What's New in Billing Documentation
This section lists changes in the documentation to support each release.
February '25
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Topic |
Description |
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February '25 |
11 Feb 2025 |
New Topic. New feature for this release. | |
New Topic. New feature for this release. | |||
New Topic. New feature for this release. | |||
Revised the topic to add screenshot with latest changes on the UI. | |||
New Topic. New feature for this release. | |||
New Topic. New feature for this release. | |||
Revised the topic to add a note informing that the proposal line items associated with a Billing Plan can be included as part of forecast summary. | |||
New Topic. New feature for this release. |
October '24
Document |
Publication Date |
Topic |
Description |
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October '24 |
11 Oct 2024 |
Splitting Invoices Using an API |
New Topic. New feature for this release. |
Configuring Admin Entries |
New Topic. New feature for this release. | ||
Understanding the Behavior of Billing Schedules and Usage Inputs After an Amendment |
New Topic. New feature for this release. | ||
Configuring Currency Precision Choice for Multi-currency Organizations |
New Topic. New feature for this release. | ||
Creating a Billing Plan |
Revised the topic to add a note about displaying the currencies and currency symbols per the transaction source. | ||
Billing Plans |
Revised the topic to add a note about displaying the currencies and currency symbols per the transaction source. |
June '24
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Publication Date |
Topic |
Description |
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June '24 |
12 Jun 2024 |
Wallets for Usage Inputs |
Revised topic to add use case 2 describing the wallet balance consumption for the wallet-linked usage products. |
February '24
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Publication Date |
Topic |
Description |
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February '24 |
07 Feb 2024 |
Payment Term |
Revised topic to:
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Real Time Wallet Updates |
Revised topic to add a new section:
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Adding Lines Manually to Invoices |
New Topic. New feature for this release. | ||
Amending Usage Assets |
New Topic. New feature for this release. | ||
Wallets |
Revised topic to add the new sections:
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Changing the Status of Billing Schedules |
Revised topic to add a note for using the API to change the status of billing schedules of a WALI. | ||
Direct Credit Memo from Invoices |
Revised topic to add a new section:
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Credit and Rebill |
Revised the topic to add a new section:
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October '23
Document |
Publication Date |
Topic |
Description |
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October '23 |
04 Oct 2023 |
New Topic. New feature for this release. | |
Configuration Required to Generate Summary Lines for an Invoice |
New Topic. New feature for this release. | ||
New Topic. New feature for this release. | |||
New Topic. New feature for this release. | |||
New Topic. New feature for this release. | |||
New Topic. New feature for this release. | |||
Updated the topic about the invoice lines summary created for split invoices. If the parent invoice already has an invoice line summary generated, the split invoice, by default inherits the same. |
June '23
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Publication Date |
Topic |
Description |
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June '23 |
07 Jun 2023 |
Added the following settings in the table:
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New Topic. | |||
Understanding Catch-up Schedule in the Legacy Billing Period |
New Topic. | ||
New Topic. | |||
Performing "Credit & Rebill" on the Invoices of Legacy Assets |
New Topic. | ||
New Topic. | |||
New Topic. | |||
New Topic. | |||
New Topic. | |||
New Topic. | |||
New Topic. | |||
New Topic. | |||
New Topic. | |||
New Topic. | |||
New Topic. | |||
New Topic. | |||
Revised the page to add the topic: New Proration Method to Bill the Round-Offs. | |||
New Topic. | |||
Implementing the Batch Job to Calculate the Remaining Billable Amount |
New Topic. | ||
Revised the page to add the topic: Manually Approving an Invoice. | |||
Revised the page to add the topic: Invoice Run UI to Show Metrics in Preview Mode. | |||
