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Blade Late Invoice to include all contracts

Blade Release 3.5 » Blade Late Invoice to include all contracts

All contracts that are late invoiced will now be displayed. Previously as the LI report is driven by the contract account only the first contract would be reported for the CA and not just contracts with a unique issue.

Run Late Invoice Report

Late Invoice Report Overview » Run Late Invoice Report

This section covers how to run the Blade Late Invoice Report.

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…

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…

Executing Late Invoice Report

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

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

Late Invoice Report Explained

Late Invoice Report Overview » Late Invoice Report Explained

This section explains the Blade Late Invoice Report.

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…

Late Invoice Delta Report

Blade Release 3.0 » Late Invoice Delta Report

This report compares Blade output from current to previous run and will determine the customers (by Business Partner) that are new to the latest report and which customers have been cleared from Blade. The milestone is reviewed to understand if the customer was late…

Late Invoice Records Explained

Blade Release 3.0 » Late Invoice Records Explained

New fields added to report output: MRU: Meter reading Unit ( available in version 3 and above)

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…

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…

Access Run Late Invoice Report

Late Invoice Report Overview » Access Run Late Invoice Report

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

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…

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…

Run Late Invoice Delta Report

Blade Release 3.0 » Late Invoice Delta Report » Run Late Invoice Delta Report

This section covers how to run the Blade Late Invoice Delta Report.

Selection Parameters Late Invoice Delta

Blade Release 3.0 » Late Invoice Delta Report » Run Late Invoice Delta Report » Selection Parameters Late Invoice Delta

Date Range: The report will list accounts added and deleted from Blade between this date range. By default the date range is from the previous day to the current day. This will pick up any accounts added in the overnight run if Blade is scheduled to run…

View Late Invoice Delta Report

Blade Release 3.0 » Late Invoice Delta Report » Run Late Invoice Delta Report » View Late Invoice Delta Report

Click on the execute button to view the report for the date range on the selection screen. Report results are shown in an ALV grid.

Selection parameters for Late Invoice

Blade Release 3.0 » Selection parameters for Late Invoice

*Key Date From: * ( Available in version 3 and upwards ) The parameter can be used to specify a date from which the report looks up late invoiced accounts. By default the parameter is set to 01.01.1900. Billing window tolerance: ( Available in version 3 and upwards…

Access the Late Invoice Delta Report

Blade Release 3.0 » Late Invoice Delta Report » Access the Late Invoice Delta Report

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

Individual Late Invoice Delta Records Explained

Blade Release 3.0 » Late Invoice Delta Report » Run Late Invoice Delta Report » Individual Late Invoice Delta Records Explained

Partner: This is the Business Partner number for the individual customer. Partner/Customer Name: This is the Business Partner name for the individual customer. Contract Account: This is the Contract Account number that relates to the Business Partner…

Blade Release 2.01

This document outlines the additional functionality enabled by Release 2.01.

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…

Blade Release 3.0

Summary of changes: New selection screen options have been added Delta report for – Late invoicing Extra custom fields have been added to Late Invoicing report

Blade Release 3.5

Summary of Changes: Performance optimization to run Blade in HANA DB Updated to include all contracts in the report related to each Contract Account Patch Fixes: Patched issues with billing transaction selection option Child Collective Accounts will no longer…

Late Invoice Delta Report Job Scheduling Requirements

Blade Release 3.0 » Late Invoice Delta Report » Late Invoice Delta Report Job Scheduling Requirements

Program /BTR/MDR_PP_ISU_LATE_INV_D_GEN is used to generate delta report. The transaction code for this program is /BTR/PP_BLADE_DLTGEN. A run time variant can be created to determine the selection run options. This program can be used to generate the Delta report…

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…

Blade Implementation and Set-Up

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

Late Billing: New Parameter

Blade Release 2.01 » Late Billing: New Parameter

The Late Billing report has been enhanced with the following Parameter: Ignore Suppressed Meter Readings – When set this will exclude all meter reading documents for the installation associated to the contract whereby the suppressed meter reading flag is…

Run Late Bill Report

Late Bill Report Overview » Run Late Bill Report

This section covers how to run the Blade Late Bill Report.

