Sigma Online User Manual

Tenant Billing Processes

This page is intended to help you with the full end to end Tenant Billing process, giving you information on how to start the process, which Activity to use and a link to the support help material.


Additional Charges

How do I add an adhoc charge to a Tenant?

No.

Action

Activity

Link to Help

1

Add/Edit a ad hoc Tenant Charge

  • Right click on the Tenant Account > Edit

Tree Selector

Tenant Ad-Hoc Charges


What if the PPU CCL / Standing Charge has changed?

No.

Action

Activity

Link to Help

1

Updating Charges

  • Right click on the Cost Definition > Edit

Tree Selector

Updating Cost Definition Rates


How do I add a charge line on the Bills (description of a charge)?

No.

Action

Activity

Link to Help

1

Adding a Charge Line

  • Right click on the Tariff > Edit

Tree Selector

Showing Calorific Value Calculation Steps on Bills


How do I charge for Gas – Add a Volumetric Consumption Conversion?

No.

Action

Activity

Link to Help

1

Adding Volumetric Conversion

  • Right click on the Organisation > Add > Associated Data
    then
  • Right click on Tariff > Edit to add the Associated data to the Tariff

Tree Selector

Volumetric Consumption Conversion


How do I charge my Tenants using data from the Utility Bills in Sigma?

No.

Action

Activity

Link to Help

1

Charge using Utility Bills

  • Right click on the Supply Point > Add > Tariff Connector to create

    OR
  • Right click on Tariff Connector > Edit to

Tree Selector

Creating Tariff Connectors
Updating Tariff Connectors


Change of Tenancy

How do I move a Tenant out and a new Tenant in

No.

Action

Activity

Link to Help

1a

Move a Tenant out and a new Tenant in

  • Right click on TENANT > Add Tenant to create the New Tenant

Tree Selector

Moving the Original Tenant out and a New Tenant in

1b

  • Filter to the Tenant > Click Perform Tenancy Action

Tenancy Management

Moving the Original Tenant out and a New Tenant in

1c

  • Change the Tenant Account Billing Groups

Tenancy Management

Moving the Original Tenant out and a New Tenant in

1d

  • Create the Final Bill

Tenancy Management

Moving the Original Tenant out and a New Tenant in



How do I move a Tenant out and an existing Tenant in

No.

Action

Activity

Link to Help

2a

Move a Tenant out and an existing Tenant in

  • Filter to Tenant > Click Perform Tenancy Action

Tenancy Management

Working with the Tenancy Management Activity

2b

  • Change the Tenant Account Billing Groups

Tenancy Management

Working with the Tenancy Management Activity

2c

  • Create the Final Bill

Tenancy Management

Working with the Tenancy Management Activity



How do I move more than one Tenant out at the same Time

No.

Action

Activity

Link to Help

3a

Move more than one Tenant out at the same time

  • Right click on TENANT > Add Tenant to create the New Tenant

Tree Selector

Working with the Tenancy Management Activity


  • Filter to the Tenants > Click Perform Tenancy Action

Tenancy Management

Working with the Tenancy Management Activity


  • Change the Tenant Account Billing Groups

Tenancy Management

Working with the Tenancy Management Activity


  • Create the final Bills

Tenancy Management

Working with the Tenancy Management Activity

Billing

Creating Bills

No.

Action

Activity

Link to Help

1

Start the Bill Run:

  • Highlight the Bill Run
  • Right click > Run Now

Bill Run Initiation

Performing a Billing Run

2

Monitor the Bill Run:

  • Highlight the Bill Run
  • View the Bill Messages below

Tenant Bill Run Management

Performing a Billing Run

3

Deal with the Bill Messages

  • Filling Gaps
  • Adding a Meter

Tenant Bill Run Management

Dealing with Bill Run Messages
Bill Run Status Messages explained

4

Re-run the Bill Run (once errors have been rectified)

  • Highlight the Bill Run
  • Right click > Run Now

Bill Run Initiation

Re-Running the Billing Run


Checking the Bills

No.

Action

Activity

Link to Help

1

Check the bills
Right click on the Bill to:

  • Filter to see the bills
  • View Validation Notes (to see errors)
  • View Bill
  • View Bill Messages (also seen in Tenant Bill Run Management)
  • View Account
  • Add/Edit Queries
  • View PDF

Approve and Issue Bills

Viewing the Bills, Charges, Account etc
Dealing with Failed Validation
Understanding the Tenant Bill
Editing and Creating Queries

2

Recalculate Bill Charges (once above has been done)

  • Highlight the Billing Run > Run now

Tenant Bill Run Management

Recalculating Bill Charges


Approving the Bills

No.

