Invoice Format window

General tab

Invoice Summary tab

Fee Type tab

Time & Expenses tab

Supporting Detail tab

Attachments tab

Notes tab

 

General tab

Field

Description

Description

A name for the invoice format

Billing types to include

Make a selection:

Select

To include

Time & Expense

Only Time & Expense billing on the invoice

Fee types

Only fee-type billing (Fixed Fee, Percent Complete, Unit Price, or Percent of Construction Cost) on the invoice

Both

Both Time & Expense , and fee-type billing on the invoice

Use custom design

Not applicable

Print company Information:

On letterhead

First page only

Prints the invoice on your company letterhead paper. This option leaves one inch at the top of each page for your company letterhead.

The First Page Only option prints it on company letterhead on only the first page of the invoice.

Logo

First page only

Prints your company logo, which you identified in the > Setup > Company > Preferences > Billing tab > Invoice and Statement Logo field

The First Page Only option prints it on only the first page of the invoice.

Name

Bold

Prints your company name on the invoice

The Bold option prints it in boldface.

Address

Bold

Prints your company address on the invoice

The Bold option prints it in boldface.

Phone #

Bold

Prints a company phone number on the invoice. It uses the number in the first phone number field on the General tab of the Company Preferences window.

The Bold option prints it in boldface.

Position

The place on the invoice to print the company information

If you select Left - window envelope, the client information prints on the invoice so it fits in the address window of a #10 window envelope.

Print project:

ID

Prints the project ID on the invoice along with the project name/billing description

Bold

Prints the billing description/project name in boldface

Uppercase

Prints the billing description/project name in all uppercase letters. If cleared, it prints the way you entered it when setting up the project.

Text

Prints header text on the invoice. It prints the way you entered it when setting up company preferences, unless you changed it on the Project window or Client Invoice window.

Note:

If the header text is longer than two full lines on the invoice, the fold line on the invoice becomes misaligned with the address window on the envelope.

Other positions:

Page number

If or where to print the page number

Billing contact

Where to print the billing contact

Project scope

Where to print the project scope

The fold line is the first place the invoice is folded, which falls between the header information and the main content of the invoice. If you choose to print the project scope above the fold line, limit the project scope to two lines so the invoice fits properly in the window envelope.

Approvals:

Position

Prints approval signature area on the right or left of the invoice, or not at all

Style

Prints a signature line or a signature block

To the right of the Style field, type any text that you want to appear near the signature. For example, you might type Approved by.

Signer

Only applies if you selected Signature Block in the Style field.

Select to print the name of the billing manager, project manager, or principal in charge, as entered in > Manage > Project Command Center> Project Info tab. You can also choose not to print a name.

Title

Only applies if you selected Signature Block in the Style field, and a signer (not Don't Print) in the Signer field.

Select To

From Employee

Print the title you entered when setting up information for this employee

Text

Type the title for the employee to the right of the Title field

Page footer:

Left, Center, Right

The information to print in the left, center, and right part of the page footer

If you select Text, you can type specific text in the field to the right.

Print Overline

Prints a line above the footer

Invoice total:

Bold

Prints the total in boldface

Box

Prints a box around the total

Underline

Underlines the total

 

Print aging summary

Prints a receivables aging summary at the end of the invoice

Include finance charges

Includes amounts for finance charge invoices in the aging summary section of the invoice

Invoice Summary tab

Field

Description

Position

Prints the summary at the beginning or end of the invoice or not at all

Print billing types

Prints on the invoice summary only information for projects or phases with a billing type that is time and expense, fee-basedClosed The project or phase is contracted to bill for the value of the work performed, not for the actual time and expenses expended. These projects or phases are identified with a billing type of Fixed Fee, Percent Complete, Unit Price, or Percent of Construction Cost., or both time and expense and fee-based.

The billing type is entered in > Manage > Project Command Center > Project Info tab > Billing subtab.

Heading

Title for the invoice summary

Print on separate page

Prints the summary on a separate page

Print Time & Expense summaries on separate lines

Prints Time & Expense summaries on separate lines

Suppress subtotals when only one line prints Prints only a subtotal if there is more than one line of detail

Print phase:

ID

Prints the phase ID

Bold

Prints the phase description (and the phase ID if you checked Print ID) in boldface

Uppercase

Prints the phase description (and the phase ID if you checked Print ID) in boldface

Text

Prints the phase text that you entered when setting up the phases for your project

Headings

Prints the heading on the invoice. In field next to it, change the name, as needed

Contract amount

The contract amount for the phase

Percent complete

The percent billed (total billed divided by the contract amount) for the phase

Prior billed The prior billed amount (total billed amount minus the current billed amount) for the phase

Total billed

The total billed amount for the phase

Remaining amount

The remaining amount (contract amount minus total billed amount) for the phase

Remaining percent

The percent remaining (remaining amount divided by the contract amount) for the phase

Current billed

The current billed amount for the phase

Fee Type tab

Field

Description

Position

Indicates where to print the fee-type information

Style

Prints information horizontally (in columns with headings at top) or vertically (stacked rows with headings on the left)

Note:

If you select Vertical, the Current Billed information always appears as the last column on the right.

