You can produce an invoice without clearing any work-in-process (WIP). You might use a progress entry for one of these reasons.
Time hasn't been entered yet.
You're billing a client in advance for work that hasn't been completed.
You're billing a client for work that's going to last for more than 1 billing cycle.
A progress entry creates a negative WIP carryover. When you later return to Detail Billing, you can identify a transaction as a progress entry by noting that the WIP amount is negative and its type is Progress Billing.
To create a progress bill,
Choose Time & Billing
Billing
. On the
Selection
tab, select one or more items and select
Detail Bill
. You can generate the progress entry from the
Summary
tab or the
Billable Entries
tab.
From the
Summary
tab, select the
Add To Invoice
button.
Select
Flat Amount
and select
Next
.
Select
Progress Entry
and enter the amount. Select a service and a project, if necessary.
Select
Finish
to save the entry and return to the
Summary
tab, where you can view and edit your invoice.
Select
Save
to complete the invoice.
From the
Billable Entries
tab, select
Progress Entries
.
Complete the fields on the Progress Entries panel. The