Account Journal

• 1. Which default sort sequence should be used for printing the billing journal? BCS (Client) The default order for printing the billing journal may be by account number, district, carrier name, route, or truck sequence. This default order may be changed when the billing journal is printed. The order selected will depend upon the primary purpose of the report.

  Value
  Account	If the billing journal should print in account order by default.
  Account Group	If the billing journal should print by default in account group order.
  Area	If the billing journal should print by default in area order.
  Depot	If the billing journal should print alphabetically by depot, and in depot sort order within each depot.
  District	If the billing journal should print in district order by default.
  Name	If the billing journal should print in carrier name order by default.
  Publication/Area	If the billing journal should print by default in publication order, and within each publication, by area order, and within each area in region/zone/district/route order.
  Publication/District	If the billing journal should print in publication, district, and route order by default.
  Publication/Region	If the billing journal should print by default in publication order, and within each publication, by region, and within each region in zone/district/route order.
  Publication/Zone	If the billing journal should print by default in publication order, and within each publication, by distribution zone, and within each zone in district/route order.
  Route	If the billing journal should print in route order by default.
  Truck	If the billing journal should print in truck departure and, within each truck, in drop sequence order by default.
  Zone	If account invoices should print by default in zone order.

• 2. Which default truck departure order should the billing journal use? BCS (Client) The default truck departure order entered here will be used to determine the default print order of the billing journal, if it is sorted by truck. This may be changed when the billing journal is printed. Enter the user-defined truck departure order that is most commonly used to determine the print order of the billing journal.

• 3. Which default truck sequence should the billing journal use? BCS (Client) The default truck sequence entered here will be used to determine the default print order of the billing journal if it is sorted by truck. Enter the user-defined truck sequence that is most commonly used to determine the print order of the billing journal.

• 4. If notes exist for a payment, should they print on the billing journal? BCS (Client) Notes entered with the payment may print on the billing journal.

  Value
  Yes	If notes entered with the payment should print on the billing journal.
  No	If notes entered with the payment should be omitted from the billing journal.

• 5. Should an account with a zero balance be printed on the billing journal? BCS (Client) You may elect not to print information on the billing journal about carriers who have zero balances.

  Value
  Yes	If information should print on the billing journal about carriers with a zero balance.
  No	If information about carriers with a zero balance should be omitted from the billing journal.

  If No:

  • 6. Should account appear on the billing journal if account has a zero balance and activity in the current billing period? BCS (Client) This will alert you to any activity on zero-balance accounts during this billing period.

    Value
    Yes	If information about zero-balance accounts should print on the billing journal if there was activity on their accounts during this billing period.
    No	If information about zero-balance accounts should not print on the billing journal regardless of whether there was account activity during this billing period.

• 7. Should a blank line separate each group on the billing journal? BCS (Client) Each group of related items on the billing journal may be separated by a blank line if desired. Examples of groups are balance forward, payments, draw charges, miscellaneous charges/credits, and messages.

  Value
  Yes	If a blank line should separate each group of information on the billing journal.
  No	If the groups of information on the billing journal should not be separated by a blank line.

• 8. Should a blank line separate each total on the billing journal? BCS (Client) You may wish to insert a blank line before each total line.

  Value
  Yes	If a blank line should separate each total line on the billing journal.
  No	If total lines should print immediately below the last line of account information on the billing journal.

• 9. When printing the billing journal in district order, should there be a page break between districts? BCS (Client) You may wish to insert a page break after each district’s subtotals when printing in “District” sort order.

  Value
  Yes	Insert a page break between districts.
  No	Do not insert a page break.

• 10. Which sort sequence should be used for printing the office pay section of the billing journal? BCS (Client) The office pay audit list may be printed in subscriber account, address, or name order.

  Value
  Account	If office pay audit should print in account order on the billing journal.
  Address	If office pay audit should print in address order on the billing journal.
  Name	If office pay audit should print by default in name order on the billing journal.