Suppress zero billed phases Prints only phases with a current billed amount not equal to zero
Show unit price units

Prints the number of units associated with any amounts for unit price projects. In addition to printing a row for the amounts, it also prints a row for units.

Example

Show construction cost amounts

Prints the amounts for construction cost as entered for the project

Example

Suppress subtotals when only one line prints Prints only a subtotal if there is more than one line of detail

Print phase:

ID

Prints the phase ID

Bold

Prints the phase description (and the phase ID if you selected Print ID) in boldface

Uppercase

Prints the phase description (and the phase ID if you selected Print ID) in uppercase

Text

Prints the phase text that you entered when setting up the phases for your project

Amount
Heading

Each Amount field on this window represents a column on the invoice. The top-to-bottom order of the columns on the window appear as left to right on the invoice. However, if you selected Vertical in the Style field, the Current Billed column always appears last.

Select an option in the Amount field to include a column on the invoice. If you select None, a blank column appears on the invoice. Change any column title by typing a new one in the Heading field next to it.

Contract amount

The contract amount for the phase

If the billing type is Unit Price and you select the Show unit price units check box, the contracted units also print.

Percent complete

The percent billed (total billed divided by the contract amount) for the phase

Prior billed

The prior billed amount (total billed amount minus the current billed amount) for the phase

If the billing type is Unit Price and you select the Show unit price units check box, the prior billed units also print.

Total billed

The total billed amount for the phase

If the billing type is Unit Price and you select the Show unit price units check box, the total billed units also print.

Remaining amount

The remaining amount (contract amount minus total billed amount) for the phase

If the billing type is Unit Price and you select the Show unit price units check box, the remaining units (contract units minus total billed units) also print.

Note:

If an invoice adjustment phase in the Project Command Center has a billed amount but no contract amount, the remaining amount is zero.

Remaining percent

The percent remaining (remaining amount divided by the contract amount) for the phase

Note:

If an invoice adjustment phase in the Project Command Center has a billed amount but no contract amount, the remaining amount is zero.

Current billed

The current billed amount for the phase

If the billing type is Unit Price and you select the Show unit price units check box, the current billed units also print.

Time & Expenses tab

Field

Description

Primary group

Options are:

  • Activity type - Prints the Labor section first with the labor for all phases, then the Expense section with the expenses for all phases, and then the Consultant section with the consultant charges for all phases.
  • Phase - Prints a section for each phase. The labor, expenses, and consultant charges print for each phase before breaking for the next phase.

Subtotal

Prints subtotals for activity type or phase (the option you selected for the primary group)

Text

If you selected Phase for the primary group, this option prints text for the phase. If you selected the Summarize phases check box when setting up a billing group for the project, the text for the billing group prints instead.

If you selected Activity for the primary group, this option prints activity type text for labor, expense, or consultant.

Bold

If you selected Phase for the primary group, select this check box to print in boldface the title for the phase (as entered in > Manage > Project Command Center> Project Info tab > Invoice subtab > Billing description field).

If you selected Activity Type for the primary group, select this check box to print the title for Labor, Expenses, and Consultant in boldface.

Uppercase

If you selected Phase for the primary group, select this check box to print in all uppercase letters the title for the phase (as entered in > Manage > Project Command Center> Project Info tab > Invoice subtab > Billing description field).

If you selected Activity Type for the primary group, select this check box to print the title for Labor, Expenses, and Consultant in all uppercase letters.

ID If you selected Phase for the primary group, select this check box to print the ID for the phase (as entered in > Manage > Project Command Center> Project Info tab >General subtab > ID field).

Secondary group

If you selected Phase for the primary group, then Activity Type automatically appears for the secondary group.

If you selected Activity Type for the primary group, use the secondary group to indicate if you want to print phase information for each activity type.

Subtotal

Prints subtotals for activity type or phase (the option in the secondary group)

Text

If you selected Phase for the secondary group, this option prints phase text. If you selected the Summarize phases check box when setting up a billing group for the project, the text for the billing group prints instead.

If you selected Activity for the secondary group, select this check box to print activity type text for labor, expense, or consultant.

Bold

If you selected Phase for the secondary group, select this option to print in boldface the title for the phase (as entered in > Manage > Project Command Center> Project Info tab > Invoice subtab > Billing description field).

If you selected Activity Type for the secondary group, select this option to print the title for Labor, Expenses, and Consultant in boldface.

Uppercase

If you selected Phase for the secondary group, select this check box to print in all uppercase letters the title for the phase (as entered in > Manage > Project Command Center> Project Info tab > Invoice subtab > Billing description field).

