Bill Details Tab

Use this tab to select the customer, the terms, purchase order number, invoice date, invoice ID, due date, retainage method, status, and transaction currency.

You must keep the invoice on "unselected" status while you are entering the line items for the bill.

Use this tab before you enter the line items for the bill.  You can change the information in this tab at any time, but you may need to adjust some fields in the table window if changes are made.

Contents

Field Description
Customer

When you have selected a project, the customer to be invoiced defaults to this field from the Manage Project Billing Information screen.

You can override this field by entering, or clicking to select, a different customer. A customer is required for all project invoices. The field to the right displays the customer name.

Status

Select the status of the invoice. A status of SELECTED indicates that this invoice is selected for posting when invoices are posted on the Post Milestone Percent Complete Bills screen. Unselected invoices are not posted.

Terms

Using the drop-down list, select the terms of the invoice. The terms displayed are initialized on the Manage Customer Terms screen. The terms selected determine the due date of the invoice.

Retainage

Using the drop-down list, select either TOTAL or LINE ITEM as the type of retainage for this invoice. If you use LINE ITEM retainage, you can accommodate different retainage percentages at each line item/phase.

Trans Currency

This field displays the transaction currency of the invoice. You can change the transaction currency of the invoice on the Exchange Rates subtask.

The transaction currency that was selected in the Project Billing Information screen automatically displays, but you can change the currency on the Exchange Rates subtask.

Purchase Order No

The customer's purchase order number, if any, defaults to this field from the Details tab of the Manage Project User Flow screen, but you can modify it.

Invoice

Enter the company-wide invoice number for this invoice. If you leave this column blank, Costpoint assigns the invoice number when you save the screen.

Retainage

Click this button to recalculate the retainage values in the table window when the retainage is changed.

Invoice Date

Enter the invoice date or allow the system date to default into this column.

Due Date

Enter the due date or allow the system date to default into this column.

Document Location

Use this field to attach a file to your milestone/percent complete bill. You can use this feature to attach a copy of this bill, the section of the contract that defines the billing requirements, documentation for the bill such as timesheets or vouchers, or other information regarding contract funding. You should attach documents before you post the bills.

Enter the location of the file that you want to attach to your bill. You can also click the Browse for file button to the right of this field to open a dialog and navigate your network to locate the file that you want to attach to your bill.

Use the Open file button to view the attached file. The system displays an error message if no document location has been entered.

Note: You can save a copy of this bill in the document location. After making your final edits, set the Status to Selected and use the Print Milestone Percent Complete Bills screen to print the bill to a file in the document location.