LeasePak Utilities

227 Create 'catch up' version of invoice scratch file

This utility enables users to generate an invoice scratch file for all deals booked with a commencement date prior to the current date or booked since the last End of Day (End of Period) was run. For example, if today is the 5th and the user books a deal with a commencement date of the 1st (and invoice deferral days are set at 0), the deal has missed the invoicing cycle for the 1st of the month and, under normal circumstances, would not be picked up for invoicing until the next 1st of the month. With this utility (run either interactively or as a cron job), users can generate invoice scratch files for these types of back-dated or interim deals. The utility uses the invoice deferral days settings to determine whether or not a lease or loan needs to be included in the 'catch up'. The scratch file lpu0302a.scr is written to the current working directory of the process and not to the End of Period (EOP) directory. This is a separate but standard lpu0302a.scr scratch file; whatever invoice-generating process used for the EOP invoice scratch file should be used on this file as well.

The utility will prompt the user for the LeasePak client string password and whether or not to enter a specific date (in YYMMDD format). If the user does not enter a specific date, the utility will use the date of the last End of Day (EOP).