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Oracle Advisor Webcast
Oracle Receivables Balance Forward
Billing (BFB) Setup & Usage
Mary Frize
Principal Technical Support Engineer

May 28, 2015

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Oracle Advisor Webcast
Oracle Receivables Balance Forward
Billing (BFB) Setup & Usage
Mary Frize
Principal Technical Support Engineer

May 28, 2015

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Objectives
Become familiar with Balance
Forward Billing (BFB)

Learn how to setup BFB

Know how to troubleshoot

common issues with Balance
Forward Billing (BFB)

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Agenda
1 What is Balance Forward Billing (BFB)?
2 Balance Forward Billing setup
3 Generating & printing BFB
4 Troubleshooting common issues

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What Is Balance Forward Billing?
Release 12 functionality
Present one document containing all activity in a given billing period
Transactions, adjustments, receipts & payments
Balances carried forward from prior periods
Displays an aging bucket at the end of the printed bill
Consolidate across multiple sites or individual sites depending on setup
Replaces Consolidated Billing from 11i

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Consolidated Billing Invoices vs. Balance Forward Billing
Detail Balance Forward Billing (BFB) Consolidated Billing Invoices (CBI)
Data Model Data stored in the AR_CONS_INV* tables

Billing Cycle Must be defined No concept of Billing Cycle

Payment Must associate Billing Cycle to Requires cut-off date to imply Payment
Terms Payment Term (implies BFB Term is Proxima
enabled)
Multiple cut-off dates allowed Only one cut-off date allowed
per Billing Cycle
* Consolidated Billing Invoices vs. Balance Forward Billing Similarities and Differences (Doc
ID 872872.1)

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Balance Forward Billing Setup Considerations

Billing level account or site?

For site level, which sites?
Should any invoices be excluded?
Format detail or summary?
Frequency monthly, weekly, daily?
Start date for billing cycle?
10 year limitation

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Fields Required For Balance Forward Billing To Generate
HZ_CUSTOMER_PROFILES
STANDARD_TERMS
OVERRIDE_TERMS (Y or N)
CONS_INV_FLAG (Y or N)
CONS_INV_TYPE (DETAIL or SUMMARY)
CONS_BILL_LEVEL (ACCOUNT or SITE)
RA_TERMS
BILLING_CYCLE_ID

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Balance Forward Billing Setups

1. Define Balance Forward Billing Cycles

2. Establish Payment Terms
3. Customer Profile Classes (optional)
4. Define BFB settings for Customer
5. System Options

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Define Balance Forward Billing Cycles Monthly Sample

Navigation: Setup >

Print > Balance Forward
Billing Cycles

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Define Balance Forward Billing Cycles Weekly Sample

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Define Balance Forward Billing Cycles Daily Sample

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Define Balance Forward Payment Terms
Navigation: Setup >
Transactions > Payment
Terms

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Define Customer Profile Classes Optional Setup

Navigation:
Customers >
Profile Classes

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Define Balance Forward Billing Settings For Customer

Navigation:
Customers >
Customers >
Account Profile Tab

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Account Level Billing

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Bill To Site Level Billing

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Define System Options
Navigation Path : Setup > System> System Options

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Transaction Workbench Show Billing Number

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Generating & Printing Balance Forward Bills

Navigation: Print
Documents >
Balance Forward
Bills

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Generate Balance Forward Bills Parameters

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Printed Bill in Detail Account Level

3-10494706081

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Printed Bill The Following Month

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Troubleshooting Balance Forward Billing
Related packages
Generate Bills Debug log
Parameters
Dynamic SQL
Loops
Diagnostics

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Balance Forward Billing Programs
Package Name Description

ARPBFBIB.pls Controls Generate Balance Forward Bills & Confirm Balance Forward
ARPBFBIBs.pls Bill programs

ARBFBUTB.pls Maintains utility procedures & functions for BFB

ARBFBUTS.pls

ARBPBFBB.pls Handles Bill Presentment process used to generate BFB

ARBPBFBS.pls output/template

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Finding The Latest Code For A Particular File

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Sample File Version Search Results

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Generate Bills Debug Log File Parameters

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Generate Bills Debug Log File SQL Used

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Debugging BFB Log File

Shows:
All sites looped through
Each transaction
processed within that
site
Overridden terms or
dates

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Balance Forward Billing (BFB) Diagnostics
R12.0.6+ : Oracle Receivables Balance Forward Billing Data Collection Test
(Doc ID 732191.1)

Input parameters:
Responsibility ID
Operating Unit Id
Customer Number

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Sample Diagnostics for Balance Forward Billing (BFB)

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BFB Diagnostics Customer/Account Information

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BFB Diagnostics Billing Cycle Definition

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BFB Diagnostics Invoice Tables

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Troubleshooting Tips What You Should Know When

Generating BFB
Without supplying a billing date
Using a past date
Using a future date
Upgrading from 11i

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What Happens When No Billing Date Is Supplied For BFB?

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No Billing Date Supplied Confirm Balance Forward Bill

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Bill Generated When No Billing Date Supplied

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What Happens When A Past Date Is Supplied For BFB?

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Balance Forward Billing Diagnostics Missed Billing Date

~ OVERRIDE BILLING DATE : FROM 18-JAN-13 TO 18-MAY-15. ~

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What Happens When A Future Date Is Supplied For BFB?

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Bill Generated When Future Date Supplied

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Troubleshooting Upgrade From Consolidated Billing
Balance Forward Billing set on customer profiles after R12 upgrade
Null Payment Terms
Missing values in Customer Standard screen list of values
To see Payment Terms, disable BFB on Customers Account Profile
To prevent BFB from being enabled on customer profiles during upgrade:
Disable check box for Consolidate Billing Format Profile Class
Select Update All Existing Profiles
Update specific customer profiles as needed

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Summary
What we covered today

Balance Forward Billing features

Setting up BFB
Generating Balance Forward Bills
Troubleshooting tips

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Top Articles & Community Links
Balance Forward Billing Setup and Usage
Guide for Oracle Receivables Users (Doc ID
761180.1)
Consolidated Billing Invoices (R11i) versus
Balance Forward Billing (R12) - Similarities
and Differences (Doc ID 872872.1)
Balance Forward Billing (BFB) Shows Old
Transactions and DELAY_CMAPP Records
after Upgrade, How to Avoid? (Doc ID
1501840.1)

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Top Articles & Community Links
Customers Issue: The Payment Terms List of
Values In Customer Window Does not
Display Any Values (Doc ID 461210.1)
All Customers Profiles Get Set To "Balance
Forward Billing" After The R12 Upgrade (Doc
ID 1564516.1)
R12.0.6+ : Oracle Receivables Balance
Forward Billing Data Collection Test (Doc ID
732191.1)

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