Invoice Email Template (Billing for Administrators) |
Added a note to reflect that the functionality remains the same even if Conga Email Templates is selected as a folder. | ||
Invoice Email Templates (Billing for Users) | |||
Added Behavior in the table. | |||
Updated page to revise introduction part. | |||
Revised the page to add a note in the Delayed Usage topic. |
February '23
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Publication Date |
Topic |
Description |
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February '23 |
07 Feb 2023 |
Added the following objects to the list:
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Added the "Updating the Help Text of Billing Start Date and Billing End Date Fields" section. | |||
Updated the "Add Picklist Values" section. | |||
Updated the description of the Plan Type, Start Type, and Billing Method fields. | |||
Updated the "Billing Plan without applying a Billing Plan Template" section. | |||
Use Case: Validation on Period Start Date and Period End Date |
New topic. | ||
New topic. | |||
Updated the "Prerequisites" section. | |||
Added information about unrating usage inputs during Credit & Rebill. | |||
New topic. | |||
Creating Credit and Rebill Credit Memos and Calculating Tax for Credit and Rebill |
Added the "Calculating Tax for Credit and Rebill" section and added a new request parameter unrateUsageInputs in the "Creating Credit and Rebill" section. | ||
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Added the setting Ignore Renewal Proration Setting. | |||
New topic. | |||
Added the field Offset Early Invoice Date (Days) and description. |
September '22
Document |
Publication Date |
Topic |
Description |
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September '22 |
07 Sep 2022 |
Added a new setting Forecast Generation Batch Size. |
May '22
Document |
Publication Date |
Topic |
Description |
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May '22 |
22 Jul 2022 |
New topic. | |
Added a new setting Forecast Generation Batch Size. | |||
06 Apr 2022 |
Added the terminateAssets API section. | ||
Added the "Forecast Statuses and Exception Messages" section. | |||
Changing Billing Schedules when you Change the Location of an Asset |
New topic. | ||
Added a note about the Selling Term Calculation Method setting. | |||
Modified the "Creating a Billing Preference" section. |
December '21
Document |
Publication Date |
Topic |
Description |
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December '21 |
03 Nov 2021 |
New topic. | |
Updated the topic with information about the Manage Invoice Fees field. | |||
Updated the topic with a new invoice header field Total Additional Fee Amount and a note about additional invoice line items. | |||
Updated the topic with information about the Usage Input Processing Order setting. | |||
Scenario 8: Per Unit with Cumulative Range When Enable Usage Indexing is Selected |
New topic. | ||
Updated the topic with information about the enhanced split invoice logic to round off the amount for split type Percentage. |
Summer '21
Document |
Publication Date |
Topic |
Description |
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Summer 2021 Rev A |
12 Aug 2021 |
New topic. | |
Updated the topic with a tip about Conga Push Upgrade. | |||
Updated the topic with a tip about Conga Push Upgrade. | |||
Updated the topic with a tip about Conga Push Upgrade. | |||
Summer 2021 |
07 Jul 2021 |
New topic. | |
Modified topic. Updated the topic to add Validate Usage Reversal Property. | |||
Updated topic. | |||
Updated topic. | |||
New topic. | |||
Calculating Billing Amount based on the Contract Term and the Single Transaction Adjustment Flag |
Modified topic. Updated the information about the Single Transaction Adjustment field. | ||
Modified topic. Updated the topic with a note about the InvoiceEmailDeliveryJob. | |||
Deleting Forecasting Billing Schedules and Billing Summaries |
New topic. New API introduced in this release. | ||
Updated topic. | |||
Updated topic. | |||
Updated topic. |
Spring '21
Document |
Topic |
Description |
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Spring 2021 Rev A |
Modified topic. Removed information about adding Billing Day of Week picklist. | |
Modified topic. Removed information about Billing Day of Week field. | ||
Modified topic. Removed information about Billing Day of Week field. | ||
Generating Weekly Billing Schedules |
Deleted topic. Feature not supported by Conga Billing. | |
Spring 2021 |
Modified topic. Added information about adding Billing Day of Week picklist. | |
