Billing runs: a tour
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A tour of Billing runs in Arkon One: Every night at 1:00 AM ET the system invoices all agreements from ticket activity, adds transport, labour, consumables and approved lost/damaged charges, then runs autopay, late fees, dunning and credit holds. and the controls you will use most.
The steps, written out
- Open Billing runs from the Billing and Finance section of the left menu.
- Narrow the list with the search box and filters (date).
- Read each row: Agreement, Customer, Lines, Pre-tax, Run date, Started.
- Review the Preview for Nov 13, 2026 section.
- Review the Last nightly cycle section.
- Review the Run history section.
Tip
Besides rent, the nightly run adds anything not yet billed for that agreement (or its job): Every night at about 1:00 AM Eastern time (America/New_York). The server checks every 5 minutes and starts the nightly cycle once the clock passes 1:00 AM and today has not run yet. If the system was down, it catches up on the missed days (up to 7) in order, each dated as its own day. The cycle runs in this order: Automatic invoicing, Consolidated invoice digests, Autopay & payment retries, Settle pending ACH, Apply deposits & pre-payments, Late fees, Dunning notices, Credit holds, and (on the 1st of the month) Monthly statements of account. New invoices are therefore dated the day of the run. When an invoice is created, Accounts & Billing gets a notification with the count and total. Billing runs (Automatic billing runs) has three parts: