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<ManualTopic ID="/baanerp/ci/onlinemanual/cisli" xml:lang="en" TopicType="Overview">
   <Header>
      <Title>Sales Invoicing</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e73098">
         <Level1>Sales Invoicing</Level1>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <AimSection>
      <Paragraph>Use <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ci/sli" role="module">Sales Invoicing</GUIRef> to
		create, print, and post <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#SalesInv_td" role="glossary">sales invoices</Link> from several LN packages. You can
		either print the sales invoices or send the invoices to your business partners
		using <Link href="/baanerp/ec/glossary/glossary#000004" role="glossary">EDI messages</Link>.</Paragraph>
   </AimSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <ProcedureList>
         <ListIntro>The invoicing procedure consists of these steps:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>When orders are ready to be invoiced, the <Link href="/baanerp/tf/glossary/glossary#000451" role="glossary">Operations Management</Link> packages release the invoice data of the orders to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ci" role="package">Invoicing</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>LN generates the invoices for the invoice data that you select in a <Link href="/baanerp/ci/glossary/glossary#000001" role="glossary">billing request</Link>. The invoice data selection for a billing
		  request is controlled by a <Link href="/baanerp/ci/glossary/glossary#000002" role="glossary">billing request template</Link>, which defines the types and
		  number of orders that can be grouped on one invoice.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>When you create a billing request, you must select a <Link href="/baanerp/ci/glossary/glossary#000003" role="glossary">billing request addition</Link> which defines the appearance of
		  the invoices.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>If you compose the billing request, LN generates the invoices.
		  Depending on various parameter settings, the invoice data lines can be combined
		  on one invoice based on a number of <Link href="/baanerp/ci/glossary/glossary#000010" role="glossary">composing criteria</Link> such as the order or project, the
		  invoice-to address, and the payment method. You can also set up LN in such a way that the
		  invoice for a sales order and the credit note for a return order are composed
		  on a single invoice.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>You can print a draft invoice to check whether the invoices are
		  correct.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>If the invoice is correct, you can print the original invoice
		  which you send to the invoice-to business partner, and post the invoice to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf" role="package">Financials</GUIRef> where open
		  entries are created in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/acr" role="module">Accounts Receivable</GUIRef> module.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>If corrections are required, you can undo the composition of
		  the invoice. After the invoice data is corrected in Operations Management, you
		  can repeat the invoicing procedure.</ListItem>
      </ProcedureList>
      <Paragraph>For the invoicing procedure details, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/ci/onlinemanual/000001" role="manual">The invoicing procedure</Link>.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/ci/onlinemanual/000008" role="manual">
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ci" role="package">Invoicing</GUIRef>
         </Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>