Lawson Insight Technical Documentation


ERDs Tables Elements Libraries App Forms

                              ACBILL FILE

                            Activity Billing

This file contains billing information from AC15.1 (Billing). It includes tax
information, invoice type, process level, additional billing information, such
as maximum billing, billable percentage, billing method, and billing discount
percent; as well as total billed amounts. In addition, the file contains an
aging code and GL codes and account categories for retainer, advance billing,
and unbilled accounts receivable.

REFERENCED BY

AC16.1    AC16.2    AC16.3    AC16.4    AC16.5    AC170
AC190     AC215     AC40.1    AC41.1    AC415     AC416
AC42.1    AC450     AC470     AC530     AC54.1    AC540
AC70.3    AC800     ACAC.1    AC04.1    AC17.1    AC17.2

UPDATED BY

AC10.1    AC110     AC115     AC15.1    AC300     AC310

FIELD NAME           DESCRIPTION/VALID VALUES                    UPDATED BY

ACI-ACTIVITY         Alpha 15                                    AC110   AC15.1
Activity             Required key. This is the activity for
                     the billing information.

ACI-MAX-BILLING      Signed 15.2                                 AC110   AC15.1
Maximum Billing      This is the maximum billing for the
                     contract. Total billings should not
                     exceed the maximum billing entered.

ACI-RETAIN-GL-CD     Alpha 4                                     AC110   AC15.1
Retainer GL Code     This is the GL code for the retainer
                     amount.

ACI-RETAIN-ACT-CAT   Alpha 5                                     AC110   AC15.1
Retainer Account     This is the account category for the
Category             retainer.

ACI-PERC-BILLABLE    Signed 7.4                                  AC110   AC15.1
Billable Percentage  Percent billable is the percentage of
                     total costs that are billable. The value
                     for this field includes all customers
                     assigned to the activity or contract.

ACI-UNBL-AR-GL-CD    Alpha 4                                     AC110   AC15.1
Unbilled AR GL Code  This is the Unbilled Accounts
                     Receivable GL Code field. When you are
                     making revenue entries and revenues
                     exceed billings, use this code to make a
                     debit entry to the unbilled accounts
                     receivable account. (The Billing system
                     uses the same code to reverse out the
                     unbilled portion when it becomes
                     billed.) The GL code must have been
                     defined already in AC04.1 (GL Code).

ACI-UNBL-ACCT-CAT    Alpha 5                                     AC110   AC15.1
Unbilled AR Account  This is the Unbilled Accounts
Category             Receivable Account Category field. This
                     field determines the Activity Management
                     account category to post unbilled
                     accounts receivable entries to. The
                     account category must have been defined
                     already in AC06.1 (Account Category
                     Assignment). The account category type
                     for the account category must be
                     Revenue.

ACI-ADV-BILL-GL-CD   Alpha 4                                     AC110   AC15.1
Advance Billing GL   This is the Advance Billing GL Code
Code                 field. When you are making billing
                     entries and billings exceed revenue, use
                     this code to make a credit entry to the
                     advance billing account. The GL code
                     must have been defined already in AC04.1
                     (GL Code).

ACI-ADV-BL-ACT-CAT   Alpha 5                                     AC110   AC15.1
Advance Billing      This is the Advance Billing Account
Acct Category        Category field. This field determines
                     the Activity Management account category
                     to post advance billing entries to. The
                     account category must have been defined
                     already in AC06.1 (Account Category
                     Assignment). The category type for the
                     account category must be Revenue.

ACI-AGING-CODE       Numeric 2                                   AC110   AC15.1
Unbilled AR Aging    This is the unbilled accounts
Code                 receivable aging code. This code and
                     other aging codes are defined in AR15.8
                     (Aging Code). The Activity Management
                     system uses this code to age unbilled
                     accounts receivable.

ACI-BILLING-METHOD   Numeric 1                                   AC110   AC15.1
Billing Method       This field defines the method used to       AC170
                     calculate billings.
                     1 = Time and Materials
                     2 = Cost Plus
                     3 = Units of Production
                     4 = Milestone
                     5 = Pass Thru
                     9 = User Defined

ACI-TAX-CODE         Alpha 10                                    AC110   AC15.1
Tax Code             This field contains a code representing
                     specific tax information for the
                     activity. This must be a valid tax code
                     in the LAWSON INSIGHT Tax system.

ACI-TAX-EXEMPT-CD    Alpha 1                                     AC110   AC15.1
Tax Exempt Code      This is the tax exempt code, indicating
                     whether the activity is taxable or tax
                     exempt.
                     Y = Exempt
                     N = Non-exempt

ACI-INVC-TYPE        Alpha 4                                     AC110   AC15.1
Invoice Type         This field is required for the
                     interface to the Billing system. It
                     defines whether an invoice is a debit or
                     credit invoice. The invoice type must
                     have been defined already in BL06.1
                     (Invoice Type). For use in this form,
                     invoice type must be Debit. Activity
                     invoice types should be flagged as
                     Service on BL06.1.

