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XML Consumption Letter Instructions

Use the XML Consumption Letter Instructions to generate consumption letters or notices for the customers in the Extract Consumption workfile.

Tips:  

• Before running the Consumption Letters, you must run the Extract Consumption routine to build the workfile that contains the customers to receive a consumption letter or notice.

• This routine uses the information in the Extract Consumption workfile to generate data in an XML format and sends it to a job site file that you specify.

• During installation, the letter format and the job site file (job to the print file) are defined using your specifications.  For more information, contact NDS Technical Support.

• For more information about running reports, see Print View.

Directions:

To see directions for...

• Opening the XML Consumption Letter, click More.

  1.  Click Daily Work from the Menu Bar.

  2.  Click Billing.

  3.  Click Reading Tools.

  4.  Click XML Consumption Letter.
  
  Or, use the keyboard shortcut:  [ALT] [y] [b] [r] [r] [Enter] [x].

   

  XML Consumption Letter Window Example:

  

   

• Choosing the selections at the prompt window, click More.

  XML Consumption Letter Prompts Tip:  To see more information about a field, click the hyperlink for the field name.
  	To begin printing to the Windows™ default printer, click Print, or press [ENTER]. Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + p]
  	To print to the Print View screen, click Print View.
  	To escape from the print routine, click Cancel, or press [ENTER]. Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + c]

   

• Report Samples, click More.

   

  To see an example of the report, click XML Consumption Letters Sample.