Send invoice from BookitLab

You can also download the instructions with screenshots "Sending av faktura" in PDF format (Norwegian only).

You can switch subtitles to Norwegian by clicking on the Subtitles-button and select Norwegian.

Where do I find the menus relevant for sending invoices?

1. Click BILLING in the navigation menu.
2. There you can see the three menus to which only core admin has access: 
   • Invoice Batches: Invoices can be sent from here.
   • Billing: Created invoices are checked here.
   • Billing Preview: Invoices are created here.

Create invoice batch

1. Go to the Billing Preview page.
2. Always set the following filters before you generate an invoice batch:
   • Dates Period
   • Core (and select only one core)
   • Billing Type
3. When needed, add more types of filters and click on the Apply button.
4. Check bookings or orders that are shown in the table.
   • These are included when you click on the + Generate Invoices button above the table.
   • Be aware that after an invoice is created the bookings and orders included in the invoice are locked. 
5. After the + Generate Invoices button was pushed, the invoice batch was created. You then receive a message with a link to the created invoice batch
   • A window will open showing "Invoice Default VAT" (VAT: Value Added Tax), but you do not need to to anything here, because Unit4 saves the VAT.

Check and edit invoice batch

1. An invoice batch may contain one or more invoices. These you can see by doing one of the following:
   • Click on the link in the message you received in step 4 of "Create invoice batch".
   • Go to the Invoice Batches menu, and click on the number in the Invoices column of the invoice batch that you created.
2. Click on the number in the ID column.
3. Then you get information about all bookings and orders included in the invoice. When an invoice has been created, all bookings and orders included in the invoice are locked and cannot be changed.
   • If there are bookings or orders that should be removed from the invoice, check the rows that you wish to remove and click on the Delete Invoice Rows button which appears above the table.
   • If the invoice should be removed all together, you can remove it on the Billing page; check the row of the invoice and click on the Delete button.
   • If necessary, you can still change the amount to be charged by clicking on the number in the # column on the invoice page (or on the three dots in the Action column on the right hands side and then Edit) on the row of the booking/order. There you can also edit Quantity and/or Base Rate.
     • Important! The referred booking/order record will not change. If the user opens the booking/order, he or she will still see the original value (e.g. how many hours were were reserved, even if that was modified on the invoice).

Send invoice to the billing system

1. Go to the Invoice Batches menu.
2. Check the rows of the invoice batches to be sent to the billing system (Unit4).
3. Click on the Send to UiO billing system button.
   • When you select internal invoice batches, the Send to UiO billing system button is activated, while the Send to external system (External Billing) button is deactivated.
   • It is not possible to send external and internal invoice batches at the same time.

Inspect the status of the invoices

You can inspect the payment status of the invoices in the following ways.

1. Click Invoice Batches in the navigation menu, click the number in the Invoices column of the batch that you wish to inspect.
2. Click Billing in the navigation menu and locate the invoice you wish to inspect. If necessary, use the filtering function.

A table of invoices will appear. In the Status Name column (the rightmost column), you can see the status.

• For internal invoices:
  • The status is set to Paid upon successful posting in Unit4.
  • The invoice details page shows the voucher number ("bilagsnr") in Unit4 in column Referanse in the table under the Invoice Payments section.
• For external invoices: 
  • External invoices are generated automatically in Unit4 based on data sent from BookitLab.
  • Invoices must be inspected and corrected if needed by UiO centrally before they are sent to clients.
  • BookitLab only collects the status of generation of invoices in Unit4 and not the payment status.
  • As long as the status is not Rejected, the balance is shown as 0 after the invoice batch has been sent to Unit4.