If you selected Activity Type for the secondary group, select this option to print the title for Labor, Expenses, and Consultant in all uppercase letters.

ID If you selected Phase for the secondary group, select this check box to print the ID for the phase (as entered in > Manage > Project Command Center> Project Info tab > General subtab > ID field).

Suppress subtotals when only 1 line prints

Does not print subtotals when there is only one line

Suppress detail with zero amounts to bill

Does not print detail information when amount to bill is zero

Description

The description for Labor, Expense, or Consultant that prints at the beginning of this section.

Print markups as part of (labor, expense, or consultant) total

When you have billing rates that are calculated as a markup of cost, this option sums the (Labor, Expense, or Consultant) cost and applies the markups to the (Labor, Expense, or Consultant) total. The amount prints on the invoice at the end of the (Labor, Expense, or Consultant) section.  

See also: Changing the billed amount when printing markups as part of totals.

Print notes

Prints on the invoice any notes that you entered through > Manage > Time & Expense, > Manage > Vendor Invoices, > Manage > In-house Expenses, or > Manage > Client Invoices. If you are summarizing entries and more than one entry has notes, the notes print together, one after the other, on the invoice.

Print columns for:

Hours

On Labor tab only. Hours for labor. Available if Print Markups as Part of Labor Total is cleared.

Units

On Expense and Consultant tab only. Available if Print Markups as Part of (Expense or Consultant) Total is cleared.

Cost rate - when billed as a multiple of cost

Cost rate. Available if Print Markups as Part of (Labor, Expense, or Consultant) Total is cleared.

Cost amount - when billed as a multiple of cost

Cost amount. Available if the Print Markups as Part of (Labor, Expense or Consultant) Total is cleared.

Markup - when billed as a multiple of cost

Markup. Available if Print Markups as Part of (Labor, Expense, or Consultant) Total is cleared.

Billing rate - when not billed as a multiple of cost

Billing rate

Billed amount - always prints

Billing amount always appears on the invoice

Detail groups

Subtotal

Prints subtotals for the detail group

Bold

Prints the detail group description in boldface

Print full detail

Prints all the detail for the last detail group you selected. All entries associated with the invoice appear with no summary.

Supporting Detail tab

In the Draft and Final areas of this tab, use the check boxes to select the type of information you want to include in the supporting detail for draft and final invoices:

Field

Description

Support options:

Print

Prints the supporting detailClosed Backup information that provides more detail for the amounts on client invoices. You can print it and print timesheets for time applied to the client invoice. You can print it for draft and final client invoices. On draft invoices, it has a title of Pre-Billing Worksheet (unless you change it in the invoice format used by the client invoice). It prints on a separate page at the end of the invoice.

Heading

The title that prints on the supporting detail. If you want to print a heading other than Pre-Billing Worksheet for draft invoices or Invoice Supporting Detail for final invoices, change the name in the Heading field.

Notes

Prints notes that were entered on timesheets, expense reports, vendor invoices, and in-house expenses

Phase summary

Prints the phase summary

WIP status

Each type of invoice transaction you want to include in the supporting detail:

Status Description

Billable

Ready for billing and included on the invoice

Defer

Not included on the current invoice but automatically included on the next invoice

Hold

In a pending state and not included on the current invoice.

Nonbillable

Project-related but not being billed. The project still shows the cost amount but no spent amount. The nonbillable costs are included on your project reports when you select to show cost, and they affect the profit calculation for the project.

Write-off

Reflected on the project and the financials as a write-off. The project still shows the cost and spent amounts. When you write off an amount by changing the status of the work-in-progress (WIP) item, it appears on your project and financial reports as a write-off.

Phases with WIP only Includes only phases that have work-in-progress (WIP)
Include marketing phases

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Includes phases that have a billing type of Marketing

To include work-in-progress (WIP) for marketing phases, select a WIP status of Nonbillable.

Timesheet options:

Print

Prints timesheets

As part of the supporting detail, you can also print timesheets for all employees who had time applied to the invoice.

Print billing types Prints information for only projects or phases with a billing type that is time and expense, fee-basedClosed The project or phase is contracted to bill for the value of the work performed, not for the actual time and expenses expended. These projects or phases are identified with a billing type of Fixed Fee, Percent Complete, Unit Price, or Percent of Construction Cost., or both time and expense and fee-based.

Project and phase ID

Prints the project and phase IDs, in addition to project and phase names, on the timesheet

Approval block

Prints information about who approved a timesheet and when

Employee signature line

Prints an area on the timesheet for an employee signature

Supervisor signature line

Prints an area on the timesheet for a supervisor signature

Attachments tab

Field

Description

Category

The category of the attachment

An attachment category is a group of files with similar characteristics (for example, RFPs). You can set up categories if your security settings give you access to them.

Description

The name of the attachment

Added

The date and time when the attachment was made

Notes tab

This tab contains any notes about the invoice format.