Third Party or Agency Invoices

You can use the Third Party/Agency Invoices page to create a batch that generates invoices for third parties or active agencies that are associated with your institution.

If the batch contains disbursements generated from multiple campuses, you can generate invoices for more than one campus per agency. You can also post payments approved by Financial Aid to multiple campuses.

Prerequisites

You must have:

  • Common - Processes - View authorization

  • Student Accounts - Processes - Third Party Agency Invoices authorization

Access Method

Select the Processes tile > expand Student Accounts > select Third Party/Agency Invoices.

Procedure to Create the Batch and Review Results

Process Tab

Use the Process tab to filter the data and queue the batch job.

  1. Specify the Selection Criteria to filter the records.

    AgenciesClosed The agency or sponsor that the student is associated with. If you want to add additional agencies or specify specific branches of the agencies, use the Agency Affiliations tile (Select the Students tile > select the student name in the list > expand Contact Manager).

    Agency BranchesClosed The branch associated with the selected agency. When you select an agency that has branches, its branches are displayed in this field. If you choose an agency that has branches, you must choose specific branches.

    CampusesClosed The campus or campuses to which a person or item is assigned. It is filtered to display the campuses to which you have access. In some cases, it is also used to filter a list to only those items for the campus. In some lists, you can select more than one campus or select All. In lists that display columns, if the column contains more than one campus, you cannot sort or filter on that column.

    Closing DateClosed The end date for billing.

    Fund SourcesClosed The source of this fund.

    Invoice OptionsClosed Indicates whether you want to create a new invoice or print an existing invoice.

    Invoice TypeClosed Indicates whether the invoice will one of the following types: Individual, Master, or both.

    Program VersionsClosed The program version associated with the student or item.

    ShiftsClosed The shift during which the student will attend classes (such as days or evenings). Shifts are configured by your institution.

    Start DateClosed The first day that the item is effective or can be used.: From and To

    Student ID to PrintClosed Specifies the ID that is printed. You must be authorized to view social security numbers (SSNs) and to select SSNs in the list.

    Student SelectionClosed Indicates that you want to generate invoices for a single student or for multiple students. The fields displayed will change based on whether you select Single or Batch.

    Student StatusesClosed Specifies the status of the prospect or student at your institution. Statuses vary by institution. They are configured by your institution. If you change the status for a student, a dialog is displayed so that you can confirm the change. If there are also tasks associated with the previous status, Anthology Student displays a dialog that you can use to select the tasks to keep and the tasks to close with the result of canceled.

  2. In Display on Invoice, specify the following values.

    Course ScheduleClosed Indicates that the course schedule should be included or omitted based on your selection. If you select Course Schedule, the Term check box is enabled to enable you to select the associated term.

    Enrollment InformationClosed Indicates that enrollment information should be included or omitted based on your selection.

    GradeClosed Select this check box if you want to display the grade in the invoice. If this check box is cleared, the system will display the grade field as blank.

    Payment CouponClosed Indicates whether or not a Payment Coupon is available when printing a master invoice. If configured, the Remittance Address will be used on the return coupon when the Payment Coupon check box is selected.

    Student AddressClosed The street address. For student addresses, if an address has more than 40 characters, the additional characters in the address line will not be extracted to be sent to COD but will be truncated.

    TermClosed The Term check box is enabled only if you select Course Schedule to enable you to select the associated term.

  3. In Balance Options, specify the following values.

    Enforce Batch IntegrityClosed Select the check box if you want to create sub batches of disbursements. For example, select the check box if you want to post approved disbursements to Student Accounts as a separate batch, but need to keep track of the original parent disbursement batch. When batch integrity is enforced, Anthology Student maintains a record of the initial contents of disbursement batches created from importing a Global payment (C2PA) file. This functionality is also available for manually created disbursement batches. The record of the initial contents of disbursement batches is separate from the record of the posting batch number assigned to the disbursements posted to student ledger cards. If you select the check box, you should also lock the batch job.

    Include Negative BalanceClosed Indicates the balance option you want included, that is include negative balances.

