What is Normal Billing Run?

In CRM.COM Software the way to bill the customers in a batch mode is done via Billing Runs referred to as Normal Billing Runs or Prepaid Billing Runs

Navigating to Normal Billing Runs

What are Normal Billing Runs?

Normal Billing Runs is a mechanism used to bill customers in batch mode, at the end of their Billing Frequency Period, for Services they are subscribed to or were delivered to them.

The Normal Billing Run is usually performed on a monthly basis and is responsible to identify the billable services, rate them, invoice them per subscription or jobresponsible for identifying and rating the Services that must be billed, invoice them per Subscription or Job, assemble each customer’s bill which includes all of those invoices , including all invoice, and post them. Normal customers receive a bill which covers all the invoices related with their subscriptions or jobs, which is then sent to them in order to make their due payments. Normal billing run  The result of a Normal Billing Run is the creation of a Bill which is sent to the customers to be settled. The Normal Billing Run process is performed in various steps, as described in Understanding Normal Billing.

 
In order for the Once a Billing Run to be created  then a  Normal Billing Run Definition needs to be set up in the system. Once the definition is set up, once a new Normal Billing Run is created certain values will either be set by default as provided by the Normal Billing Run Definition or will be validated against it.

is created it must be submitted to be executed, either once or on a recurring basis, based on the defined Scheduling Settings. Once a Run is executed, Results will be logged in the respective tab, depending on the step the run reached.
The user has the option to delete the specific run as long as it is not yet executed (still in a 'Draft' state).

• Navigate to Normal Billing Runs and explore existing entries via the Summary page. 

• Click on the link (name or number) of the entry of your interest to access the Data Entry page and see more detail, or submit the Billing Run. 

• Use the Actions Menu to create a NEW Run, or modify (EDIT) a Draft Billing Run.

• Use BACK to return to the Summary page and CANCEL to revert any unwanted changes made to the Definition.
  
  

Check the Validations & Restrictions Table below for a list of available Actions when working with Normal Billing Runs, including each Action's related validations and restrictions. View the Attributes Table for a comprehensive description of the Normal Billing Runs fields.

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Validations & Restrictions

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Attributes

An * indicates a field is mandatory.

Configuring a Normal Billing Run tailored to your company's needs

Either search for an existing one or from the Top Menu click on NEW
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Executing a Normal Billing Run

Once a Billing Run is created, it will then need to must be executed in order to actually bill the subscribers. Users will have the option to execute a Billing Run up to any of the 4 stages that are available. Visit Understanding Normal Billingavailable. Refer to /wiki/spaces/WIP/pages/10008766 for a detailed description of all the available Billing Run stages available.

If the Billing Run is not in the its final State , i.e. Formatting, then the the user will be allowed to (Formatting), the user can continue with the execution of the Billing  to any one or more of the follow up next steps in the process. 

1. Navigate to BILLING > BILLING > PERFORM > PERFORM NORMAL BILLING RUNS.
   
2. Search for Search for the Billing Run you would like to execute and click on the number its Number to go to the data entry Data Entry page.
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   Up to Rating State

3. From the Actions Menu click on on ACTIONS > EXECUTE UP TO IDENTIFICATION & RATING.
4. In the Execute Normal Billing Run Modal Modal:
   1. Execute Now: Check  Check the box to execute the Billing Run directly.
   2. Scheduled Date: Click  Click on the calendar to select a date and time to start the execution. Click DONE when  when completed.
   3. Click SAVE.

   Up to Invoicing

5. From the Actions Menu click on on ACTIONS > EXECUTE UP TO INVOICING.
6. In the Execute Normal Billing Run Modal Modal:
   
   1. Execute Now: Check  Check the box to execute the Billing Run directly.
   2. Scheduled Date: Click  Click on the calendar to select a date and time to start the execution. Click DONE when  when completed.
   3. Click SAVE SAVE.

   Up to Assembling & Posting

7. From the Actions Menu click on on ACTIONS > EXECUTE UP TO ASSEMBLING & POSTING.
8. In the Execute Normal Billing Run Modal Modal:
   1. Execute Now: Check  Check the box to execute the Billing Run directly.
   2. Scheduled Date: Click  Click on the calendar to select a date and time to start the execution. Click DONE when completed.
   3. Click SAVE.

   Up to Formatting

9. From the Actions Menu click on Actions > > Execute Up to Formatting.
10. In the Execute Normal Billing Run Modal Modal:
    1. Execute Now: Check the box to execute the Billing Run directly.
    2. Scheduled Date: Click on the calendar to select a date and time to start the execution. Click DONE when completed.
    3. Click SAVE.

Reading Normal Billing Run Results

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