Invoicing - User Permissions

Invoicing

User access to the Project level Invoicing tool depends on the user's access permission to the contracts in the Project level Prime Contracts and/or Commitments tool. The tables below highlight which permissions are required for each tool in order to perform specific tasks with the Invoicing tool. 

Invoicing

Task None Read Only Standard Admin
Bulk Edit Subcontractor Invoice Status with the Invoicing Tool       icon-mindtouch-table-check.png 1
Bulk Send Subcontractor Invoices to DocuSign® with the Invoicing Tool       icon-mindtouch-table-check.png 1
Compile Subcontractor Invoice Backups with the Invoicing Tool       icon-mindtouch-table-check.png 1
Configure Settings: Invoicing       icon-mindtouch-table-check.png 1
Create Automatic Billing Periods       icon-mindtouch-table-check.png 1
Create Manual Billing Periods       icon-mindtouch-table-check.png 1
Create a Subcontractor Schedule of Values (SSOV)   icon-mindtouch-table-check.png 2 icon-mindtouch-table-check.png 2 icon-mindtouch-table-check.png 1
Edit Billing Periods       icon-mindtouch-table-check.png 1
Manage Billing Periods       icon-mindtouch-table-check.png 1
Update a Subcontractor Schedule of Values as an Invoice Contact from the Invoicing Tool   icon-mindtouch-table-check.png 2 icon-mindtouch-table-check.png 2  

1 To perform this task from the project's Invoicing tool, you must be an invoice administrator.   

2 To perform this task, you must have the permissions designated in the tutorial, and you must be an invoice contact. By default, invoice contacts are added to the 'Private' list of a commitment. 

Prime Contracts

The following table highlights which user permissions are required to perform the described user action.

Task None Read Only Standard Admin
Create a Owner Invoices        icon-mindtouch-table-check.png
Create a Record for a Payment Received       icon-mindtouch-table-check.png
Delete Owner Invoices       icon-mindtouch-table-check.png
Edit Owner Invoices       icon-mindtouch-table-check.png
Email Owner Invoices       icon-mindtouch-table-check.png
Export Owner Invoices       icon-mindtouch-table-check.png
View a Summary Preview of an Owner Invoice       icon-mindtouch-table-check.png

Commitments

The following table highlights which user permissions are required to perform the described user action with the Invoicing tool.

Task None Read Only Standard Admin
Accept or Decline an 'Invite to Bill' as an Invoice Contact   icon-mindtouch-table-check.png 4    
Add a New Payment to the Payments Issued Tab of a Commitment       icon-mindtouch-table-check.png
Add Invoice Contacts to a Purchase Order or Subcontract (Legacy)       icon-mindtouch-table-check.png
Add Invoice Contacts to a Purchase Order or Subcontract       icon-mindtouch-table-check.png
Add a Subcontractor SOV to a Commitment       icon-mindtouch-table-check.png
Create a Payment Issued       icon-mindtouch-table-check.png
Create an Invoice on Behalf of an Invoice Contact     icon-mindtouch-table-check.png 1 icon-mindtouch-table-check.png
Create a New Subcontractor Invoice as an Invoice Contact     icon-mindtouch-table-check.png 1 icon-mindtouch-table-check.png
Create a Subcontractor Invoice for Release of Retainage     icon-mindtouch-table-check.png 3 icon-mindtouch-table-check.png
Create a Payment Received for a Prime Contract       icon-mindtouch-table-check.png
Delete a Subcontractor Invoice     icon-mindtouch-table-check.png 6 icon-mindtouch-table-check.png
Enable or Disable a Subcontractor SOV Tab on a Commitment       icon-mindtouch-table-check.png
Enable the Payments Issued Tab on a Commitment       icon-mindtouch-table-check.png
Forward a Subcontractor Invoice by Email     icon-mindtouch-table-check.png 2 icon-mindtouch-table-check.png
Review a Subcontractor Invoice as an Invoice Administrator       icon-mindtouch-table-check.png
Review Invoice Line Items as an Invoice Contact     icon-mindtouch-table-check.png 2 icon-mindtouch-table-check.png
Revise & Resubmit a Subcontractor Invoice as an Invoice Contact     icon-mindtouch-table-check.png 4  
Send an 'Invite to Bill' to an Invoice Contact       icon-mindtouch-table-check.png
Set or Release Retainage on a Subcontractor Invoice     icon-mindtouch-table-check.png 3 icon-mindtouch-table-check.png
Submit a New Invoice as an Invoice Contact   icon-mindtouch-table-check.png 1 icon-mindtouch-table-check.png 1 icon-mindtouch-table-check.png
Update a Subcontractor Schedule of Values as an Invoice Contact from the Invoicing Tool   icon-mindtouch-table-check.png 5 icon-mindtouch-table-check.png 5 icon-mindtouch-table-check.png

1 To perform this task, users must have 'Read Only' or 'Standard' permission on the project's Commitments tool. Users must also be added to the Private drop-down list for the commitment or be designated as the Invoice Contact on the commitment. See What is an invoice contact?

2 To perform this task, downstream collaborators should be designated as an invoice contact on the commitment. See What is an invoice contact?

3 To perform this task and to release retainage during the current billing period, users must have 'Standard' permission on the project's Commitments tool or be designated as an invoice contact on the commitment. See What is an invoice contact? To set retainage, you must be a user with 'Admin' level permissions on the Commitments tool.  

4 To perform this task, you must have the permissions designated in the tutorial, and your user account must be designated as an invoice contact on the purchase order or subcontract.

5 To perform this task, you must have the permissions designated in the tutorial, and your user account must be designated as an invoice contact on the purchase order or subcontract. 'Read Only' users must be added to the 'Private' list. 

6 The invoice must be in the 'Draft' or 'Revise and Resubmit' status for a user with 'Standard' level permissions to delete it.