Use the Next Gen Billing Compiler
Follow these steps to compile owner billings and export source documents, whether they are user-uploaded or pulled from Vista's Job Cost Detail.
- Go to Financial Controls > Billing Compiler - Next Gen.
- Select your project's Company and Contract from the appropriate dropdown menus.
- Choose how you want to compile documents.
- Select a Bill from the dropdown menu to choose a specific bill with attachments you want to compile.
- Select No Bill in order to compile and download all attachments and documents for a specific date range, regardless of if they have been billed or not.
- Select an option to compile transactions based on either receipt dates or reporting months.
- Receipt dates: Select a Receipt Start Date and Receipt End Date.
- Reporting month: Select a Month Start Date and Month End Date.
- In the Customize your output
section, use the optional filters to refine and sort your compiled
billings.
- Bill Type: If you
selected a bill above, this field indicates if it is a Progress or T&M
bill. You cannot edit this field.Note: If you selected No Bill, this field will be blank and the Sort by and Additional sort fields disabled. Your output will automatically follow the default Vista JB Bill Edit ordering.
- Cost Types: If you selected a Progress bill above, you can choose to filter between various cost types such as Labor, Material, Subcontracts, Equipment, Rented Equip, Other, or All Cost Types.
- Contract item / phase filter: If you selected a Progress bill above, choose from a list of contract items and phases.
- Sort Options: If you selected a Progress or T&M bill above, choose Bill Group or Contract Item to group your items. In the Additional sort field, select Default (follows the Vista JB Bill Edit ordering), Phase, Date, Month, or Vendor Name to further sort attachments.
- Include JC Detail Page
checkbox: Select this to include a report with the job cost details.
Selecting this Include JC Detail Page checkbox activates the Page break JC Detail between Contract Item checkbox. Select this if you want contract items to appear on a new page after the JC Detail page.
- Match JB T&M Invoice Detail checkbox: Select to order the invoice attachments in the same order as the JB T&M Invoice detail report. PDF files are reordered but zip files are not.
- Bill Type: If you
selected a bill above, this field indicates if it is a Progress or T&M
bill. You cannot edit this field.
- After customizing your output, select Initialize Attachments.
- When a window opens with a confirmation message, select Confirm. The Bill Attachments list will update to reflect the changes.
- Optional: Select Add Attachment to upload files. Choose the files you want to upload, then select Save.
- Optional: Select More
on the bill line to rename the file or description (displayed title), copy the file, download the file, or exclude the file.
- Optional: Drag and drop attachments to reorder the Bill Attachments list.
- When ready to compile your documents, choose
between a PDF or Zip file download:
- To compile the documents into a single PDF, select Download PDF.
- To download as individual files, select Download Zip. The attachments will sort by Month, Transaction Type, Vendor, AP Ref, and Cost Trans.
Note: If you selected the No Bill option, your download
will include all documentation that falls within the specified date range and
filters, regardless of if it has been billed.
If integrating with JC Field Tickets, the compiled bill includes details for approved field tickets and field ticket PDFs.