The Goal: Generate a Membership Report to identify active members who are missing a billing contact or billing email address before running upcoming billing.
Before You Begin:
- Run this report before every upcoming billing cycle to ensure all renewal invoices can be delivered.
- Once you have the report configured, save it as a new report. You will only need to update the Next Bill Date range each time you run it.
Step-by-Step Instructions
- Go to Reports, click All Reports and open the Membership Report.
- Set the report criteria as follows:
- Membership Status: Active
- Next Bill Date: Enter the range for the invoices you wish to generate AND Membership Billing Contact Is Empty
— OR —
Next Bill Date: Enter the range AND Membership Billing Contact Email Is Empty - Fields to Display (minimum): Contact Name; Membership Billing Contact; Membership Billing Email; Next Bill Date
- Click Run Report.
- Review the returned list and add the missing billing contact or billing email to each member before you run upcoming billing.
Common Pitfalls
- Not saving the report: Rebuilding the criteria from scratch every cycle wastes time and invites mistakes. Save the configured report once, then just update the Next Bill Date range on each run.