6.3.7 Billing relevant date fields

This article explains the many date fields on the objects invoice and invoice item which control your accounting process:

Invoice

Field

Description

Field

Description

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.



When Flexible Payment Plans are included the Accounting Dates will be set to the Invoice Date.



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 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

Field

Description

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