Modified topic. Added information about Billing Day of Week field. | ||
Modified topic. Added information about Billing Day of Week field. | ||
New topic. New feature for this release. | ||
Generating Weekly Billing Schedules |
New topic. New feature for this release. | |
Calculating Billing Amount based on the Contract Term and the Single Transaction Adjustment Flag |
Modified topic. Added information about the Single Transaction Adjustment field. | |
Modified topic. Added information about sending invoice emails only for approved invoices. | ||
New topic for this release. |
Winter '20
Document |
Topic |
Description |
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Winter 2020 |
.Legal Entity based Template Configuration vWinter-20 |
Modified topic. Added a note about setting legal entity email address. |
.Upgrading Conga Billing vMay-22 |
Modified topic. Added information on upgrading to Winter 20 Conga Billing. | |
.Updating App Name and App Logo vWinter-20 |
New topic for this release. | |
.Billing System Properties vDecember-21 |
Modified topic. Added note about Simple Discount BS Generation System Property. | |
Forecast Billing on Quote/Proposal |
Deleted topic. Administrators do not need to create Forecast button as it is available in the managed package. | |
.Forecast Billing Schedules and Billing Summaries on the Proposal vWinter-20 |
Modified topic. Added information about Forecast Billing Schedule button. | |
.Forecast Billing Schedules for Usage and Evergreen Products vWinter-20 |
Modified topic. Added information about Forecast Billing Schedule button. | |
.Invoice Life Cycle vWinter-20 |
Modified topic. Added note about direct credit memos. | |
.Direct Credit Memo From Invoice vWinter-20 |
Modified topic. Added information about Credit Memo filters. | |
.Payments vWinter-20 |
Modified topic. Added information about partial payments. | |
.Calculating Billing Amount based on the Contract Term and the Single Transaction Adjustment Flag vSummer-21 |
Modified topic. Added information about Apply Adj To Current Contract Term setting. | |
.Authenticating Billing APIs vWinter-20 |
New topic. Added information about authenticating billing APIs. |
Summer '20
Document |
Topic |
Description |
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Summer 2020 |
Billing System Properties |
Modified topic. Added Evergreen Refresh Batch Size system property. |
Setup Billing Preference |
Modified topic. Updated the topic to remove the invalid fields. | |
Understanding Proration |
Modified topic. Removed the deprecated proration treatment, Combine with the First Period. | |
Billing System Properties |
Modified topic. Updated the System Property, Invoice Generation Batch Size. | |
Asset Line Item Filter Callback Class |
Updated the topic with a new sample code. | |
Upgrading Conga Billing |
New topic. Contains information about upgrading from the previous two releases to the current release. | |
Invoice Filter Callback Class |
Updated topic. Added information about the default filter behavior. | |
Invoice Grouping Callback Class |
Updated topic. Added information about the default grouping behavior. | |
Custom Invoice Numbering |
Updated topic. Added a note about custom numbering for credit memos. | |
Forecast Billing on Quote/Proposal |
New topic. Added steps to explain the procedure of creating the Forecast action button on quote/proposal layout. | |
Invoice Life Cycle |
Modified topic. Added information about processing large invoices. | |
Understanding Proration |
Modified topic. Removed deprecated proration treatment, Combine with the First Period. | |
Direct Credit Memo From Invoice |
Modified topic. Updated the procedure to reflect the new UI. | |
Billing on Order Activation |
Modified topic. Renamed from Billing on the Order to Order Activation. | |
Forecast Billing Schedules for Usage and Evergreen Products |
Modified topic. Added a use-case for generating forecast billing schedules for evergreen products. | |
Forecast Billing at Cart |
Removed topic. Deprecated feature. | |
Integrating Conga with External Systems |
New topic for external integrations using Conga Billing APIs. | |
API Supported Packages |
Updated the topic with the Summer 2020 package details. | |
Creating Credit Memo Documents |
Updated topic to include API signature. | |
Creating Invoice Documents |
Updated topic to include API signature. | |
Creating Invoices |
Updated topic to include API signature. | |
Creating Invoices for Orders |
Updated topic to include API signature. | |
Previewing Pending Usage Inputs |
Updated topic to include API signature. | |
