Generate Collection Letters

Once the edit lists have been reviewed and any additional changes to the customers have been completed, you are ready to generate the letters.

 

From the i-Pak Collections Processing Menu, select Generate Collection Letters.  A Warning Screen will be displayed as a precaution.

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Press to confirm and the Generate Collection Letters/Outsrc Files selection screen will be displayed.

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Enter the Collection Letter Date that you want to be printed on the top of the letter.  This will also be the date that will be displayed in the ‘date letter sent field’ on the additional info tab of the customer profile. You can either type in the date or use the calendar icon to select the date.

If you have previously run Collection Letters and created a Template, you can enter the Collection Template Name here. The Template selections will be filled in with the Company & Cycle selection screens automatically. Click the to display your choices for Template names.

Press to confirm and continue to the company selection screen.

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Click on Yes to put a in the circle to include the company, or No to not include the company.  You can click on f9_select_all.jpg to put a in the Yes column for all companies or f10_unselect_all.jpg to put a in the No column for all companies.

Click   to confirm and continue. The Cycle Selection screen will be displayed.

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The CO (company), Cy (cycle), Description (Cycle Description) will automatically be filled in. Select the cycles you want included in this run by clicking on the Yes option in the Include column, this will put a in the circle. If a cycle should NOT be included, you must select No - leaving this column blank is not an option.  You can click on f9_select_all.jpg to put a in the Yes column for all cycles or f10_unselect_all.jpg to put a in the No column for all cycles.

When you are finished selecting the cycles, click to continue.

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If you want your selections saved in a template, type in a template name in the above screen and press Enter.jpg. A message saying your batch has been submitted will be displayed.

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Press Enter.jpg to continue.

 

Reports and Letters

You will get several summary and other informational reports in addition to the Collection Letters themselves.

Report Name Title/Description
AC0604ER

List of Work Orders NOT Generated during Collection Letter Run due to errors.

AC0604WO

List of Work Orders Generated during Collection Letter Run

AC0604P3

Collection Letters Totals Report

A summary report indicating the total number of Printed Collection Letters, Outsource Files and Work Orders generated. A separate copy of this report will be generated in your spool file for Residential-Individual, Residential-National, Commercial-Individual and Commercial-National.  (Commercial is anything Non-Residential).

AC0641P1

Collection Letter Outsource Files Created Report

COLLCI01

Commercial Collection Letters - Individual 01-30 days

COLLCI30

Commercial Collection Letters - Individual 31-60 days

COLLCI60

Commercial Collection Letters - Individual 61-90 days

COLLCI90

Commercial Collection Letters - Individual 90+ days

COLLCIF

Commercial Collection Letters - Individual Final

COLLCN01

Commercial Collection Letters - National 01-30 days

COLLCN30

Commercial Collection Letters - National 31-60 days

COLLCN60

Commercial Collection Letters - National 61-90 days

COLLCN90

Commercial Collection Letters - National 90+ days

COLLCNF

Commercial Collection Letters - National Final

COLLRI01

Residential Collection Letters - Individual 01-30 days

COLLRI30

Residential Collection Letters - Individual 31-60 days

COLLRI60

Residential Collection Letters - Individual 61-90 days

COLLRI90

Residential Collection Letters - Individual 90+ days

COLLRIF

Residential Collection Letters - Individual Final

COLLRN01

Residential Collection Letters - National 01-30 days

COLLRN30

Residential Collection Letters - National 31-60 days

COLLRN60

Residential Collection Letters - National 61-90 days

COLLRN90

Residential Collection Letters - National 90+ days

COLLRNF

Residential Collection Letters - National Final

 

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