How to Setup Invoice on Unit Completion

Overview

We've introduced an enhanced feature for managing student invoices within the SMS payment plans. With this update, a student invoice generated from a payment plan will now be initialized only after the completion of a unit. This ensures a more streamlined invoicing process, aligning payments with the student's progression.

Location in the SMS: Finance page -> Payment Plans Tab

IMPORTANT

This new rule cannot be set as the first payment rule (Rule Order = 1).
If set as the first payment rule, this prompt will display.

Step Tutorial

Follow the steps below to set a payment plan rule that will create an invoice upon unit completion:

Step A. Set up in Payment Plans (related: How to Set Up a Payment Plan)

1. Go to Finance.

2. Go to Payment Plans tab.

3. Add a new rule or edit an existing one.

4. Fill up the Payment Plan Rule Details.

5. Select the Type "Invoice After Completion of Unit(s)"

6. Select a Rule Order. It should not be set to 1 as mentioned above.

7. Click Submit to save your changes.

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Step B. Set up in Program Instance

1. Go to Programs

2. Click the Program Instances Tab

3. Select your program

4. Go to the Financial subtab

5. Scroll down to Payment Plan

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6. Under Payment Plan, click "New"

7. Select the payment plan with Invoice Upon Unit Completion rule.

8. Click Save.

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9. Click the expand button to see the rules for this payment plan.

10. Click the dollar sign button.

NOTE: The buttons on the first column will only show when you have the eSkilled LMS integrated to your SMS. See related tutorial here: How to Automatically Enroll Students in an LMS Course After Paying an Invoice

Refer to the image below for steps 9 and 10:

11. Select the unit/s that once completed, will create an invoice.

12, Click Save.

Once saved, selected Units will appear under a new column to show that these Units must first be completed before an Invoice will be created.

STUDENT ENROLMENT

1. If enrolled via Internal Enrolment Wizard > Payment Stage
The Student Payment Plan will compute as normal.

2. If enrolled via External Enrolment Form > Payment stage
There will be no set due date/s for the Invoice After Completion of Unit(s) Completion payment plan,

3. After successful enrolment, users will be unable to view the Invoice(s) with the Invoice After Completion of Unit(s) Invoice(s) in the Student > Financial page. These related rows will be highlighted in yellow.

Invoices with Invoice After Completion of Unit(s) will be unviewable in all system areas except in the Student Page -> Finance tab.
Invoices with Invoice After Completion of Unit(s) can only be deleted. As they have not been initiated yet, therefore they cannot be paid, viewed etc.
When the related Units for the Invoice After Completion of Unit(s) are Completed, the related Invoice will be initiated, and a Payment Reminder will automatically be sent to the student, with the due date of today. At this point, the Invoice is initiated and handled like any other Student Invoice.

Congratulations on completing this tutorial. We hope this has been helpful to you and your organisation. For any questions or concerns regarding this function, please reach out to us via email at support@eskilled.com.au.