Processing Pending Usage Inputs |
Updated topic to include API signature. | |
Processing Rated Usage Inputs |
Updated topic to include API signature. | |
Updating Tax Calculations And Breakups on Credit Memos |
Updated topic to include API signature. | |
Updating Tax Calculations and Breakups on Invoice |
Updated topic to include API signature. | |
Forecasting Billing Schedules |
Updated topic to include API signature. | |
Creating Credit and Rebill |
Updated topic to include API signature. | |
Creating Billing Plans |
Updated topic to include API signature. | |
Forecasting Billing Schedules and Billing Summaries |
Updated topic to include API signature. | |
Creating Direct Credit Memos |
Modified topic. Updated the API to include newly introduced isFullCredit parameter and API signature. | |
Creating Billing Plan with Product Configuration |
Updated topic to include API signature. | |
Forecasting Billing Schedules for Smart Cart |
Updated topic to include API signature. | |
Applying a Late Fee |
Updated topic to include API signature. | |
Cancelling a Late Fee |
Updated topic to include API signature. | |
Creating Direct Credit Memos Asynchronously |
New Topic. New API introduced in this release. | |
Retrieving Session Key |
New Topic. New API introduced in this release. | |
Use Case for Usage-Based Billing |
New topic. Use case to explain usage-based scenario using API execution. | |
Creating Invoices for Orders - REST Service |
Deleted topic. Code sample added in Billing Management REST APIs. | |
Creating Invoices - REST Service |
Deleted topic. Code sample added in Billing Management REST APIs. | |
Processing Pending Usage Inputs - REST Service |
Deleted topic. Code sample added in Billing Management REST APIs. | |
Billing Management REST APIs |
New topic. Added code sample in JSON format. | |
Applying Credit Memos to Invoices |
Updated topic to include API signature and SOAP Response/Request XML for API integration. | |
Applying Payments to Invoices |
Updated topic to include API signature and SOAP Response/Request XML for API integration. |
Winter '19
Document |
Topic |
Description |
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Winter 2019 |
Manage Billing Plans on Cart |
New Topic. New feature for this release. |
Late Fee Batch Job |
New Topic. New feature for this release. | |
Billing Plans from Cart |
New topic. New feature for this release. | |
Direct Credit Memo From Invoice |
Modified topic. Updated the procedure to include steps for selecting credit memo attachment template and credit memo template. | |
Ad-hoc Invoices |
New topic. New feature for this release. | |
Creating a Billing Plan Template |
Modified topic. Updated the screenshot to reflect the latest UI. | |
Late Fees |
New topic. New feature for this release. | |
Changing Standard Billing Frequency to Custom Billing Frequency |
New topic. New feature for this release. | |
Billing Schedules for Merged Assets |
New topic. New feature for this release. | |
Billing Schedules for Bundle Products |
New topic. New feature for this release. | |
Wallets for Usage Inputs |
Modified topic. Updated the procedure to include the new feature, Rating Usage Inputs with Negative Quantity. | |
Billing Plans for Renewed Assets |
Modified topic. Updated the topic to include the new feature, Manual Billing Flow for Asset Renewals. | |
Account Settings |
Modified topic. Updated the topic to include Late Fees field. | |
Creating Billing Plan with Product Configuration |
New Topic. New API introduced in this release. | |
Applying a Late Fee |
New Topic. New API introduced in this release. | |
Cancelling a Late Fee |
New Topic. New API introduced in this release. | |
Forecasting Billing Schedules for Smart Cart |
New Topic. New API introduced in this release. |
Summer '19
Document |
Topic |
Description |
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Summer 2019 |
Billing System Properties |
Modified Topic. Updated the topic to include information about the following settings:
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Forecast Billing Schedules for Usage and Evergreen Products |
New topic. New feature for this release. | |
Forecast Billing Schedules and Billing Summaries on the Proposal |
Modified topic. Updated the procedure. | |
Usage Inputs |
Modified topic. Updated the topic to include Rating Usage Inputs with Custom Price Fields feature. | |
Creating a Billing Plan Template |
Modified topic. Updated the topic to include information about the new value Start Type field, Order Start Date. | |
Creating a Billing Plan |
Modified topic. Updated the screenshot to capture the new UI. | |
