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Billing Term SchemesConfigurationCONFIGURATIONBILLING APPLICATIONBILLINGSET UP BILLING TERM SCHEMES/wiki/spaces/WIP/pages/10008620
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
Normal Billing Run DefinitionsConfigurationCONFIGURATIONBILLING APPLICATIONBILLINGSET UP NORMAL Billing Run DEFINITIONS/wiki/spaces/WIP/pages/10008768
Subscription Action and Sub-Action TypesConfigurationCONFIGURATIONBILLING APPLICATIONSUBSCRIPTIONSSET UP SUBSCRIPTION ACTION TYPES/wiki/spaces/WIP/pages/10008627 
Bill Sending RunsTransactionalApplication

BILLINGBILLINGPERFORM BILL SENDING RUNS Using Bill Sending Runs 
Deactivate Normal SubscriptionsTransactionalApplicationBILLINGSUBSCRIPTIONSDEACTIVATE NORMAL SUBSCRIPTIONSUsing Deactivate Normal Subscriptions 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-Bill and which will be Pre-Bill

  • Post-Bill: Services which are billed after they have been used.
  • Pre-Bill: Services which are billed before they have been used.


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 Normal Subscriptions

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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
Normal BTSubscriptionsNormal
ServiceBilling Method
GoldPre-Bill
Eurosport 1Pre-Bill
PPV Movies

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Post-Bill
Start Up FeeNot Applicable

Note that Usage Services don't need to be added

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Main Price Plan
  • Billing Method: Period
  • Billable Period Start Date: Subscription Action Performed Date
  • Billing Effective Date: Subscription Action Performed Date
  • Allowed Cycle Date: 1
  • Discount Options: Flexible Pricing


Subscription Types

NameAllowed Attributes
 Billing Term SchemesServicesPhysical GoodsProvisioning Distributors
Normal
  • Normal BT
Gold (Mandatory)
  • NormalBT
ServiceMandatory
Gold Yes
Eurosport 1
(Optional)
No
PPV Movies
(Optional)
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No

Note that Usage Services don't need to be added

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  • 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

 

Normal Billing Run Definition

 RequirementSolution

Billing Run executed once a month on the 20th charging the following month

 

  • Settings - Generic
    • Recurrence Settings: 1 Month
  • Settings - Rating
    • X UOT after Previous Billing Run: 1 Month

Transaction Date set on transactions is the 21st

  • Settings - Invoicing
    • Set Transaction Date X UOT After Billing Run: 0 days

Due Date is set to the 10th of the next month

This is set in the Normal Billing Run

Subscribers are always billed from the last day they were billed + one period. i.e. In July Billing Run, Monthly subscribers are billed from the 1st of August till the 1st of September, while biannual subscribers would be billed from the 1st of August till the 1st of February

  • Settings - Rating
    • Period to Billing advance: Billing Frequency Period
    • Period Cycle Adjustment: Next Billing cycle date

If a subscriber's total bill amount is less than €5 then the bill should not be created at all

  • Settings - Invoicing:
    • Minimum Amount in Debit: 5

Bills with credit amount €50 and higher should be marked for investigation

  • Settings - Assembling:
    • Maximum Amount in CreditAmountinCredit: 50
The amounts should be rounded up to 2 decimal places
  • Settings - Assembling:
    • Rounding Method: Round Up
    • Decimal Scale 2
    • Rounding Product: Rounding
    • Debit Adjustment Type: Rounding Invoice
    • Credit Adjustment Type: Rounding Credit
All information should be included in the bill and displayed per service
  • Settings - Formatting
    • Rating Formatting: Group Rated Service Periods per service