Bill Backup Style

The Bill Backup Style screen allows you to add an ordered list to Bill Style or an override on the Project Bill Term. The ordered list is populated with default values that can be changed.

General

In the General area, enter bill backup style information.

Field Description
Code Enter a unique alphanumeric key to identify the document. Once a code has been entered and the document has been submitted to final, it typically cannot be changed.
Name Enter a name to describe the document. The name does not have to be unique.

Order Precedence

Select the base order of the billing backup detail lines. Type is the Backup Type. The secondary sorts can be selected in the Backup Types area using Ordered Within Type.

 

Note: The Ordered Within Type is read-only and can only apply to Backup Type Timesheet, Expense Report, Unit Entry, Voucher (for Vendor and Employee). This field appears blank for Backup Type Bill and Bill Attachment.

  Status

Select the status of the document.

Backup Types

In the Backup Types grid, you can select the type of Backup available and additional backup options that should be included in the Bill Backup tab and Bill Packet for the Prebill and Final Bill.

For examples of bill styles with various Backup Type settings, see Standard Bill Backup Styles.

The following documents are available as Bill Backup:

  • Timesheets (report and attachments)
  • Expense Report (report and attachments)
  • Unit Entry (report and attachments)
  • Voucher (Employee and Vendor – attachments only)
  • Bill Attachments (any attachments added to the Prebill or Final Bill documents)
  • Bill (current Prebill or Final Bill report)
Field Description
Sequence

Displays the line item's sequential number in the list. This default ordered list is the base sort for Bill Backup Type and items are listed as one (1) through seven (7). You can reorder this list using the drag and drop feature, which is available by highlighting a line item and moving the arrow within the left bar.

  Type

Displays the default Backup Types for each backup line. Select from the following options:

  • Bill: This is the current Bill Report of the Prebill or Final Bill. For Billing Packets:
    • For the Prebill Billing Packet, the current Prebill .PDF is included when Bill is for the Prebill Bill Backup Style.
    • For the Final Bill Billing Packet, the current Final Bill .PDF is included when Bill is for the Final Bill Bill Backup Style.
     

    Note: The Prebill document has the initial .PDF when Initialization is run and the current .PDF will be refreshed by each Generate Backup action and Bill Packet that is rebuilt. Also, the current .PDF is refreshed on Prebill Approve but IF the Generate Backup action is not taken, the Bill Packet is not rebuilt and the Bill Packet attachment is disabled.

  • Bill Attachment
  • Timesheet
  • Expense Report
  • Unit Entry
  • Voucher (Vendor): Selecting Vendor allows you to distinguish between the EVC Type of the Voucher and if attachments should be pulled into backups
  • Voucher (Employee) Selecting Employee allows you to distinguish between the EVC Type of the Voucher and if attachments should be pulled into backups
  Include Report

Select to indicate if backup reports should be pulled into backup. This defaults to selected for all Backup Types.

 

Note: When Backup Types Timesheet, Expense Report and Unit Entry are not selected, the Show Adjustments, Report Format (a clear format, if one exists) and Show Lines fields are disabled.

  Include Attachments

Select to indicate if document attachments should be pulled into backup. This defaults to selected Backup Types Timesheet, Expense Report, Unit Entry, and Voucher (Vendor and Employee).

  • For Prebill Billing Packets, Bill attachments, excluding the report .PDFs, are automatically included in Bill Backup on Restate if Include Attachments is selected for Bill Attachments. If not selected, Bill attachments may be manually added through the Bill Backup tab on Prebill.
  • For Final Bill Billing Packets, Bill attachments, excluding the report .PDFs, must be manually added to the Backup. If you create Final Bill from Prebill and the Bill Backups are generated on the Prebill, then all Billing Backups are copied over to the Final Bill Backup.
  • For Backup Type Voucher (Vendor and Employee) and Expense Report, all attachments and any line level attachments on the bill are included in Billing Backup if Include Attachment is selected.
  Backup Level

Backup Level defaults to blank and indicates how the backup reports and attachments will be generated. Select from the following options:

  • Bill: Provides one (1) copy
  • Cover Task: Repeats copy for each Bill As Cover group
  • Backup Task: Repeats copy for each Bill As Backup group
  • Task: Repeats copy for each task
 

Note: This field applies to Backup Types Timesheet, Expense Report, Unit Entry and Voucher (Vendor and Employee).

