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Billing Term SchemesConfigurationCONFIGURATIONBILLING APPLICATIONBILLINGSET UP BILLING TERM SCHEMESConfiguring Prepaid Billing Term Schemes for Subscriptions
Subscription TypesConfigurationCONFIGURATIONBILLING APPLICATIONSUBSCRIPTIONSSET UP TYPES/wiki/spaces/WIP/pages/10008626
Subscription DefinitionsConfigurationCONFIGURATIONBILLING APPLICATIONSUBSCRIPTIONSSET UP BUSINESS DEFINITIONS/wiki/spaces/WIP/pages/10008628
Billing Term DefinitionsConfigurationCONFIGURATIONBILLING APPLICATIONBILLINGSET UP BILLING TERM DEFINITIONS/wiki/spaces/WIP/pages/10008621
Prepaid Billing Run DefinitionsConfigurationCONFIGURATIONBILLING APPLICATIONBILLINGSET UP PREPAID BILLING RUN DEFINITIONSConfiguring Prepaid Billing Run Definitions
Subscription Action and Sub-Action TypesConfigurationCONFIGURATIONBILLING APPLICATIONSUBSCRIPTIONSSET UP SUBSCRIPTION ACTION TYPES/wiki/spaces/WIP/pages/10008627 
Deactivate Prepaid SubscriptionsTransactionalBILLINGSUBSCRIPTIONSDEACTIVATE PREPAID SUBSCRIPTIONSUsing Deactivate Prepaid Subscription Run Definitions
Subscription Maintenance UtilityTransactionalBILLINGSUBSCRIPTIONSSUBSCRIPTION MAINTENANCE UTILITIESUsing Subscription Maintenance Utilities Run Definition

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Step 1: Setting up Billing Term Schemes

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A Subscription Type defines the company's commercial policies which are applied on Subscriptions of that type, such as what Services and what Physical Goods can be added on each Subscription Type, which Billing Term Schemes will be made available for each Subscription Type as well as the company's departments (Organisational Units) can create Subscriptions of the specific Type.

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Step 3: Setting up Subscription Definition

An active Subscription definition must then be configured.

A Subscription Definition is a set of business rules and conditions which are used to create and maintain Subscriptions throughout their Life Cycle. For example, through the Subscription Definitions, you can define the maximum number of Subscriptions you can have per account or the maximum number of Main Services and Physical products that can be added to a Subscription. 
Subscription Definitions provide a number of restrictions and controls and can be used to define product dependencies. For example, a rule can be set where additional channels cannot be added unless one of the Main channels is added first.

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Step 4: Setting up Billing Term Definitions

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Billing Term Definitions are used to define business rules used to validate several processes applied to Subscription or Jobs, via their related Billing Term. For example, you can define rules where you will not allow Regret after a number of days, or define cancellation penalties based on a particular service and remaining binding period. Rules are used across all Billing Terms, regardless of their Schemes, however, for each rule, you can define whether it is only applicable to particular schemes.

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Step 5: Setting up Prepaid Billing Run Definitions

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Prepaid Billing Run definitions is a set of business rules used to control the behaviour of Prepaid Billing Runs. Prepaid Billing Run Definition is used to define several business rules that are applied during the Billing Run, but also default values, which are used while executing the Billing Runs.

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Step 6: Setting Up Subscription Action and Sub-Action Types and Deactivate Prepaid Subscription Runs

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  • Subscription Action Type: The modifications performed on a Subscription when a Subscription Action is executed depend on the Subscription Action's Type, while the Subscription Sub-Action Type is used to apply a business meaning.

    • There are 2 main characteristics that all Subscription actions have, and these are configured in the Subscription Action Type and Subscription Sub ActionType Level.

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      There is no need to configure Subscription Action Types as you can find all available Subscription Action Types and Sub-Types in the Subscription's page.
      Configure new Subscription Action Types and Sub-Types only if you want to categorise actions executed.

  • Deactivate Prepaid Subscriptions: The deactivation process for Prepaid Subscriptions is used in order to identify Subscription Services that belong to Prepaid Subscriptions, which should be deactivated based on the amount of money left in their Wallet and the rate of the Subscription Service as defined in the Price Plan.
    The decision on deactivation, is based on the Prepaid rating classification, which is calculated by Prepaid Billing Runs that are executed before the process is executed.

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Let's see how you can quickly set up the System to start using Conditional Access module for your Subscriptions business

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For the modules, sections and attributes not mentioned you don't need to make any configuration


Billing Term Schemes

NameClassificationTypeAllowed AttributesBilling Rules
   ServicesPrice PlansGeneric
Prepaid BTSubscriptionsPrepaid
  • Gold
  • Eurosport 1
  • PPV Movies
    (note that Usage Services don't need to be added)
Main Price Plan
  • Billable Period Start Date: Subscription Action Performed Date
  • Billing Effective Date: Subscription Action Performed Date
  • Discount Options: Flexible Pricing


Subscription Types

NameAllowed Attributes
 Billing Term SchemesServicesPhysical GoodsProvisioning Distributors
PrepaidPrepaidBT
  • Gold (Mandatory)
  • Eurosport 1 (Optional)
  • PPV Movies (Optional)
  • Decoders
  • Smartcards
  • All


Subscription Definition

Subscription RulesService RulesInstalled Item Rules
RestrictionsRestrictionsRestrictions
  • Normal 
  • Max subscriptions: 10
  • Scope: Subscriptions
  • Number of Mandatory Services: 1 -3
  • Number of Optional Services: 0 -5
  • Type: Smartcard & Decoder
  • Number of Installed Items: 0 -3

Billing Term Definition

NameClassification
Main Billing Term DefinitionSubscriptions

 

Prepaid Billing Run definitionsDefinition

Settings - Processing
 

Billing Run executed daily with 32 threads

Subscriptions whose wallet balance is 0 or less should be disconnected

  • Settings - Generic

    • Recurrence Settings: 1 Day
    • Number of Threads: 32
  • Settings - Rating

    • X UOT after Previous Billing Run: 1 day

Subscription that has been disconnected should be restarted if there wallet balance is over 0

  • Settings - Processing

    • Enable Start Service Step by Default
  • Settings - Start Service: 

    • Reconnection Amount Threshold = 0
  • Enable Stop Service Step by Default
  • Settings - Start Service: 

    • Disconnection Amount Threshold = 0
  • System should estimate wallets that have been changed since last Billing Run execution

    • Settings - Processing

      • Enable Wallet Consumption Estimation Step: Re-Estimate Wallets with changes

    Wallet

    Definitions

    Definition

    Normal Debit Wallet Transaction type should be created when executing Billing Run
    Wallet ThresholdWallet Causes - Debit Wallets
    • 0 (Disconnect or dont allow activation of services when Wallet Balance is 0 or less)
    • During Prepaid Billing Run
      • From the drop down list: Select Normal Debit Wallet Transaction