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FinancialForce Billing Central Settings

Use these custom fields in the Billing Central Settings custom setting to change the behavior of FinancialForce Billing Central.

Key: The number indicates the number of characters that are allowed in this text field, where appropriate.

Custom Field

 

Description
Active Contract Line Locked Field Set  

Name of the contract line item field set that determines which fields are read-only on a contract line item belonging to an Active contract. Only these Contract Line Item object fields are supported:

  • Bill in Arrears
  • Billing Term
  • Billing Type
  • End Date
  • First Bill Date
  • Pricing Structure
  • Product or Service
  • Quantity
  • Revenue Category
  • Start Date
  • Unit of Measure
  • Unit Price
Warning: Warning Warning triangle
Errors may occur when contracts are saved if other fields are added to this field set.
Active Contract Locked Field Set  

Name of the contract field set that determines which fields are read-only on an Active contract. Only these Contract object fields are supported:

  • Account
  • Approval Status
  • Company
  • Contract Name
  • Description
  • End Date
  • First Bill Date
  • Major Version
  • Renewal Reminder
  • Start Date
  • Total Contract Value
Warning: Warning Warning triangle
Errors may occur when contracts are saved if other fields are added to this field set.
Add and Delete Lines on Active Contracts   Indicates whether you can add and delete contract line items on an Active contract.
Allow Converted Invoice to be Rebilled   Indicates whether option to allow billing schedules of converted invoices to be rebilled is selected by default when converting billing documents of type Invoice to credit notes.
Allow Deletion of Account in Use   Indicates whether you can delete an account that is in use. For instance, an account that is associated with a contract.
Allow Deletion of Draft Billing Document   Indicates whether you can delete draft billing documents.
Allow Deletion of Product in Use   Indicates whether you can delete a product that is in use. For instance, a product that is associated with a plan line item.
Allow Deletion of Tax Code in Use   Indicates whether you can delete a tax code that is in use. For instance, a tax code that is associated with a billing document line item.
Billing Document Credit Note Template   Name of the custom template for billing documents of type Credit Note. If you do not enter a value, the default Visualforce page billingdocumentpdf is used for printing billing documents of type Credit Note. See Setting up Document Printing.
Billing Document Invoice Template   Name of the custom template for billing documents of type Invoice. If you do not enter a value, the default Visualforce page billingdocumentpdf is used for printing billing documents of type Invoice. See Setting up Document Printing.
Billing Document Output 20

Determines the default strategy to generate billing documents when running a background process to create billing documents from contracts. You can enter:

  • Single – A single billing document is created for each contract.
  • Per Billing Type – A separate billing document is created for each billing type in a contract. For example, three billing documents are created if a contract contains three lines, one with a billing type One-off, one with a billing type Recurring Variable and one with a billing type Recurring Fixed.

The default value is Single.

Note: Note Notepad
You must enter the option you want as text. This setting is case sensitive. You must enter Single or Per Billing Type. Entering any other text or case results in the default value Single being used.
Billing Schedule Number of Months  

Specifies the number of future months for which to create billing schedules when activating contracts and applying change requests.

This must be a whole number from 0 to 99.

Note: Note Notepad
Billing schedules are generated by the GenerateBillingSchedulesSchedulable Apex class. You can set up a job to automatically generate billing schedules. See Setting up a Job to Generate Billing Schedules.
If this setting is zero, or you do not enter a value, billing schedules are not automatically generated.
Contract Change Request Use Approvals  

Indicates whether a Salesforce approvals process is used to approve contract change requests before applying them to a contract. See Creating a Change Request Approval Process.

Credit Note Email Template   Name of the custom email template to use when emailing billing documents of type Credit Note. The default template BillingDocumentPdfEmail is used for the email if you do not specify a value. See Setting up Document Email.
Note: Note Notepad
The billing document is generated using the Billing Document Credit Note Template
Delete Discarded Billing Doc Schedule  

Indicates whether related billing schedules are deleted when a billing document is discarded. If cleared, the Billing Document Line Item field is cleared on related billing schedules when a billing document is discarded.

Enhanced Billing Doc Field Set  

Name of the billing document field set that determines which billing document fields are to be included on the Additional Fields tab of the enhanced Billing Document Detail page. When blank, the default field set 'EnhancedBillingDocumentAdditionalFields' is used.

Note: Note Notepad
Adding custom fields that require a unique value is not supported.
Enhanced Billing Doc Line Field Set  

Name of the billing document line item field set that determines which billing document line item fields are to be included on the enhanced Billing Document Detail page. When blank, the default field set 'EnhancedBillingDocumentAdditionalFields' is used.

Note: Note Notepad
Adding custom fields that require a unique value is not supported.
Enhanced Contract Field Set  

Name of the contract field set that determines which contract fields are to be included on the enhanced Contract Detail page. When blank, the default field set 'EnhancedContractAdditionalFields' is used.

Note: Note Notepad
Adding custom fields that require a unique value is not supported.
Enhanced Contract Line Field Set  

Name of the contract line item field set that determines which contract line item fields are to be included on the enhanced Contract Detail page. When blank, the default field set 'EnhancedContractAdditionalFields' is used.

Note: Note Notepad
Adding custom fields that require a unique value is not supported.
Group Printed Billing Documents by Plan   Indicates whether the lines in a printed billing document are grouped by plan.
Invoice Email Template   Name of the custom email template to use when emailing billing documents of type Invoice. The default template BillingDocumentPdfEmail is used for the email if you do not specify a value. See Setting up Document Email.
Note: Note Notepad
The billing document is generated using the Billing Document Invoice Template.
Print Billing Doc Field Set  

Name of the billing document field set that determines which billing document fields are to be included on a printed billing document. When blank, the default field set 'PrintedDocumentFields' is used.

Tip: Tip Notepad
If you specify your own field set, you can add any fields you want to that field set. If you use the default field set, you can remove the default fields and add them back, but you cannot add other fields from FinancialForce Billing Central.
Print Billing Doc Line Field Set   Name of the billing document field set that determines which billing document line item field are to be included on a printed billing document. When blank, the default field set 'PrintedDocumentFields' is used.
Tip: Tip Notepad
If you specify your own field set, you can add any fields you want to that field set. If you use the default field set, you can remove the default fields and add them back, but you cannot add other fields from FinancialForce Billing Central.
Print Billing Doc Plan Summary Field Set  

Name of the billing document line item field set that determines which billing document fields are to be included when summarizing a plan on a printed billing document. When blank, the default field set 'PlanSummaryFields' is used.

Tip: Tip Notepad
If you specify your own field set, you can add any fields you want to that field set. If you use the default field set, you can remove the default fields and add them back, but you cannot add other fields from FinancialForce Billing Central.
Soft Date Week Start Day   Defines which day a week starts on when calculating the start or end of a week for soft dates. You can enter Sunday or Monday. If you do not enter a value, the start of the week is set automatically based on the locale of your Salesforce OrgSalesforce organization.

Reference

Managing Custom Settings from Setup

Background Process Settings

Tax Calculation Settings

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