| # Invoicing To use Central Invoicing consists of the following procedures: Set up Central Invoicing Before you can create sales invoices for sales orders, you must define the invoice parameters, the layout of the printed invoices, and the rules for the selection of orders for which LN creates the invoices. For details, refer to To set up Central Invoicing Print draft invoices in Operations Management (optional) In the various Operations Management packages, you can print a draft invoice to check the invoice and to make corrections to the invoice amounts before you release the order data to Central Invoicing. The default template and billing request additions that you define in the SLI Parameters (cisli1500m000) session are used for the draft invoice. When you print a draft invoice in Operations Management, the order data is not released to Central Invoicing. Release the invoices to Central Invoicing You can release the order data for invoicing in various sessions of the Operations Management packages: Order Management The Release Sales Orders/Schedules to Invoicing (tdsls4247m000) session, which you can start from the appropriate menu in the Sales Orders (tdsls4100m000) session or the Maintain Deliveries Sales Order Lines (tdsls4101m200) session. Invoices with a negative amount, for example, for return orders, result in a credit note. The Release Commissions/Rebates to Invoicing (tdcms2201m000) session. Project The Transfer Project Data to Central Invoicing (tppin4200m000) session. Service Service order invoicing data is released to Central Invoicing when you set an actual cost line to Costed in one of the following sessions: Service Order Estimated Material Costs (tssoc2120m000). Service Order Estimated Labor Costs (tssoc2130m000). Service Order Estimated Other Costs (tssoc2140m000). Service Orders (tssoc2100m000). Service Order Activities (tssoc2110m000). Service call invoicing data is released to Central Invoicing if on the appropriate menu of the Call Invoicing (tsclm1105s000) session, you click Create Invoice. Freight Management Freight order data is released to Central Invoicing in the Release to Invoicing (fmfri0210m000) session. For details, refer to The freight invoicing process If you select the Invoice for Freight check box in the Sales Order Lines (tdsls4101m000) session, freight order data is automatically released to Central Invoicing when you release sales orders. For details, refer to Integration Freight Invoicing and Sales Invoicing. Financials Interest invoices from the Accounts Receivable module, in the Transfer Interest Invoices To SLI (tfacr5220m000) session. Debit notes and credit notes from the Cash Management module. For details, refer to The cash application procedure and to Direct processing of invoices. In addition, you can create manual invoices directly in Central Invoicing in the Manual Sales Invoice Data (cisli2520m000) session. For details refer to To create manual sales invoices. Compose, print, and post the invoices Compose the invoices for the released orders and print the original invoices. You can customize the invoice text and layout. Send the printed invoices to your business partners using various invoice delivery methods. When you post the invoices, the ledger accounts in the General Ledger module, and open entries in the Accounts Receivable module, are updated. For details, refer to The invoicing procedure. Remove the invoicing data Use the Purge Sales Invoice Data (cisli3210m000) session regularly to remove the invoicing data and the posted invoices from the Central Invoicing tables. You can archive the data to the History Company of the current financial company. Related topics Sales Invoicing (SLI) The invoicing procedure The freight invoicing process Overview of sales order handling Interest invoices Overview of commissions and rebates To use invoicing for projects To use progress invoicing for projects |