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   <Header>
      <Title>Job processing of invoices</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e70854">
         <Level1>Invoicing</Level1>
         <Level2>billing request sets</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e70859">
         <Level1>Billing request sets</Level1>
         <Level2>invoicing</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e70864">
         <Level1>Recurrent invoicing</Level1>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>To process invoices in a batch job, you must use <Link href="/baanerp/ci/glossary/glossary#000300" role="glossary">billing request sets</Link>. For example, you can define billing
		request sets to process similar selections of invoicing data regularly without
		the need to create a new billing request every time.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>For example, you can set up daily processing of invoices related
		to sales orders.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Setting up job processing of invoices</SectionTitle>
      <ProcedureList>
         <ListIntro>To generate invoices for specific order types for specific
		  business partners at regular time intervals:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ci/sli/cisli2219m000" role="session">Global Confirmation of Order data (cisli2219m000)</GUIRef> session, select the order type or types
		  that you want to process automatically.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Click <GUIRef href="" role="manual" Update="No">Add to Job</GUIRef> to create a job
		  that automatically confirms the invoicing data at the required time interval.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Create a billing request template for the order type and set
		  the number of orders to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ci/domains/sli.snos#several" role="option">Several</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Define the invoice layout in a billing request
		  addition.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>Create a billing request to select the invoicing
			 data.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>Create a billing request set.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Add the billing request to the billing request set. You can add
		  multiple billing requests to a billing request set.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <ProcedureList>
               <ListIntro>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ci/sli/cisli2200m000" role="session">Compose/Print/Post Invoices (cisli2200m000)</GUIRef> session, enter these details:</ListIntro>
               <ListItem>Select the billing request set in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ci/sli/cisli2200m000#f.select.br.set" role="manual">Billing Request Set</GUIRef> field.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>Select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ci/sli/cisli2200m000#f.composing" role="manual">Composing</GUIRef>, <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ci/sli/cisli2200m000#f.br.print" role="manual">Printing</GUIRef>, and <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ci/sli/cisli2200m000#f.br.post" role="manual">Posting</GUIRef> check boxes.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>Leave the current date and time in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ci/sli/cisli2200m000#f.cutoff.date" role="manual">Cut Off Date</GUIRef> field.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>
                  <Paragraph>Click <GUIRef href="" role="manual" Update="No">Add to Job</GUIRef> to create
				  a job that processes the billing request set at the required time interval.</Paragraph>
                  <Paragraph>Leave a time interval of, for example, 30 minutes,
				  between the job that confirms the invoicing data and the job that processes the
				  billing requests. For more information, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/basictasks/000037" role="manual">To use jobs</Link>.</Paragraph>
               </ListItem>
            </ProcedureList>
         </ListItem>
      </ProcedureList>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>To create a billing request set:</SectionTitle>
      <List>
         <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 <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu, click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ci/sli/cisli1106m000#exec.user.1" role="command">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="manual">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>
         <ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ci/sli/cisli1106m000" role="session">Billing Request Sets (cisli1106m000)</GUIRef> session, select the billing request
		  set.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>On the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu, click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ci/sli/cisli1106m000#compose.print.post.invoic" role="command">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.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ci/sli/cisli2200m000#exec.cont.process" role="command">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>