Running Billing To Milan from the Command Line
The executable for Billing To Milan, Prosperoware.Milan.Billing.exe, is located in C:\Program Files\Prosperoware.Milan\billingToMilan\ and can be run either from a command prompt or as a scheduled Windows task.
Scheduling Billing To Milan
To automatically run Billing to Milan on a regular schedule:
- Open Task Scheduler from Administrative Tools.
- In the Actions pane, click Create Basic Task.
- Type a name for the new Billing To Milan task in the Name field and click Next.
- Select Daily, Weekly, or Monthly for the task frequency and click Next.
- Select a date and time to start running the scheduled task.
- Configure the remaining schedule options and click Next.
- On the Action screen, select Start a program and click Next.
- Click Browse to find and select the Billing To Milan executable, Prosperoware.Milan.Billing.exe. The default location isC:\Program Files\Prosperoware.Milan\billingtomilan\.
- In the Add arguments field, enter any required command line arguments and click Next.
- Review the task details and click Finish to save the scheduled task.
Specifying the Operation Type
To have Billing To Milan perform a specific operation, include one of the following arguments on the command line or in the scheduled task.
| Argument | Operation |
|---|---|
| matters | Create/update workspaces |
| billing | Billing activity |
| archive | Move/archive |
| subscription | Matter subscription (subscription input) |
| policy | Create Security Center policies |
| policyex | Create Policy Center policies |
Command Line Options
Billing To Milan supports the use of optional command line arguments when running Prosperoware.Milan.Billing.exe manually from the Windows command prompt, or as a scheduled task in Task Scheduler. Include any of the following command line options to specify a designated Billing To Milan behavior instead of running with the noted default behavior.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| -file | The path and name of the SQL script file to use with Billing To Milan. If the -file parameter is not supplied, Billing To Milan uses the default SQL script files, MatterInput.sql, and BillingInput.sql. |
| -connStr |
The name of the connection string to use from connectionStrings.config, which is located in C:\Program Files\Prosperoware.Milan\configs. Note: If the -connStr parameter is not present, Billing To Milan uses the default connection string for the specified operation. |
| -wsSearchMetadata |
A comma-separated list of metadata that Billing To Milan will use when searching for workspaces. When this argument is not present, Billing To Milan defaults to searching by client and matter. Note: The format for this argument is the same as that for the application setting b2m-workspace-search-metadata . |
| -pushdownrenamemetadata |
Changes to metadata descriptions will also trigger name updates for folders. To trigger renames with changes to metadata other than Custom1 and Custom2, follow the option with a comma-separated list of WorkSite attribute IDs. Note: Search folder and tab names are not updated with this option enabled. |
Example
The following example command line runs Billing To Milan in matters mode and uses the -file parameter to specify a SQL script file to be used by Billing To Milan.
Prosperoware.Milan.Billing.exe matters -file MatterInputData.sql
