To Activate the Next Period for the End-Period Billing Contracts

You can activate the next billing period for a contract billed at the end of the billing period.

To Activate the Next Period for a Particular Contract

1. Open the Service Contracts (FS305700) form.
2. In the Service Contract ID box of the Summary area, select the contract for which you want to activate the period.
3. On the Services per Period tab, make sure that Modify Upcoming Billing Period is selected in the Actions box.
4. On the table toolbar, click Activate Period.

Now you can generate a billing document for the activated period.

To Activate the Next Period for Multiple Contracts

1. Open the Process Service Contracts (FS501200) form.
2. In the Action box of the Summary area, select Activate Upcoming Billing Period.
3. Optional: In the Branch box, select the branch whose employees provide the services of the service contracts whose billing period you want to activate.
4. Optional: In the Branch Location box, select the branch location of the service contracts whose billing period you want to activate.
5. Optional: In the Customer box, select the customer for which services are performed in the service contracts whose billing period you want to activate.
6. Optional: In the Contract Nbr. box, select the service contract related to the service contracts whose billing period you want to activate.
7. Do one of the following:
   • Click Process All to activate the next period for all the listed service contracts.
   • Select the unlabeled check box in the row of each service contract whose billing period you want to activate. Click Process.