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Pgm: JBBU_LNK – Billing Backup With Image Links; standard Treeview path: Job Billing > Reports > Billing Backup With Image Links
This screen is used to back up job billing images and generates a custom named report for a selected contract. The report includes image links with vendor and invoice details.
NOTE: Album types and image search configurations must first be set up in order to use this screen. For more information, refer to Job Billing - Setting Up JBBACKUP with Image Links.
Album Type
Enter/select an album type.
Target Folder Name
Enter a custom name for the folder where the report and images will be saved. No spaces are permitted in the folder name. This is a required field.
Report File Name
Enter a custom name for the report. This is a required field.
Contract
Enter/select a contract code. This is a required field.
Draw Number
Enter/select a draw number. This is a required field.
Revision Number
Enter/select a revision number. This is a required field.
Copy Images To Local Drive – Checkbox
This box is checked by default. When checked, the images are copied to a sub folder named "Images" in the target folder.
Show Company Logo – Checkbox
This box is checked by default. When checked, the company logo will print on the report.
Show Warning When Image File Cannot Be Copied – Checkbox
This box is unchecked by default. When checked, the system will generate a warning when the image file cannot be copied.
Include Link to All Revisions/Addendums – Checkbox
This box is unchecked by default. When checked, the report will include a link to all revisions/addendums.
[Define Image Search] – Button
Press this button to launch the Image Search Setup pop-up, which is used to configure the image search. For more information on this screen, please refer to Job Billing - Setting Up JBBACKUP with Image Links.
After the report is successfully run, the user will be prompted to download a ZIP file. It may be available as a one part archive with the filename ending with part1.zip, or a multiple part archive with filenames ending with part1.zip, part2.zip, etc.
The ZIP file, contains the report PDF document with image links, as shown below.
Sample Billing Backup with Image Links (JBBU_LNK)
The ZIP file also contains a subfolder named "Images" which contains the backed up Job Billing images.
Instead of opening the ZIP file and the PDF file directly, extract the whole ZIP file to a folder in your local computer to review the report together with the image links.
Once the entire ZIP file is extracted, use a PDF reader application, such as Adobe Acrobat Reader, instead of a browser to open the PDF file. For users accessing the file via File Manager, you can right-click on the PDF file and select “Open With” to choose the desired PDF reader application.
You may also consider modifying the viewer of files with a PDF extension at the operating system level. For example, in Windows 10, this can be set via the "Choose default apps by file type" setting.