    Include Positive BalanceClosed Indicates the balance option you want included, that is include positive balances.

    Include Zero BalanceClosed Indicates the balance option you want included, that is include zero balances.

    NoteClosed Area that displays, or that you can use, to specify comments or additional information.

  4. Select the Next button. Anthology Student processes the selection criteria and expands the Results grid.

  5. Review the values in the Results grid.

    Agency Branch/Fund SourceClosed The branch or fund source name.

    AmountClosed The amount in dollars.

    Invoice TypeClosed Indicates whether the invoice will one of the following types: Individual, Master, or both.

    Start DateClosed The first day that the item is effective or can be used.

    StudentClosed The last and first name of the student. In some lists, the name of the student is highlighted. If it is highlighted, you can select the link and it will display the Student Profile or a page available from the profile (such as their Documents list in Contact Manager). To display the Student Profile, you must have Common - Student - View authorization. If the link takes you to a page available from the profile, you must have authorization for that page. For example, if it displays the Documents list, you must have Contact Manager - Student Document - View authorization.

    Student NumberClosed If your institution assigns student numbers, the number your institution uses to identify the student. How the number is assigned is specified by your institution. For example, Anthology Student can be configured to assign the number, or your institution can use another method to assign it.

  6. By default, all records in the Results grid are selected. You can clear or select the check boxes for all records and select only those records that you want to include in the batch.

  7. Select the Queue Invoice button.

  8. On the Submit Batch dialog, review or change the name of the batch and Select the Submit button.

Anthology Student processes the batch.

When the batch completes, Anthology Student displays the results on the History tab.

History Tab

For batches that you created to generate invoices for third parties or active agencies associated with your institution, you can use the History tab to review the batch results, manage the batches, and print invoices

Batches on this tab are available for 28 days by default. Anthology Student removes them after 28 days. If you need to keep the information for a batch, use the Export (Export button) button on the toolbar.

  1. Review the values in the Batches grid.

    CancelledClosed Refers to the canceled batch.

    DurationClosed The amount of time it took to process the job or batch.

    Label File PathClosed The file path.

    Invoice OptionClosed Indicates whether you want to create a new invoice or print an existing invoice.

    Job StatusClosed Displays the status for the student, item, or job. Enqueued indicates that processing has not started. Processing indicates it is still processing. Succeeded indicates processing completed successfully. Any other value indicates processing did not complete or completed with errors.

    Last RetryClosed The date and time a retry was done to process the batch job.

    NameClosed The descriptive name of the item.

    Number of RecordsClosed The number of student records that were changed. You can compare the number to the number of students you selected in the Results grid on the Process tab.

    StartedClosed The date and time the batch started processing.

    Submitted ByClosed The name of the staff member who submitted the batch for processing.

  2. Select the name of a batch in the grid to view the batch details or print an invoice. Anthology Student displays the details for the batch in the Job Results grid.

  3. Review the values in the Results grid.

    AmountClosed The amount in dollars.

    Label File PathClosed The file path.

    Invoice NumberClosed The invoice number consists of the following components: If the agency branch’s Invoice Type = “Individual”, then Agency Invoice number is consist of: Agency branch’s Last Invoice Number + “-“ + 1 + SyStudentID (database value, not visible in the application). If the agency branch’s Invoice Type = “Masterl”, then Agency Invoice number is consist of: Agency branch’s Last Invoice Number + “-“ + 1 + AmAgencyBranchID (database value, not visible in the application).

    Job CreatedClosed The date the batch was created.

    Job StartedClosed The date that the system started to process the batch.

    Job StatusClosed Displays the status for the student, item, or job. Enqueued indicates that processing has not started. Processing indicates it is still processing. Succeeded indicates processing completed successfully. Any other value indicates processing did not complete or completed with errors.

    Student NumberClosed If your institution assigns student numbers, the number your institution uses to identify the student. How the number is assigned is specified by your institution. For example, Anthology Student can be configured to assign the number, or your institution can use another method to assign it.

  4. To print an invoice, select the Print Invoice button on the toolbar of the Batches grid.