Stock must be set up prior to adding meters, including macro descriptions on the Contracts tab.
Example Macros
{{Project.Meter.Counter Name" "}}{{"Last Read – "Project.Meter.Job.Previous Job.Meter Read" "}}{{"Last Estimated Read – "Project.Meter.Job.Previous Job.Estimated Meter Read" "}}{{Project.Meter.Job.Previous Job.Date Due" "}}{{"Current Read – "Project.Meter.Job.Meter Read" "}}{{"Estimated Read – "Project.Meter.Job.Estimated Meter Read" "}}{{"Prints – "Project.Meter.Job.Qty" "}}{{"Estimated Prints – "Project.Meter.Job.Estimated Qty" "}}
This contract has a black meter and a colour meter. It has a minimum charge of $50 per month. No estimates/averages will be calculated against this contract. The contract will have service reads.
The first month, 53,000 black and 10,400 colour reads are received – the following job is created:
In this instance, the minimum charge is not required because the customer has been billed the minimum dollar amount. If, in the second month readings of 55,000 black and 10,500 colour are recorded, the following job is created:
In this instance, the black and colour meters only charge the customer $33 Inc. tax, so the minimum charge meter makes up the difference so that the customer is billed the correct minimum amount of $55 inc. tax.
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