ACI-CM-INVC-TYPE     Alpha 4                                     AC110   AC15.1
Cm Invc Type         This field is required for the
                     interface to the Billing system. It
                     defines
                     whether an invoice is a debit or credit
                     invoice type. The invoice type must
                     have
                     been defined already in BL06.1 (Invoice
                     Type). Activity invoice types should be
                     flagged as Service on BL06.1.

ACI-PROCESS-LEVEL    Alpha 5                                     AC110   AC15.1
Process Level        Required. This field is required for
                     billing. The field must exist in the
                     Accounts Receivable and Billing Process
                     Level files. It can be overridden using
                     the AC115 (Billing Calculation) batch
                     parameter form.

ACI-RATE-SCHEDULE    Alpha 12                                    AC110   AC15.1
Rate Schedule        This is the rate schedule to use in
                     billing for the activity.

ACI-RETAINER-CODE    Alpha 16                                    AC110   AC15.1
Retainer Code        This is the code for the retainer
                     account. It must be defined in the
                     Billing system.

ACI-TOTAL-BILLED     Signed 15.2                                 AC115   AC300
Total Billed         This field accumulates the total amount
                     billed for the activity. This amount is
                     used to determine advance billing and
                     unbilled accounts receivable entries for
                     revenue recognition and billing. It is
                     updated by AC115 (Billing Calculation)
                     and any Billing programs that create
                     billing invoices with an activity
                     assigned. The total in this field
                     includes transactions billed through
                     BL20.1 (Invoice Entry).

                         ACBILL FILE INDEX

NAME      KEY FIELDS    DESCRIPTION / SUBSET CONDITION           USED IN

ACISET1   ACTIVITY                                               AC10.1  AC110
                                                                 AC115   AC15.1
                                                                 AC15.2  AC15.4
                                                                 AC16.1  AC16.2
                                                                 AC16.3  AC16.4
                                                                 AC16.5  AC170
                                                                 AC190   AC215
                                                                 AC300   AC310
                                                                 AC40.1  AC41.1
                                                                 AC415   AC416
                                                                 AC42.1  AC450
                                                                 AC470   AC530
                                                                 AC54.1  AC540
                                                                 AC70.3  AC800
                                                                 ACAC.1

ACISET2   UNBL-AR-GL-CD KeyChange                                AC04.1
          ACTIVITY

ACISET4   ADV-BILL-GL-CDKeyChange                                AC04.1
          ACTIVITY

ACISET6   RATE-SCHEDULE KeyChange                                AC17.1  AC17.2
          ACTIVITY

ACISET8   RETAIN-GL-CD  KeyChange                                AC04.1
          ACTIVITY

                         ACBILL FILE RELATIONS

ONE TO ONE RELATIONS


RELATION       RELATED
 NAME           FILE        INTEGRITY RULES / FIELD MATCH

Acactivity     ACACTIVITY   Required

                            ACI-ACTIVITY         -> ACV-ACTIVITY

Acblrate       ACBLRATE     Not Required

                            ACI-RATE-SCHEDULE    -> ALR-RATE-SCHEDULE

Acmilestn      ACMILESTN    Not Required

                            ACI-ACTIVITY         -> MLS-ACTIVITY
                            Spaces               -> MLS-ACCT-CATEGORY

Agingcode      AGINGCODE    Not Required

                            ACV-COMPANY          -> AGE-COMPANY
                            ACI-AGING-CODE       -> AGE-AGING-CODE

H Acblrate     ACBLRATE     Required
                            When ACI-BILLING-METHOD = 1

                            ACI-RATE-SCHEDULE    -> ALR-RATE-SCHEDULE

Oeinvctype     OEINVCTYPE   Required

                            ACV-COMPANY          -> OIN-COMPANY
                            ACI-INVC-TYPE        -> OIN-INVC-TYPE

Oeproclev      OEPROCLEV    Required

                            ACV-COMPANY          -> OEP-COMPANY
                            ACI-PROCESS-LEVEL    -> OEP-PROCESS-LEVEL

U Acblrate     ACBLRATE     Required
                            When ACI-BILLING-METHOD = 3

                            ACI-RATE-SCHEDULE    -> ALR-RATE-SCHEDULE

                         ACBILL FILE RELATIONS

ONE TO MANY RELATIONS


RELATION       RELATED
 NAME           FILE        INTEGRITY RULES / FIELD MATCH

Acbillx        ACBILLX

                            ACI-ACTIVITY         -> AIX-ACTIVITY
                                                    AIX-ACCT-CATEGORY

Accustomer     ACCUSTOMER

                            ACI-ACTIVITY         -> CMR-ACTIVITY
                                                    CMR-CUSTOMER

Acmilestnx     ACMILESTNX

                            ACI-ACTIVITY         -> MLX-ACTIVITY
                                                    MLX-ACCT-CATEGORY
                                                    MLX-MILESTONE