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…

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…

Executing Late Bill Report

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

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

Late Bill Report Explained

Late Bill Report Overview » Late Bill Report Explained

This section explains the Blade Late Bill Report.

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…

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…

Access Run Late Bill Report

Late Bill Report Overview » Access Run Late Bill Report

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

Late Billing Custom Fields Enhancement Spot

Blade Release 2.01 » Custom Field support & ‘Handling’ triggers » Late Billing Custom Fields Enhancement Spot

This Enhancement Spot delivers two BAdIs to support the population and ALV handling of the new Custom fields that have been added to the Late Billing and Late Invoicing reports. Both BAdIs possess Fallback Classes with some sample code that demonstrate how the…

Late Invoicing: New Parameters and Select-Options

Blade Release 2.01 » Late Invoicing: New Parameters and Select-Options

The Late Invoicing report has been enhanced with the following Select-Option: (Ignore) Print Block – When set this will control the exclusion of results where the Late Invoicing Milestone has been determined as ‘PRDT’ (Print Date) but a Print Block…

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…

BAdI /BTR/MDR_PP_ISU_LB_CUSTOM – Late Billing Custom Fields

Blade Release 2.01 » Custom Field support & ‘Handling’ triggers » Late Billing Custom Fields Enhancement Spot » BAdI /BTR/MDR_PP_ISU_LB_CUSTOM – Late Billing Custom Fields

This BAdI is dedicated to the population and ALV handling of the Custom fields for the Late Billing report as well as the ‘handling’ Method that can be used to trigger custom processing of a Late Billing result being identified during the analysis run. …

BAdI /BTR/MDR_PP_ISU_LI_CUSTOM – Late Invoicing Custom Fields

Blade Release 2.01 » Custom Field support & ‘Handling’ triggers » Late Billing Custom Fields Enhancement Spot » BAdI /BTR/MDR_PP_ISU_LI_CUSTOM – Late Invoicing Custom Fields

This BAdI is dedicated to the population and ALV handling of the Custom fields for the Late Invoicing report as well as the ‘handling’ Method that can be used to trigger custom processing of a Late Invoicing result being identified during the analysis…

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 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…

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…

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…

Executing Price Calculator Module

Price Calculator Overview » Run Price Calculator Module » 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…

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…

Performance Improvements

Blade Release 3.5 » Performance Improvements

Blade Late Invoice report has been optimized for running on a HANA Database. Runtime has been improved by up to 60% by improving DB performance Followed SAP guidelines for HANA DB to ensure selects are optimized and performance is improved. The interval…

Custom Field support & ‘Handling’ triggers

Blade Release 2.01 » Custom Field support & ‘Handling’ triggers

As of Release 2.01 Blade can support up to 6 additional custom fields being brought into the Late Billing and Late Invoicing Results and can also trigger the execution of custom logic to react to the identification of a Late Billing or Late Invoicing result. The…

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…

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

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…

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…

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…

Accessing the Price Calculator Module

Price Calculator Overview » Accessing the Price Calculator Module

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

Custom Field Support

Blade Release 3.0 » Custom Field Support

In version 3 and above further 6 custom fields can now be added to the report using the enhancement spot to populate the field contents. This means you can now add 12 custom fields in Blade LI.

Price Calculator: new Parameters and Select-Options

Blade Release 2.01 » Price Calculator: new Parameters and Select-Options

The Price Calculator report has been enhanced with the following parameters: Clear Price Table – This parameter controls the clearing down of the back-end Late Billing Daily Average Price Table (/BTR/MDR_LB_PR) Modify Price Table – This parameter…

Run Price Calculator Module

Price Calculator Overview » Run Price Calculator Module

This section covers how to run the Price Calculator Module.