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SmartFusion Modules > Utility Billing > Bill Run Wizard > Utility Bill Print

Recent Changes: 
6.231
- Added functionality to populate the values for newly added fields MeterStartDate and MeterEndDate in the CustomerMeterLocation table for Pending Final and Pending Active customers.

6.230
- Added functionality to display the readings as blanks on the bill ( or zeroes in some export bill types) if the rate table associated with the meter is flagged as 'Sewer ceiling'.

6.225 - Added functionality for the begin date and end date to make on hold flag on and off in the bill run  
- If the bill type is an export file and the 'Send electronic bill' is set on the customer, the standard bill will be emailed to the customer.  

6.197 - Fixed issue for budget billing customers set to "automatically re-enroll" where the individual contract amounts were not being updated

6.185 - Removed connections to the BudgetBilledItem table for the Print Bill process and updated the process to look at the "Budget Billing is Activated" setting in the UB System File

6.183 - Added logic to delete zero amount transactions with blank transaction code from UBRollback table for bill run update number. 

6.181 - Changed the image director paths in the exported .dat file now following (UTILITY-IMPORT | ACCOUNTNUM | ACCOUNTNAME | ADDRESS | STATUS | DOCTYPE | DOCDATE).  

6.180 - Added the ability to omit the printing of bills below a minimum value, please see the Utility Billing General Settings page for more information.

Changes prior to 6.180 can be found at bottom of this page

Introduction

This page will allow a user to change the default messages for bills and print them.

Explanation

During this step all information that was assembled during the calculation process is applied to the utility bills which can be printed, exported or sent electronically.

Message for Regular Bills - A message that will print on all regular bills can be entered and will appear in the comment area of the printed bill

Message for Overdue Bills - A message that will print on all overdue bills can be entered and will appear in the comment area of the printed bill

Message for Final Bills - A message that will print on all final bills can be entered and will appear in the comment area of the printed bill

Bank code For Bills - This is used in the OCR scan line for the lock box number the bank uses when scanning in bills from lock box

Include Disconnect Fee on OCR Scanline - If checked the amount if late + the disconnect fee amount will appear on the Scanline

Export Postage Saver File - If checked, a file that can be sent to the US Postal Service will be created

Create Usage File - If checked, a filename textbox will appear and a usage file will be created when bills are printed

Date/Time to send electronic bills - Select a date and time to send electronic bills (visible if email is set to asynchronous)

Milner Format

Reference

Bill Run Wizard

Arista Utility Bills Format

Harris Print and Mail Arista Export Format

Changes Prior to 6.180

6.177 - Corrected an issue where displaying/sending electronic bills would cause a service code read type error for certain types of bills (notably the Harris Print and Mail Standard).

6.173 - Added logic to save the utility bills/export file to the DOC database to allow re-printing of bills if the user is set to 'Allow Bill Re-print' under UB user settings.

6.160 - Modifications to Standard Utility Bill Harris Print and Mail to allow adding the barcode if the 'Print billing barcode' Utility Billing system setting is set.

6.151 - Corrected issue where "Pending Active" locations were being moved to "Active" even if the bill for the previous location was not the Final Bill.

6.135 - Made a change to the Standard Utility Bills Export Bill type to look at the 'Store readings multiplied by multiplier' UB system setting to see if the reading has to be divided by the multiplier.  

6.134 
- Previous Reading, Current Reading, and Usage with zero amounts will now display a 0 as long as all three of these values are not zero. If all three values are zero, they will be left blank.
- Modifications to Standard Utility Bill Harris Print and Mail to allow for 6 lines of transactions in the detail section before overflowing. Account Number, Account Name, and Service Address have all been removed from the detail section to make room for the additional lines since this information is already being printed on the header of the bill.

6.130 - Changed Standard Utility Bill Harris Print and Mail to also include electrical and gas usage charts.  

6.128 - Changed Standard Utility Bill Harris Print and Mail to include a usage chart for water and sewer. Also added OCR line and PIN, when available. An option to include OCR has also been added to UB System Settings.  

6.116 - Changed the logic to print "BY BANK DRAFT" in the "PAYMENT" box on the standard full page utility bill and the standard Harris print and mail utility bill when the customer is receiving a final bill and paying by bank draft.

6.94 - Added the ability to print a bar code on the standard full-page utility bill
6.87 - Provide more accurate amounts on paper billing export  
6.82 - Added an option for selecting a date and time to send electronic bills  

6.80 - Fixed a bug where the combined charge transaction description (configured under the Transaction tab in Utility Billing > Parameters > Rate Table) would sometimes show on the bill instead of the main charge transaction description when "Combine With Main Charge On Bill" is checked.

6.66 - Made a change when printing bills to add the power cost adjustment amount to the main charge of the rate if it is set to Combine with main charge on bill.

6.65 - Made a change to the combine transaction on bill functionality to combine all transactions if combine on bill is checked regardless of their meter number, previous reading, current reading, usage and date entered. When combining, the first meter number ( current reading/ Previous reading / usage) found will be used for metered services.

6.63 - Implemented the combine transaction on bill functionality
6.62 - Fixed a bug that caused print bills to fail when using the postage saver file export option

6.60 
- Added logic to handle the review and sending of electronic bills  
- Fixed issue where the Service From Date and the number of service days was incorrect when a meter has been changed out   

6.53 - Modified the standard postcard report to prevent duplication of transactions when printing duplicate landlord bills

6.50 
- Updated the Standard UB Harris Print and Mail Full Page to handle overflow  
- Fixed a bug that stripped formatting from bill notes if using the functionality to use the standard export when using a custom bill

6.45 - Added the ability to export Standard Bill when the option is selected for the custom report  
6.37 - Fixed bug that hung up process for 2nd bill run for customers with service assistance     
6.33 - Added the Harris Print and Mail Standard Full Page Utility Bill  
6.21 - An option was added to create a usage file when bills are printed  
6.12 - Fixed printing past due messages when a payment pays off a customer balance the same day as the billing