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Creating Billing Cycles

A billing cycle is an identified period of time in which recurring contract billing occurs, contract accruing occurs, meter requests are generated, or fixed assets are depreciated. For example, you may want a customer to be billed monthly, quarterly, or semi-annually. Billing cycles are used by e-automate to track when customers should be billed for contracts and when contracts should be accrued. You can set as many billing cycles as necessary for any length of time.

Getting to the TransactionGetting to the Transaction

On the Tools menu, select Lists and Codes to open the Lists and Codes window.

In the Select a list or code type field, use the drop-down menu to select Billing Cycles.

Click [New] to open the New Billing Cycle window.

Basic InformationBasic Information

Complete the following fields as appropriate.
Billing Cycle: Code for the billing cycle.
Description: Brief description of the billing cycle.
Days: Number of days in the cycle.
Months: Number of months in the cycle.
Years: Number of years in the cycle.

Completing the TransactionCompleting the Transaction

Click [OK] to save the billing cycle.

Note: Clicking [Apply] saves the billing cycle and automatically opens a new billing cycle window.