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Price Calculator Overview

The Price Calculator Module is an essential prerequisite to running Blade, as it feeds Blade with an average standard price in order to calculate the Late Bill or Late Invoice estimated trapped revenue. It is important to update the price calculation when a recent…

Executing Price Calculator Module

Price Calculator Overview » Run Price Calculator Module » Technical Settings » Executing Price Calculator Module

Now you have completed the technical settings by entering the appropriate parameters for the Price Calculation, select ‘‘Execute’‘ button. The execution sequence is as follows: 1) Creation of “intervals” that represent the work to be…

Run Price Calculator Module

Price Calculator Overview » Run Price Calculator Module

This section covers how to run the Price Calculator Module.

Accessing the Price Calculator Module

Price Calculator Overview » Accessing the Price Calculator Module

Enter in the SAP Transaction field: /n/BTR/PP_BLADE_PR

Setting Date Parameters

Price Calculator Overview » Run Price Calculator Module » Setting Date Parameters

On entry to the Price Calculate you will be present with the below screen. The Price Calculator requires a ‘’from’’ and ‘’to’’ Billing Period to be set. The Billing Period is a specific period in which billing takes place. If this is set for the…

Setting Selection Parameters Late Bill

Late Bill Report Overview » Run Late Bill Report » Setting Selection Parameters Late Bill

The Late Bill Report has multiple options for you to streamline the report data set. These are relevant if you want a report foe a specific data set. The mandatory fields are stated in the list below along with the other optional selection criteria. The selection…

Setting Selection Parameters Late Invoice

Late Invoice Report Overview » Run Late Invoice Report » Setting Selection Parameters Late Invoice

The Late Invoice Report has multiple options for you to streamline the report data set. These are relevant if you want a report foe a specific data set. The mandatory fields are stated in the list below along with the other optional selection criteria. The…

Blade Implementation and Set-Up

This topic outlines the implementation including configuration options for set-up.

Technical Settings

Price Calculator Overview » Run Price Calculator Module » Technical Settings

All Blade reports have a “Technical Settings” option available within the application tool bar next to the “Execute” button (see below). At a high level the Technical Settings allows you to set a number of parameters including how many intervals and batches…

Report Registration

Blade Implementation and Set-Up » Report Registration

The report must be registered in the Diffuser framework to enable the report to be executed. Register the report via transaction code /BTR/DIFFUSER Enter the product name Click Execute The following screen will be displayed: Enter the program details for each…

Technical Settings Late Bill

Late Bill Report Overview » Run Late Bill Report » Technical Settings Late Bill

All Blade reports have a “Technical Settings” option available within the application tool bar next to the “Execute” button (see below). At a high level the Technical Settings allows you to set a number of parameters including how many intervals and batches…

Technical Settings Late Invoice

Late Invoice Report Overview » Run Late Invoice Report » Technical Settings Late Invoice

All Blade reports have a “Technical Settings” option available within the application tool bar next to the “Execute” button (see below). At a high level the Technical Settings allows you to set a number of parameters including how many intervals and batches…

Summary Report Explained

Late Bill Report Overview » Late Bill Report Explained » Summary Report Explained

Each Summary table contains the same columns, the difference is the data displayed in the table is specific to the Summary View selected. Summary Category: This states the summary view selected. Value: This is subject to the summary view you are in. e.g. Summarized…

Summary Late Invoice Report Explained

Late Invoice Report Overview » Late Invoice Report Explained » Summary Late Invoice Report Explained

Each Summary table contains the same columns, the difference is the data displayed in the table is specific to the Summary View selected. Summary Category: This states the summary view selected. Value: This is subject to the summary view you are in. e.g. Summarized…

Individual Late Invoice Records Explained

Late Invoice Report Overview » Late Invoice Report Explained » Individual Late Invoice Records Explained

To access the individual record data double click on a Summary Report table line item. This will populate the individual record table. The Individual Record data table contains more detailed information, please see below the column descriptions. Partner: This is…

