Automation Toggles

The Automation section of the RACS Configuration tab holds two toggles that control whether scheduled background processes are allowed to run. Both are checkboxes, both default to off, and both should be left off until the process they control has been validated against test data.

Turn these toggles on only after you have validated the automated process against test residents or test claims. Enabling automation before the process has been checked can apply rate changes or generate adjustment invoices across live residents without review.

Automate Resident Fee Rate Updates

This toggle controls how resident fee rate changes published by Services Australia are applied.

Field	Type	Default	On-screen help text
Automate Resident Fee Rate Updates	Checkbox	Off	Turn on to allow the Resident Fee Rate Update batch job to be scheduled. Leave off to restrict rate checking to the manual Check Fee Rates action.

When on: the scheduled fee rate batch job becomes available to schedule from the Schedules tab of the Billing Settings component. Once scheduled, it checks for fee rate changes from Services Australia and applies them to active Agreement Items on a recurring basis.

When off: the scheduling controls are hidden, and fee rate changes must be applied manually using the Check Fee Rates button on each agreement.

Turning the toggle on makes the batch job schedulable; it does not start the job. You still configure the schedule on the Billing Settings Schedules tab. For how the rate check works, see Fee Detection and Rate Updates.

Automate Statement Reconciliation

This toggle controls whether reconciliation adjustments are generated automatically after a Services Australia payment statement is synced.

Field	Type	Default	On-screen help text
Automate Statement Reconciliation	Checkbox	Off	Turn on to automatically reconcile payment statements after sync. Turn off to run reconciliation manually per Funding Item.

When on: after the monthly Services Australia payment statement is synced, Maica automatically compares actual payments against billed amounts and generates the reconciliation adjustment invoices needed to close any gap.

When off: reconciliation must be run manually for each affected Funding Item using the Run Reconciliation quick action.

For the reconciliation logic itself, see Statement Reconciliation Service.