Step 5: Generate invoice

This is the final step where all your configurations — the customer, usage events, billable metrics, and contract pricing — come together to produce an invoice for your customer, ACME Inc.

Prerequisites

An invoice is a document issued by a seller to a buyer that outlines the products or services provided, along with the amount due for payment. It serves as a formal request for payment, detailing the terms of the transaction, including the quantity, price, taxes, payment terms, and the total amount payable..

Life cycle of an invoice in Zenskar

In Zenskar, the life cycle of an invoice refers to the stages that an invoice goes through from its creation to final payment.

Generate invoice

You will generate the invoice directly from the contract details page.

Log in to your Zenskar dashboard.
Navigate to Contracts > Contracts.
Find and click on the ACME Inc. Direct Billing Contract you created in Step 4. This will take you to the contract's summary page.
On the contract summary page, click the GENERATE INVOICE button, located at the top right.
Confirm the billing period for the invoice.
Zenskar will then process the usage data against the configured pricing for Compute Usage and Storage Usage products, and generate a draft invoice.

You should now see a generated invoice displaying the calculated charges for ACME Inc. based on their tracked usage during the billing period.