I_ProjectBillingRequest

Purpose
This CDS view contains details for the project billing request. A project billing request is a document that is generated when preparing billing for one or more billing elements. It is an intermediary document based on which billing document requests are generated. A project billing request captures amounts that are: To be billed to the customer Written off Postponed to the next billing cycle A billing document request only captures amounts that get billed to a customer. It is eventually used to create a billing document that goes out to your customer. This CDS view provides the data to answer the following business questions: What is the unique number for the project billing request? What is the current status of the project billing request? What is the billing profile category of the project billing request? The billing profile category can have the following values: Value Description PSBL — Professional Services Billing If the billing profile category is PSBL, the project billing request belongs to normal billing and is/was created in the Manage Project Billing app. The project billing request status reflects its lifecycle status and can mainly have the following values: Project Billing Request Status Description C — Created The project billing request is in status Created when it is created/processed in the Manage Project Billing app. Project billing requests in this status are only seen in the Manage Project Billing app. They have a temporary ID starting with S*. In any other status, project billing requests have a permanent ID. The header identification number of the project billing request doesn’t change. P — In Process The project billing request is in workflow process. It was sent for approval, or it was approved, but the billing document request was not created for some reason. R — Billing Rejected The billing document request was rejected for the corresponding project billing request. D — Rejected The project billing request was rejected from the workflow approval process. B — Billing Requested A billing document request was created for the corresponding project billing request. I — Invoiced An invoice was posted for the corresponding project billing request. The project billing request approval status describes its workflow approval status: Project Billing Request Approval Status Description Initial approval status The project billing request is not relevant for approval, and the billing document request will be created when the project billing request is submitted in the Manage Project Billing app. P — In approval The project billing request is still in approval. A — Released The project billing request was approved. R — Rejected The project billing request was rejected. Please note the following: For temporary project billing requests (lifecycle status Created ) and their items, the data in the CDS views might change as the billing specialist can still work with them at any time. The main difference between the lifecycle status values of project billing requests is that: Project billing requests in status Created can be changed/deleted. They are only seen in the Manage Project Billing app. Project billing requests with other statuses cannot be changed. They can be viewed in the Manage Project Billing Requests app. Some figures that are available in apps are not available in CDS views because they are calculated on the fly, but not stored in the database. Project billing requests that are in approval are not reflected in the Entry Flow for Project Billing Element CDS view ( I_ProjectBillingElementEntrFlw ), though they’re displayed as billing in process in the Manage Project Billing app. Only open and billable revenues are available for project billing request items in the Items for Project Billing Request CDS view ( I_ProjectBillingRequestItem ). Written-off revenue is available in the Entry Flow for Project Billing Element CDS view ( I_ProjectBillingElementEntrFlw ) only after submission of the project b