Timeline

The Timeline zone displays the following information in a graphical form:

  • Number of customer contacts which are created for the account's main customer in a particular month

  • Number of bills which are created for the account in a particular month

  • Number of payments which are created for the account in a particular month

It contains the following fields:

Field Name Field Description Mandatory (Yes or No)
Month Used to indicate the month till when you want to display the above stated information.
Note: By default, the current month appears in this field.
Yes
Year Used to indicate the year till when you want to display the above stated information.
Note: By default, the current year appears in this field.
Yes

Depending on the month and year specified in the above fields, the data for the respective month and previous 11 months is presented in the grid. For example, if the Month and Year is set to April 2017, then the data for the May 2016, Jun 2016, Jul 2016, Aug 2016, Sep 2016, Oct 2016, Nov 2016, Dec 2016, Jan 2017, Feb 2017, Mar 2017, and Apr 2017 appears in the grid. To view the data for a different period, you must accordingly change the month and year and then click Search (The Search Icon) icon.

You can use the Previous 12 Months (The Previous 12 Months Icon), Previous Month (The Previous Month Icon), Go To Today (The Go To Today Icon), Next Month (The Next Month Icon), and Next 12 Months (The Next 12 Months Icon) icons to change the values specified in the above mentioned fields.

The following table indicates the data and the manner in which the data is presented in the grid:

Row Name Row Description
Customer Contacts A small icon appears for each customer contact which is created for the account's main customer in the respective month. For example, if two customer contacts are created for the main customer in the month of Jan 2017 and one customer contact is created in the month of Feb 2017, then two icons appear in the Jan 2017 column and one icon appear in the Feb 2017 column. A text indicating the day of the month when the customer contact was created appears on the icon. The following table indicates the color in which the icon appears depending on the condition which is satisfied:
If the contact action on the customer contact type is... Then the icon appears in...
Set to Send Letter Red
Set to Action Algorithm Yellow

On clicking the icon, the corresponding customer contact information appears at the bottom of this zone. It has a link. On clicking the link, the Customer Contact screen appears where you can view the details of the respective customer contact.

Note: You can change the color in which the text appears on the icon and the color in which the icon appears when the above stated conditions are met through the C1-TL-CC-EVT algorithm.
Bills A small icon appears for each bill which is created for the account in the respective month. For example, if three bills are created for the account in the month of Jan 2017, two bills are created in the month of Feb 2017, and one bill is created in the month of Apr 2017, then three icons appear in the Jan 2017 column, two icons appear in the Feb 2017 column, and one icon appears in the Apr 2017 column. A text indicating the day of the month when the bill was due appears on the icon. You can either display the day of the due date or bill date on the icon depending on the requirement. The following table indicates the color in which the icon appears depending on the condition which is satisfied:
If the bill is... Then the icon appears in...
Fully Matched Green
Unmatched Red
Credit Note Blue
Scheduled for billing in the next bill cycle Black

On clicking the icon, the corresponding bill information appears at the bottom of this zone. It has a link. On clicking the link, the Bill screen appears where you can view the details of the respective bill.

Note:

If you want to display the day of the due date on the icon, you must set the Date To Use (D-Due Date, B-Bill Date) parameter in the C1-TL-OI-EVT algorithm to D. However, if you want to display the day of the bill date on the icon, you must set the Date To Use (D-Due Date, B-Bill Date) parameter in the C1-TL-OI-EVT algorithm to B.

You can change the color in which the text appears on the icon and the color in which the icon appears when the above stated conditions are met through the C1-TL-OI-EVT algorithm.

Payments A small icon appears for each payment which is created for the account in the respective month. For example, if one payment is created for the account in the month of Aug 2016, three payments are created in the month of Dec 2016, and four payments are created in the month of Mar 2017, then one icon appears in the Aug 2016 column, three icons appear in the Dec 2016 column, and four icons appear in the Mar 2017 column. A text indicating the day of the month when the payment was created appears on the icon. The following table indicates the color in which the icon appears depending on the status of the payment:
Status Color
Frozen Green
Canceled Red
Freezable Blue
Error Red
Incomplete Yellow

On clicking the icon, the corresponding payment information appears at the bottom of this zone. It has a link. On clicking the link, the Payment screen appears where you can view the details of the respective payment.

Note: You can change the color in which the text appears on the icon and the color in which the icon appears in the different status through the C1-TL-PY-EVT algorithm.