Setting Up Bill Periods
Some contract types reference a bill period. The bill period defines when the contract's bill segments are produced and the respective end date of each bill segment.
To define a bill period and the bill period schedule, open Admin Menu, Bill Period.
Description of Page
Enter a unique Bill Period and a Description for every bill period.
Use the Bill Period Schedules collection when the system should create bill segments for contracts that use a given bill period. It also defines the end date of each respective bill segment. The following fields are required:
Bill Date Specify the earliest date on which the system is allowed to create a bill segment for contracts using this bill period.
Bill Seg End Date Specify the end date of the bill segment. For future bills, this will be after the bill date. For retro bills, this will be before the bill date.
Where Used
Follow this link to open the data dictionary where you can view the tables that reference CI_BILL_PERIOD.
This information is used by the bill segment creation process to determine the end date of contracts that use a bill period.