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Calculating Total Billing for the Upcoming School Year
Here's a post from Blackbaud Senior Educational Consultant Chuck Hays. Did you know there's an easy way to calculate totals for next year's billing? Have you been using the Projected Charges Report to its full advantage? (Reports -> Analysis...
Student Billing State-of-Mind: Where's My Billing Item?
Here's the scenario: You have a list of charges or financial aid to enter. You're a pro at this process so you jump right in, but the Item/Description drop-down is blank or does not show the billing item. What do you do now? Well, there are many...
Tips from a Troubleshooter: Generate Transactions Automatically
In Customer Support, I've learned once June rolls around, we start seeing more questions around one specific process - Generating Transactions Automatically . Here's a break down of the Generate Transactions Automatically screen: This screen is...
Student Billing State-of-Mind: Need to Add Billing Items?
Here is a quickie but goodie for new users and a reminder for you seasoned users. Throughout the school year new fees or charges are continually popping up. Whether it is for a field trip, class party, or new textbooks the process to create the billing...
Student Billing State-of-Mind: Invoices or Charges Missing When Entering Payments?
Let me set the stage. You've entered 665 payments and your last payment will not automatically apply. You've been reading Student Billing Statement , so you know how to manually apply it; however, the Student Billing Detail tab is blank. Now what...
Student Billing State-of-Mind Time Saver: Enter Charges and Payments Fast!er
I wanted to share with you a little known, and extremely under utilized, feature in Student Billing that can save you hours of charge and payment data entry time. It's called Fast! . Using Fast! allows you to quickly enter a large number of charges...
Student Billing State-of-Mind: Incorrect Charges or Credits?
Here's a possible scenario: You just finished running statements and realized that there are charges on the wrong records. Now what? Well, I am glad to let you know that there is an easy fix for whatever your incorrect charge or credit scenario. All...