---
title: "Set progress billing parameters"
slug: "set-progress-billing-parameters"
description: "Set up progress billing parameters for project management, including default journal names and revenue categories, to streamline your billing process."
tags: ["Task", "Project Control Suite", "PCS"]
updated: 2026-03-20T08:27:13Z
published: 2026-03-20T17:45:57Z
canonical: "docs.staedean.com/set-progress-billing-parameters"
---

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# Set progress billing parameters

If you use progress billing, set the progress billing parameters.

### Steps

1. Go to **Project management and accounting** > **Setup** > **Advanced project management** > **Advanced project management parameters**.
2. Click the **Progress billing** tab.
3. In the **Format** field, define the sequence number suffix format for progress bills.
4. You can use progress billing by default for new project quotations. For each project line in a project quotation work breakdown structure, you can change this default setting.

Select **Yes** in the **Use progress billing** field.
5. You can automatically update the internal progress from the progress bill.

Select **Yes** in the **Update internal progress from the progress bill** field.
6. In the **Default Journal name ID project** field, define the default journal name used for project progress bills.
7. In the **Default journal name ID for subcontract** field, define the default journal name to be used for subcontract progress bills.
8. In progress billing, you can post a temporary fee to claim the progress bill revenue before a customer has approved the progress bill. In this field, define the line property that is used to post the fee.

In the **Line property** field, select a default value.
9. In progress billing, you can post a temporary fee to claim the progress bill revenue before the customer has approved the progress bill. In this field, define the category that is used to post the fee.

In the **Revenue category** field, enter or select a value.
10. In the **Show number of decimals** field, enter a number.

## Related

- [Set up progress billing](/set-up-progress-billing.md)
- [Set Project Control Suite parameters](/set-project-control-suite-parameters.md)