A.1.39 Pre Bill Days Change

You can change the pre bill days of a Lease account at any point of time during servicing by posting PRE BILL DAYS CHANGE monetary transaction in Customer Service > Maintenance > Transaction Batch Information section.

Table A-71 To post Pre Bill Days Change transaction

Transaction Parameters
PRE BILL DAYS CHANGE (PBDCHANGE) TXN DATE

Select the transaction date from adjoining calendar. System allows to select only GL date (backdating and reversals are not allowed).

PRE BILL DAYS

Specify the number of pre-bill days on account.

System displays an error if the PRE BILL DAYS is retained as zero 0 (default value).

PROCESS MASTER ASSOCIATED ACCOUNTS

Select either Yes or No from the drop-down list.

Selecting Yes posts the pre bill days transaction to Master Account and Associated Accounts.

Selecting No, the pre bill days transaction is posted as follows:
  • If the current Account is Non-master and linked to a Master Account and Statement Consolidation flag = Y, system shows an error message and shouldn't allow to post the transaction.
  • If the current Account is Non-master and linked to a Master Account and Statement Consolidation flag = N, the system will allow to post this transaction.
  • If the current Account is master and Statement Consolidation flag = Y, system show an error message and will not allow to post the transaction.
  • If the current Account is Master Account and Statement Consolidation flag = N, the system will allow to post this transaction.
  • If the current Account is not link to any master account, the system will allow to post this transaction.

PROCESS STATEMENT CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNTS

By default the selection is Yes and if the same is retained, the pre bill days transaction is posted as follows:
  • If the Account where Pre Bill Days Maintenance is being initiated has Statement Consolidation Flag as N, then system ignores the parameter.
  • If the Account where Pre Bill Days Maintenance is being initiated has Statement Consolidation Flag as Y, then system validates and processes accounts with Statement Consolidation Y considering the other transaction parameter values.

If the selection is No, this parameter value is ignored while posting pre bill days transaction to accounts.

On successfully posting the transaction, system updates the pre bill days on the account and following information is displayed in 'Results' section - [BEFORE] Prebill Days = <old prebill days> [AFTER] Prebill Days = <new prebill>. In case of any validation is not successful, the transaction is reversed.