Minimum Number of Days Passed Option in Prebilling and Billing

When you generate prebills or invoices, you have the Only Include Matters where Minimum Number of Days Have Passed option.

If this option is chosen, Orion looks at each Billing Cycle chosen and counts the number of days that have passed since the last invoice generated based on the invoice date of the last invoice and the invoice date being used for the current run on the Matter).  If the Matter has never been billed, the program checks the Matter Opened Date.  If the Matter is set up on a Monthly Billing Cycle and there have not been at least 20 days since the Matter was last billed or opened, a Prebill or Invoice will not print.  The number of days required by Orion for each Billing Cycle between invoicing are as follows:

        Monthly            20 Days
        Bi-Monthly        50 Days
        Quarterly          80 Days
        Semi Annual     150 Days
        Annual              355 Days

If you do not choose to use this option, the system does not count the number of days since the last Prebill/Invoice and you could technically bill the Matter the day after you sent an invoice.  This option is typically used only when Matters are set up on strict quarterly billing.