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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">To use billing request sets</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>Invoicing</Level1>
			<Level2>billing request sets</Level2>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>Invoicing</Level1>
			<Level2>recurrent invoicing</Level2>
		</Keyword>
	</Header>
	<GeneralSection><Paragraph>You can use <Link href="/baanerp/ci/glossary/glossary#000300" role="glossary">billing request sets</Link> to process similar selections of invoicing data regularly without the need to create a new billing request every time.</Paragraph>
		<ProcedureList><ListIntro>For example, you can monthly generate invoices for service contracts for specific business partners as follows:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>Create a billing request template for service contracts.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Define the invoice layout in a billing request addition.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Create the billing requests to select the service contracts for the business partners.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Create a billing request set.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Add the billing requests to the billing request set.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ci/sli/cisli2200m000" role="session">Compose/Print/Post Invoices (cisli2200m000)</GUIRef> session, select the billing request set and enter the required data. Next, click <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Add to Job</GUIRef> to create a job that processes the billing request set at the end of each month. For details, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/basictasks/000037" role="manual">To use jobs</Link>.</ListItem>
		</ProcedureList>
	</GeneralSection>
	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>To create a billing request set</SectionTitle>
		<List><ListIntro>To create a <Link href="/baanerp/ci/glossary/glossary#000300" role="glossary">billing request set</Link>, take the following steps:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ci/sli/cisli1106m000" role="session">Billing Request Sets (cisli1106m000)</GUIRef> session, create a billing request set.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Select the billing request set and on the <GUIRef href="" role="menu">Specific</GUIRef> menu, click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ci/sli/cisli1106m000#exec.user.1" role="formcommand">Billing Requests</GUIRef>. The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ci/sli/cisli1107m000" role="session">Billing Request Set - Billing Requests (cisli1107m000)</GUIRef> session starts.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>To add billing requests to the billing request set, click <GUIRef href="" role="manual">New</GUIRef>. In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ci/sli/cisli1107m000#cisli107.brid" role="formfield">Billing Request</GUIRef> field, click the browse arrow to select a billing request in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ci/sli/cisli2100m000" role="session">Billing Requests (cisli2100m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Save the data and close the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ci/sli/cisli1107m000" role="session">Billing Request Set - Billing Requests (cisli1107m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ci/sli/cisli1106m000" role="session">Billing Request Sets (cisli1106m000)</GUIRef> session, save the data.</ListItem>
		</List>
	</GeneralSection>
	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>To process a billing request set</SectionTitle>
		<ProcedureList><ListIntro>To process a billing request set, take the following steps:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ci/sli/cisli1106m000" role="session">Billing Request Sets (cisli1106m000)</GUIRef> session, select the billing request.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>On the <GUIRef href="" role="menu">Specific</GUIRef> menu, click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ci/sli/cisli1106m000#compose.print.post.invoic" role="formcommand">Process</GUIRef>. The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ci/sli/cisli2200m000" role="session">Compose/Print/Post Invoices (cisli2200m000)</GUIRef> session starts. The billing request set is already selected.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ci/sli/cisli2200m000" role="session">Compose/Print/Post Invoices (cisli2200m000)</GUIRef> session, enter the required data in the remaining fields. Next, click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ci/sli/cisli2200m000#exec.cont.process" role="formcommand">Continue</GUIRef> to process the billing requests of the billing request set.</ListItem>
		</ProcedureList>
	</GeneralSection>
	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ci/onlinemanual/000001" role="manual">The invoicing procedure</Link>
		</RelTopic>
	</RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>
