keep in mind the following:

• You may need additional bill cycles if you allow customers to be billed off-cycle. For example, you could create a bill cycle called "Seniors" and link this to every senior citizen. You would set up this bill cycle's schedule to create bills shortly after social security checks are issued.
• You may need other bill cycles for customers with non-metered services (e.g., land leases, one time invoices).