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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 SubscriptionsTransactionalApplicationBILLINGSUBSCRIPTIONSDEACTIVATE PREPAID SUBSCRIPTIONSUsing Deactivate Prepaid Subscription Run Definitions
Subscription Maintenance UtilityTransactionalApplicationBILLINGSUBSCRIPTIONSSUBSCRIPTION MAINTENANCE UTILITIESUsing Subscription Maintenance Utilities Run Definition

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Billing Term Schemes are used to control the creation or modification of Billing Terms. They provide information on the options available when creating Subscriptions and Jobs, such as the products that can be added or the Price Plans that will be used for their billing. The Schemes also control Billing Engine processes by providing the billing rules and policies that should be applied during Billing Runs.

Define the Termed Services and Expenses to be available for selection and addition to Subscriptions and Termed Services 'Billing Type' that distinguishes which services are Post-Rate and which will be Pre-Rate

  • Post-Rate: Services which are billed after being used for a certain period (usually on a daily basis); funds are directly deducted from the Wallet.
  • Pre-Rate: Services which are billed for an upcoming period defined in the System; funds are directly deducted from the Wallet to cover the whole period. 
    • Period Billed in Advance: This is the number of days/weeks/months that a Pre-Rated Service should be billed in advance.
      If the Wallet of the Subscriber does not have enough money to cover for the Pre-Rated period, then the Service(s) cannot be activated.  

Once created, Billing Term Schemes are added on Subscription Types.

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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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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
ServiceBilling MethodPeriod Billed in Advance
GoldPre-Rate7 days
Eurosport 1Pre-Rate7 days
PPV Movies
(note
Post-RateNot Applicable
Start Up FeeNot ApplicableNot Applicable

Note that Usage Services don't need to be added

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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
ServiceMandatory
Gold
(Mandatory)
Yes
Eurosport 1
(Optional)
No
PPV Movies
(Optional)
No

Note that Usage Services don't need to be added

 

  • 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 Definition

 

Billing Run executed daily with 32 threads

  • Settings - Generic

    • Number of Threads: 32

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 Definition

Wallet ThresholdWallet Causes - Debit Wallets
  • 0 (Disconnect or dont allow ordontallow activation of services when Wallet Balance is 0 or less)
  • During Prepaid Billing Run
    • Normal Debit Wallet Transaction

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