Pre-invoice Validation
Pre invoice validation is used to make sure all the required data are valid and available for the Customer Invoice Creation.
- Go to Operations > Client Invoice Administration. Click [Configuration] from Quick Links.
- On the Invoice Configuration page, click Invoice Validations.
- Click Add on Invoice Validations page.
- On the Invoice Validation Detail page, set the details as per your requirement and click Save.
- On the Customer Summary screen, go to Administration > General > Pre-invoice Validation.
- On the Pre-Invoice Validations Report page specify the Date range, Billing Type, LCDName and Validation Type and click List.
CIS supports 35 different types of pre-invoice validations. The most Common amongst them are:
Validation: Alert Consumption Approval
This type of validation applies when Supplier rules state consumption is not approved. This is currently used only in GMC for MCPE Bill Calculations.
Validation: Alert Consumption Type
This type of validation applies if consumption type is an Adjustment or Rollover. This can
also be Supplier-specific. Whatever the procedure returns, log in
InvoiceBatchDetailValidation
.
Validation: Mismatch Meter Reads
- Previous read exists
- Meter is non interval
- Consumption type is not a
Rollover
. To learn more about Rollover, see Creating and Managing Products. - Begin read is not equal to previous end read.
Validation: Mismatch Meter Service Date
- Previous read exists
Date From
is not equal to previousDate To
.
Validation: Missing Consumption and Alert Multiple Consumption
This type of validation applies if there is no billable consumption found in billing database and if a meter contains multiple consumptions.
Validation: Missing Rate
- A Customer does not have an active rate.
- A Customer has an active rate but it is not applied. (No product Rollover)
Validation: Missing TDSP Charges and Alert Multiple TDSP Invoices
This type of validation applies if no tdsp charges are found for a Customer on Supplier consolidated billing mode and if more than one tdsp charges are found on an account.