Minimum Fee for Usage-based Products |
New topic. New feature for this release. | |
Billing Metrics |
New topic. New feature for this release. | |
Initiating Invoice Runs |
Modified topic. Updated the screenshot to capture the new UI. | |
Calculating Billing Amount based on the Contract Term |
New topic. New feature for this release. | |
Creating Direct Credit Memos |
New Topic. New API introduced in this release. |
Spring '19
Document |
Topic |
Description |
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Spring 2019 |
Billing for Evergreen Assets |
New Topic. New feature for this release. |
Billing System Properties |
Modified Topic. Updated the topic to include information about the following settings:
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Usage Input |
Modified Topic. Updated the topic to include the feature, Processing Usage Input with Negative Quantity. | |
Single Delta Billing Schedule for Mid-Cycle Amendment |
New topic. New feature for this release. | |
Billing Schedules for Incremented Assets |
New topic. New feature for this release. | |
Understanding Billing Schedules |
Modified topic. Added information about Billing Schedule Category. | |
Sending an Invoice Email |
Modified topic. Added information about sending an email from legal entity specific email address. | |
Sending Credit Memo Email |
Modified topic. Added information about sending an email from legal entity specific email address. | |
Forecast Billing Schedules and Billing Summaries on the Proposal |
Modified topic. Added information about Billing Summary. | |
Direct Credit Memo From Invoice |
Modified topic. Updated the procedure to include Auto-Apply Credit Memo step. | |
Splitting an Invoice |
Modified topic. Updated the procedure to include Bill To Account and Account Location step. | |
Auto Apply Credit Memo |
Modified the topic to include the new feature, Auto Apply Credit Memo Order. | |
Forecasting Billing Schedules and Billing Summaries |
New Topic. New API introduced in this release. |
Winter '18
Document |
Topic |
Description |
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Winter 2018 |
Billing Schedules |
Modified Topic. Updated the Bill Cycle Start Date field under Billing Preferences section, to capture the relevance of Period Start Date picklist. |
Billing Preferences |
Modified Topic. Updated the following:
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Legal Entity based Custom Numbering |
New Topic. New feature for this release. | |
Legal Entity based Template Configuration |
New Topic. New feature for this release. | |
Setup Billing Preference |
Modified Topic. Updated the Bill Cycle Start Date field to capture the relevance of Period Start Date picklist. | |
Invoice Life Cycle |
Modified the topic to include details about moving an invoice back to draft stage | |
Splitting an Invoice |
New topic. New feature for this release. | |
Creating a Billing Plan |
Modified topic. Included details about how payment term is applied from the account or account location | |
Defining Filter Criteria |
Modified topic. Updated the screenshots to reflect the latest angular UI. | |
Auto Apply Credit Memo |
New topic. New feature for this release. | |
Creating Billing Plans |
New Topic. New API introduced in this release. |
Summer '18
Document |
Topic |
Description |
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Summer 2018 |
Understanding Proration |
Modified Topic. Updated the topic to include the feature, Combine with First Period. |
Dunning Policy |
Modified Topic. Updated the topic with a note. | |
Email Invoice Attachment Callback Class |
Modified Topic. Updated the code sample to include the new parameter, default email body. | |
Billing System Properties |
Modified Topic. Updated the topic to include information about the following settings:
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Forecast Billing Schedules on the Proposal |
New topic. New feature for this release. | |
Credit and Rebill |
New topic. New feature for this release. | |
Use Case: Milestone-based billing |
Added a use case for the billing plan topic. | |
User Usage Schedules |
Modified the topic to include the new feature, Delayed Usage | |
No Credit on Cancellation |
New topic. New feature for this release. | |
Payments |
New topic. New feature for this release. | |
Processing Options |
Modified the topic to include the new feature, Override Credit Memo Template | |
Forecasting Billing Schedules |
New Topic. New API introduced in this release. | |
Creating Credit and Rebill |
New Topic. New API introduced in this release. |