View Late Bill Report

Late Bill Report Overview » Run Late Bill Report » View Late Bill Report

You are able to select which way to view the data. The options the are available are listed below. Show Detailed Information: This will give you all the data including summary tables to view the information. There are further options to export this data to a…

View Late Invoice Report

Late Invoice Report Overview » Run Late Invoice Report » View Late Invoice Report

You are able to select which way to view the data. The options the are available are listed below. Show Detailed Information: This will give you all the data including summary tables to view the information. There are further options to export this data to a…

Executing Late Bill Report

Late Bill Report Overview » Run Late Bill Report » Executing Late Bill Report

!This report is only recommended to be run in batch on a weekly basis and should not be executed during business hours or on ad hoc basis Now you have completed the technical settings by entering the appropriate parameters for the Late Bill Report, select…

Executing Late Invoice Report

Late Invoice Report Overview » Run Late Invoice Report » Executing Late Invoice Report

!This report is only recommended to be run in batch on a weekly basis and should not be executed during business hours or on ad hoc basis. Now you have completed the technical settings by entering the appropriate parameters for the Late Invoice Report, select…

Configuration

Blade Implementation and Set-Up » Configuration

The Summary View must be configured to enable the Late Bill and Late Invoice reports to be transformed. The summary view can be configured using the following table: /BTR/MDR_LB_SUM The following options are configured out of the box: When the report is…

Individual Records Explained

Late Bill Report Overview » Late Bill Report Explained » Individual Records Explained

To access the individual record data double click on a Summary Report table line item. This will populate the individual record table. The individual record data table contains more detailed information, please see below the column descriptions. Partner: This is…

Summary Late Invoice Reports Available

Late Invoice Report Overview » Late Invoice Report Explained » Summary Late Invoice Reports Available

On entry to the Late Invoice Report you will be presented with the following screen. This provides the Overall Summary which are the headline totals. These include total number of Business Partners impacted, estimated uninvoiced total including VAT/Tax/HST. The…

Data Table Tools

The data in the ‘‘Summary’‘ and ‘‘Individual’‘ tables of the Late Bill and Late Invoice Reports can be configured to show alternative views using the following tools. Below are listed the tools: Details: This shows a…

Summary Reports Available

Late Bill Report Overview » Late Bill Report Explained » Summary Reports Available

On entry to the Late Bill Report you will be presented with the following screen. This provides the Overall Summary which are the headline totals. These include total number of Business Partners impacted, estimated unbilled total (excluding VAT/Tax/HST) etc. The…

Access Historic Blade Reports

In order to access previously run reports follow the below instructions. Enter in the SAP Transaction field: /n/BTR/MDR You will now be presented with the field ‘‘MDR Program’‘ to select which report you would like to view. For the Late…

Late Bill Report Overview

The Blade Late Bill Report collates and displays all Meter Reading and Billing related types of exceptions grouped and categorized as Milestones as described in the Blade Exceptions Guide. Below are the Meter Reading and Billing Document creation milestones…

Late Invoice Report Overview

The Blade Late Invoice Report collates and displays all Meter Reading, Billing related and Invoice related types of exceptions grouped and categorized as Milestones as described in the Blade Exceptions Guide. The report runs sequentially through the invoice milestones…

Blade Overview

Blade investigates your customer portfolio identifying customer accounts that have not completed the end to end invoice process, highlighting the key milestones in the process trapping revenue. Blade is comprised of 2 main reports that are executed in order to…

Implementation

Blade Implementation and Set-Up » Implementation

Implementation Requirements: Diffuser Framework v8.10 and above must be installed (speak to your Basis Technologies consultant about your version if you already use Diffuser (MDR) product. Provide all SAP system IDs and installation numbers to be licensed for the…

SAP Invoice Document Data Structure

Understanding the high level SAP data structure and invoicing process will support you unlocking the value from the information Blade offers. Please find below a high level summary of the SAP data structure, the activity that occurs at each level in the data…

Blade Exceptions Guide

Blade reports on the last successful invoicing step completed and therefore what exception is likely to be present preventing a customer receiving the invoice. These are called Milestones, below describes the Milestones Blade is currently configured to report on. (The…