Use the Confirm Balance Forward Bill program to accept or reject draft bills. The Confirm Balance Forward Bill program does not reprint the bill. To reprint a bill, submit the BPA Balance Forward Print Program.
You can also launch the Confirm Balance Forward Bill program from an external system.
Required Parameters:
Confirm Option: Select Accept draft balance forward bills or Reject draft balance forward bills.
Accepting a draft balance forward bill changes the bill print status from Draft to Accepted. Rejecting a draft balance forward bill changes the bill print status from Draft to Rejected.
Optional Parameters:
Operating Unit: To generate balance forward bills for a specific operating unit, select that operating unit. Leave this field blank to generate balance forward bills for each eligible operating unit.
Customer Number Low/High (required if bill number or concurrent Request ID is not specified): Confirm one or more account-level balance forward bills. The list of values includes all balance forward billing customers.
Bill-to Site Low/High: Confirm one or more site-level balance forward bills. The list of values includes only bill-to locations for the selected customer.
Billing Date Low/High: Enter a billing date range. Or, to print all bills for the specified account or site, do not specify a range.
Bill Number Low/High (required if customer number or concurrent request ID is not specified): Confirm one or more balance forward bills.
Concurrent Request ID (required if no other parameters are specified): Select the concurrent request ID for the Generate Balance Forward Bill program to accept or reject a batch of balance forward bills.