This article explains the many date fields on the objects invoice and invoice item which control your accounting process:
Invoice
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| Accounting Date | System date for the invoice; either the 1st day of campaign run time or depending on the selected interval always the 1st day of the month.
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When Flexible Payment Plans are included the Accounting Dates will be set to the Invoice Date. |
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| Accounting End Date | Depending on the selected interval always the last day of the month or the Billing Period End Date |
| Billing Period End Date | End date of the entire accounting period - matches the end date of the Media Campaign |
| Billing Period Start Date | Start date of the entire accounting period - matches the start date of the Media Campaign |
| Invoice Date | Date of invoice generation through billing run (for PreInvoices this field is set to the 1st day of accounting period) |
| Invoice Date Manual | Manual overwrite overwriting of the invoice date. |
| Start Date | Displays the earliest related Invoice Item Start Date. |
| End Date | Displays the latest related Invoice Item End Date. |
Invoice Item
| Field | Description |
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| Billing Period End Date | Same value as Invoice.Billing Period End Date |
| Billing Period Start Date | Same value as Invoice.Billing Period Start Date |
| Until Date | Until the date of the related campaign item |
| From Date | Start date of the related campaign item |
| Invoice Accounting Date | Same value as Invoice.Accounting Date |
| Invoice Accounting End Date | Same value as Invoice.Accounting End Date |
| Invoice Date | Same value as Invoice.Invoice Date |
| Invoice Item End Date | End date of the invoice item within the relevant accounting period |
| Invoice Item Start Date | Start date of the invoice item within the relevant accounting period |