  Report Format

Report Format defaults to blank and indicates the report format for the backup types. This field is required if the backup type is Expense Report, Timesheet or Unit Entry and Include Report is selected.

This field applies to Backup Types Timesheet, Expense Report, Unit Entry.

Report Format is read-only for Bill, Bill Attachments and Voucher (Vendor and Employee).

  Show Lines

Show Lines defaults to blank and indicates how line items will be shown on the backup reports. Select from the following options:

  • All: Show all lines on the report
  • Project: Shows all task for this project per report
  • Bill: Shows all task from this bill term per report
  • Single Task: Shows one (1) task per report (only available if Backup Level is Cover Task, Backup Task or Task)

This field applies to Backup Types Timesheet, Expense Report and Unit Entry.

  Show Other Line

Select to indicate if other transaction lines should also be shown on the report. Show other lines defaults for Backup Types Timesheet, Expense Report and Unit Entry. This is blank for Backup Types Bill, Bill Attachment and Voucher (Vendor and Employee).

  Show Audit Trail

Select to indicate if Audit Trail should be shown on the report. Show audit trial defaults for Backup Types Timesheet, Expense Report and Unit Entry. This is blank for Backup Types Bill, Bill Attachment and Voucher (Vendor and Employee).

  Show Adjustments

Select to indicate if Transfers will be displayed on Backup Types Timesheet, Expense Report and Unit Entry. This only applies to Timesheet, Expense Report and Unit Entry.

  Show Zero Effort Items

Select to indicate transactions with zero effort, for example, transactions that have quantity or cost but no effort, that may require backup.

 

Note: BST11 standard Bill Reports do not display transactions on the Bill if they have zero (0) Billable effort.

  Ordered Within Type Indicates if Order options are selected. This only applies to Backup Types Timesheet, Expense Report, Unit Entry and Voucher (Vendor and Employee). This displays blank for Backup Types Bill and Bill Attachment.
  Min Cost Min Cost defaults to 0.00 for Voucher (Vendor and Employee) and is blank and disabled for all other Backup Types.

Order Within Type

The Order Within Type grid allows you to select up to five (5) additional sorts which define how the Backup Lines will be ordered within the Prebill and Final Bill Backup tab and the Billing Packet by ascending or descending order. Any rows can be deleted.

Field Description
  Sequence

Displays the Order Within Type for the selected Bill Backup Type. This is the ordered list of items one (1) through five (5). You can reorder this list using the drag and drop feature, which is available by highlighting a line item and moving the arrow within the left bar.

By default, this is the base sort for Backup Types with Task being the secondary sort for backups with a backup level Task.

  Property

Select from the following options for ordering in the split pane.

For Timesheet:

  • Source Company Code, Source Company Name, Posting Date, Document Date, Document Number, EVC Code, EVC Name, Activity Code, Activity Name and Bill Rate.

For Expense:

  • Source Company Code, Source Company Name, Posting Date, Document Date, Document Number, EVC Code and EVC Name.

For Unit Entry:

  • Source Company Code, Source Company Name, Posting Date, Document Date and Document Number.

For Voucher (Vendor and Employee):

  • Source Company Code, Source Company Name, Posting Date, Document Date, Document Number, EVC Code and EVC Name.
  Order

Select either Ascending or Descending for the options ordering. This defaults to Ascending.

 

Note: For the Ordered Within Type grid, each property on a row must be selected and unique.