PRINT PROGRESS PAYMENT BILLS

Use this screen to print Progress Payment Bills using government form 1443, Contractor's Request for Progress Payment. These bills must have been calculated through the Calculate Progress Payment Bills process and must be residing on the Manage Progress Payment Bills screen. You can print bills that have been designated as Selected or Unselected. If Bill Groups are being used, you can print only progress payment bills that are part of your user group.

You must compute the progress payment bills and modify them, if necessary, before printing. You must print bills before posting them.

You can use the Print Options screen to archive a report for later viewing or printing. Select File » Print Options from the menu (you can also click ), select the Archive check box, and enter the appropriate parameters in the Archive group box. You can use the Print Archived Reports screen to view or print the archived report. This is useful if you need to reprint a bill after posting. You cannot reprint bills after posting unless you archive them.

Location

Identification

Use the fields in this block to create a new parameter ID or to retrieve a previously saved parameter ID. A parameter ID represents a set of screen selection parameters. After you have saved a parameter ID and its related parameters, you can retrieve them using Query.

You can use the retrieved parameters to produce reports and run processes more efficiently and with greater consistency. The saved parameters are also useful and necessary when you want to run the process as part of a batch job. Many users save a unique set of parameters for each different way they run a report or process. When you select a previously saved parameter ID or parameter description, the associated saved screen selection parameters automatically display as selection defaults. The page setup and print options are also included in the saved parameter ID if there are any. You can change any of the associated selection defaults as necessary.

Parameter ID

Enter, or click to select, a parameter ID of up to 15 alphanumeric characters. Choose characters for your parameter ID that help identify the type of selections you made in the screen, such as PERIOD or QUARTERLY.

When you save your record, all the selections made in the screen are stored with the parameter ID. Later, you can retrieve the parameter using Query.

You can use the parameter to run the process more efficiently because you can select the parameter ID with its previously defined screen selections. After the default selections display in the screen, you can override the defaults.

Description

Enter, or click to select, a parameter description of up to 30 alphanumeric characters.

Selection Ranges

Projects

Select the range of projects for which you want to print progress payment bills. You can print bills for all projects initialized on the Manage Project Billing Information screen with the Progress Payment billing formula. If you are using bill user groups and/or billing cycles, print bills only for those projects that are authorized for your user group and/or billing cycle.

Option

Use this drop-down list to select the range of projects to be included. Valid options are:

The default for this field is All.

Start

Enter, or click to select, the starting project for the range you want to include. If you select All or From Beginning in the Option field, this field is inactive.

End

Enter, or click to select, the ending project for the range you want to include. If you select All, One, or To End in the Option field, this field is inactive.

Non-Contiguous Ranges

Select this check box to choose a noncontiguous range of projects to print on the report. Use the Project Non-Contiguous Ranges subtask to select the ranges.

Invoices

Select the range of invoices you want to print. Invoices within this range for the projects selected are printed.

Option

Use this drop-down list to select the range of invoices to be included. Valid options are:

The default for this field is All.

Start

Enter, or click to select, the starting invoice for the range you want to include. If you select All or From Beginning in the Option field, this field is inactive.

End

Enter, or click to select, the ending invoice for the range you want to include. If you select All, One, or To End in the Option field, this field is inactive.

Billing Cycles

Select the range of billing cycles for which you want to print. Your selection of projects is limited to those included in the range of billing cycles selected.

Option

Use this drop-down list to select the range of billing cycles to be included. Valid options are:

The default for this field is All.

Start

Enter, or click to select, the starting billing cycle for the range you want to include. If you select All or From Beginning in the Option field, this field is inactive.

End

Enter, or click to select, the ending billing cycle for the range you want to include. If you select All, One, or To End in the Option field, this field is inactive.

Bill Groups

Select the range of user groups for which you want to print. You are limited to user groups to which you belong. Your selection of projects is limited to those included in the range of user groups selected.

Option

Use this drop-down list to select the range of bill groups to be included. Valid options are:

The default for this field is All.

Start

Enter, or click to select, the starting bill group for the range you want to include. If you select All or From Beginning in the Option field, this field is inactive.

End

Enter, or click to select, the ending bill group for the range you want to include. If you select All, One, or To End in the Option field, this field is inactive.

Project Managers

Use these options to select the range of project managers you want to print.

Option

Use this drop-down list to select the range of project managers to be included. Valid options are:

The default for this field is All.

Start

Enter, or click to select, the starting project manager for the range you want to include. If you select All or From Beginning in the Option field, this field is inactive.

End

Enter, or click to select, the ending project manager for the range you want to include. If you select All, One, or To End in the Option field, this field is inactive.

Options

Select Printing

Use this group box to select print options.

Override Invoice (Box 8B) Date

Selecting this check box overrides Box 8b on the printed progress payment bill, but it does not change the Invoice Date that is posted. Before posting these bills, edit the Box 8B – Date of This Request date on the Section 1; Box 3–8 tab on the Manage Progress Payment Bills screen for each bill you print so that the invoice date that is posted matches the date printed on these bills.

Invoice Date

Enter the invoice date that you want to print in line 8B of the Progress Payment Bills. This date is used only for bills that do not have an invoice date entered on the Manage Progress Payment Bills screen.

Include Unselected Invoices

Select this check box to print bills that have an Unselected status. You can print bills with either an Unselected or Selected status, but you can post only Selected bills.

Subtasks

Subtask

Description

Project Non-Contiguous Ranges

If you selected the Non-Contiguous Ranges check box, use the Project Non-Contiguous Ranges subtask to select a noncontiguous range of projects.