Starting with Service Provider 7.5.1.2 a cron task, PLUSPCOPYBILLLINESCRONTAS, was added.   It enables you to automatically run the billing process in the background.

The cron task does not create new customer bill batches: you still need to create those manually. The cron task copies the work orders, tickets and sales order transactions to an existing bill batch.
 

Before you begin

• Install Maximo for Service Providers 7.5.1.2
• Ensure that you have access to the Cron Task Setup application
• Get the bill batch for your customers

Procedure

1. Go to Cron Task Setup application and select PLUSPCOPYBILLLINESCRONTASK.
2. Specify when you want to run the copy action.
3. On the Parameters tab, select the WHERE parameter and replace <customer 1> with the customer ID. The customer ID must match the ID in the Customer (SP) application.
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4. Select the Active checkbox.
5. Save and reload the request

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Results

The cron task runs and copies the valid transactions to the bill batch, according to the schedule parameter.