The billing header is generated after the order line is activated and billing is initiated. It shows the following fields:

Field Name

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Required Field?

Id

The ID of the Billing Header.

System generated

Contracted

It indicates whether this record can be invoiced or not. Only the “Contracted” billing records are eligible to be invoiced. This will be "True" for all options and standalone products.

For Bundles, this value is auto-selected based on the “Invoice Level for a Bundle” field on the product.

This is a checkbox-type field. The default value is True.

Yes

Status

It indicates whether the billing header is “Active” or not.

This is a picklist field where you can select from the following values:

  • Active
  • Inactive
  • Pending Inactivation

The default value is Inactive. 

Yes

Message

It is a textbox field and displays out-of-the-box error messages.


Current Order Line Item

This is a read-only field and displays the associated Order Line Item (OLI).


Current Order

This is a read-only field and displays the order number of the OLI.


Parent Order Line Item

This is a read-only field and displays the parent of the current order line item. If the current order line item itself is the parent, this column will be the same as the current order line item number.


Asset Line Item

This is a read-only field and it references if the order line is created using the Conga CPQ.

This is similar to the “Parent Order Line Item” functionality and serves as a source reference to track the billing throughout its lifecycle.

If this field is populated, Billing fetches the Parent Order automatically.


Product

This field displays the name of the product that has been sold to the customer.


Product Name

This field displays the name of the product on the corresponding sales line item.


Price Type

Indicates the nature of the product - Recurring, One Time, Usage, Evergreen, etc. It's a read-only field and picks the "Price Type" of the product from the CPQ product structure.


Pricing Source

Indicates the source from where the pricing information is fetched:

  • Order Line Item
  • Asset Line Item

Yes

Bill To

It is a read-only field and displays the customer account responsible for paying the bills.

Yes

Billing Start Date

It is a read-only field and displays the start date of the current OLI.

Yes

Billing End Date

It is a read-only field and displays the end date of the current OLI.


Billing Frequency

It indicates the cadence at which the product or service needs to be billed to the customer.

This is a read-only field displaying any of the following values:

  • None
  • One-Time
  • Monthly
  • Quarterly
  • Half Yearly
  • Yearly


Billing Rule

Indicates whether the bill should be invoiced at the start of the period (i.e., in advance) or at the end (i.e., in arrears.)

This is a read-only field displaying any of the following values:

  • Bill In Advance
  • Bill In Arrears

The default value is Bill In Advance.


Billing Preference

This is a read-only field and displays the customer billing policy preferences that apply to this transaction.


Quantity

This is a read-only field and displays the number of units of the product or service to be billed to the customer.

Yes

Selling Term

This is a read-only field and displays the Term or duration of the current sales.


Currency

This is a read-only field and displays the currency of the transaction. The currency can’t be changed in the mid-term.


Net Unit Price

This is a read-only field and displays the “Net Unit Price” of the product or service. This value is derived from the order line item (OLI). The precision for the values in this field is as per Billing Settings > Currency Decimal Places.


Billable Amount from the Current Order Line

This is a read-only field and shows the transaction amount from the current OLI that the Billing engine has sourced to create new or additional schedule records.

In general -

For a “New” sale, the “Net Price” from the Order Line Item (OLI) is used to determine the billable amount.

For the subscription management scenarios, the “Delta Price” from the ongoing OLI is used to determine the additional billable amount.

The precision for the values in this field is as per Billing Settings > Currency Decimal Places.


Total Adjusted Amount

This is a read-only field and displays the total value from the billing schedule details manually created under this billing header. I.e., Manual billing schedule details with a category as Adjustment and are approved.

The precision for the values in this field is as per Billing Settings > Currency Decimal Places.


Total Invoiced Amount

This is a read-only field and displays the total of the “Fee Amount” from the billing schedule records that have been invoiced so far.

The precision for the values in this field is as per Billing Settings > Currency Decimal Places.


Pending Invoice Amount

This is a read-only field and displays the remainder of the TCV (Sales) that hasn’t been invoiced yet.

The precision for the values in this field is as per Billing Settings > Currency Decimal Places.


Proration Computation Method

Indicates the method to be used to compute the “Actual Fee Amount” for the prorated schedules of subscription billing products.


Total Contract Value (TCV) (Sales)

This is a read-only field and displays the total contract value from the sale of the product/service until date.

If there’s an Asset Line Item (ALI) reference, this value will be the same as the “TCV” field on the ALI.

The precision for the values in this field is as per Billing Settings > Currency Decimal Places.


Total Bill Including Adjustments

The total of “TCV (Sales)” and “Total Adjusted Amount.”

The precision for the values in this field is as per Billing Settings > Currency Decimal Places.