Action

Activity

Link to Help

1

Approve the Bills

  • Filter
  • Right Click on the Bill(s) > Change Status > Approve Bill

Tenant Approve and Issue Bills

Approving Bills


Issuing/Cancelling/Reissuing the Bills

No.

Action

Activity

Link to Help

1

Issue the Bills

  • Filter
  • Right Click on the Bill(s) > Change Status > Issue Bill

Tenant Approve and Issue Bills

Issuing Bills

2

Cancel a Bill

  • Filter to the Bill > Right click on the Bill > Change Status > Cancel Bill

Tenant Approve and Issue Bills

Cancelling, Withdrawing and Rebilling

3

Withdraw a Bill

  • Filter to the Bill > Right click on the Bill > Change Status > Withdraw Bill
Tenant Approve and Issue BillsCancelling, Withdrawing and Rebilling
4

Withdraw and Rebill

  • Filter to the Bill > Right click on the Bill > Change Status > Withdraw and Rebill
Tenant Approve and Issue BillsCancelling, Withdrawing and Rebilling


Printing the Bills

No.

Action

Activity

Link to Help

1

Print a bill

  • Right click on single bill > View/aggregate PDFs
    OR
  • Right click on multiple bills > View/aggregate PDFs

Tenant Approve and Issue Bills

Approving and Issuing Tenant Bills - delete


Creating an Accounts File for Payment

No.

Action

Activity

Link to Help

1

Filter to the required Tenant Bills

  • Click Run Summary Report
    and/or
  • Click Run

Tenant Accounts Link Generator

Generating an Accounts Extract


New Sites, Accounts, Meters etc

I have a new Site, Account, Meter and/or Tenant – how do I create them?

No.

Action

Activity

Link to Help

1

Adding a Site etc

  • Right click on the Site Group > Add > Site
  • Right click on the Site > Add > Supply Point or Account or Meter etc

Tree Selector

Creating Tenants

2

Adding a Tenant, Tenant Account etc

  • Right click on the Organisation > Add > Tenant
  • Right click on the Tenant > Add > Tenant Account

Tree Selector

Creating Tenants


Maintenance

Adding/Maintaining Provider

No.

Action

Activity

Link to Help

1

Adding/Maintaining Suppliers

  • Right click on Organisation > Add > Provider

Tree Selector

Adding / Maintaining a Tenant Provider


Adding/Maintaining Billing Groups

No.

Action

Activity

Link to Help

1

Adding/Maintaining Billing Groups

  • Right click > View/Edit to maintain

    OR
  • Add – Click + to add

Tenant Bill Run Initiation

Adding / Maintaining a Tenant Provider


Adding/Amending Validation

No.

Action

Activity

Link to Help

2

Adding/Amending Validation

  • Click + to add
    OR
  • Highlight the Validator > Right click > Setup Validator to amend

Validator Setup

Tenant Bill Validation


Adding a new Tariff and/or Cost Definition

No.

Action

Activity

Link to Help

1

Adding a new Tariff and/or Cost Definition

  • Right click on the Organisation > Add > Tariff
    and/or
  • Right click on the Tariff > Add > Cost Definition

Tree Selector

Creating a Cost Definition and a Tariff
Viewing / Modifying an existing Cost Definition or Tariff


Account and Metering Data

How do I add data into Sigma (such as Utility Bills, Meter Reads etc)?

No.

Action

Activity

Link to Help

1

Adding Accounts Data
*

Bill Entry

Managing Data

2

Adding Metering Data

  • Manual Meter Readings
  • Half Hourly Data
  • Automatically import Half Hourly Data

Data Input
Energy Viewer
Importing

Managing Data


How do I fill gaps in my Metering Data?

No.

Action

Activity

Link to Help

1

Gap Filling

  • Right click on the Bill > Show Bill Messages

Tenant Approve and Issue Bills

Reviewing the Metering Data




Reporting

What Reports can I run on Tenant Billing?

No.

Action

Activity

Link to Help

1

Running Reports

  • Refresh the Data

Energy Intelligence

Refresh Data for Tenant Billing Reporting

2

Available Reports

  • TBC

Energy Intelligence




Historical Data

How do I see the history of the Tenant and/or Site?

No.

Action

Activity

Link to Help

1

History of the Site

  • Filter to the Site > Highlight the Site

    History of the Tenant
  • Filter to the Tenant > Highlight the Tenant

Tenancy Management

Viewing Tenants & History


How do I see the history of Contracts?

No.

Action

Activity

Link to Help

1

History of Supply Point

  • Right Click on the Supply Point > Edit

Tree Selector

Viewing Tenants & History


How do I see the Bills associated with a Tenant?

No.

Action

Activity

Link to Help

1

Tenant Bills

  • Filter to the Tenant
  • Filter the Status (if required)

Approve and Issue Bills

Viewing Tenants & History

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