Generating Adhoc Bills for a File Group

The On Demand Billing screen allows you to generate adhoc bills for a file group. However, you can generate bills only after you close the file group for which you want to generate adhoc bills.

Procedure

To generate adhoc bills for a file group:

  1. Search for the file group in the On Demand Billing screen.
  2. In the Search Results section, click the Generate Bill (The Generate Bill Icon) icon corresponding to the file group for which you want to generate the adhoc bills.

    The Generate Bill window appears. It contains the following fields:

    Field Name Field Description Mandatory (Yes or No)
    Cutoff Date Used to specify the cutoff date for the bill. Yes
    Accounting Date Used to specify the accounting date of the bill. Yes
  3. Enter the required details.
  4. Click OK.

    The adhoc bills are generated for the usage data files of a file group. An adhoc bill is generated for a usage data file and account combination when the bill after date is equal to or earlier than the current date. The status of the usage records is changed to Billed. If the total number of billable charges created for a usage data file exceeds the online bill creation limit, a batch job is created using the Adhoc Billing (C1-FABL) batch. A message appears indicating the batch job ID. This batch job creates adhoc bills for the usage data file.

    Note:

    You can change the online bill creation limit, whenever required, using the On Demand Billing (C1-ODBFC) feature configuration. For more information on the Adhoc Billing (C1-FABL) batch, see Oracle Revenue Management and Billing Batch Execution Guide.

    If an adhoc bill with the Pending status already exists for a usage data file and account combination, then the existing bill is deleted and regenerated. However, you can generate the bill again for a file group only after manually deleting the bill from the Bill screen.

    On successful completion of the Adhoc Billing (C1-FABL) batch, a To Do entry is created using the C1-FABL To Do type. You can view this To Do entry when you are assigned a To Do role which is mapped to the C1-FABL To Do type. This To Do indicates whether the batch was successfully executed or not. If the batch was successfully executed, it indicates the following:

    • Number of billable charges which were processed

    • Number of billable charges for which the bill after date is a future date

    • Number of adhoc bills generated for the usage data file

    • Number of billable charges which could not be processed successfully

    Once the batch is executed successfully, the status of the usage records in a usage data file of a file group is changed to Billed.

Related Topics

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How to search for a file group Searching for a File Group
How to set the On Demand Billing (C1-ODBFC) feature configuration Setting the C1-ODBFC Feature Configuration