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Learn how you can to configure Prepaid Billing Run Business Definition Definitions that will dictate determine the overall behaviour of Prepaid Billing RunRuns |
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CONFIGURATION > BILLING APPLICATION > BILLING > SET UP PREPAID BILLING RUN DEFINITIONS |
What are Prepaid Billing Run Definitions?
Prepaid Billing Run definitions is Definitions are a set of business rules which are used to control the behaviour of Prepaid Billing Run Runs throughout their whole life cycleLife Cycle. Prepaid Billing Run definitions Definitions are used to define several business rules that need to must be applied during the Billing Run, but also as well as default values , which that are used while running Prepaid Billing Runs. The life cycle state of the definition must be set to active for the rules defined to be applied, and only one definition can be active at a time
Prepaid Billing Run Definitions can be edited, deleted and have their Life Cycle State changed.
- Navigate to Prepaid Billing Run Definitions and explore existing
- entries via the Summary page.
Click on the link (name or number) of the
entry of your interest to
access the Data Entry page and
see more detail, or submit the Definition.
Use the Actions Menu to create a
NEW Definition, modify (EDIT)
, or DELETE an existing one.
Use BACK to return to the Summary page and CANCEL to revert any unwanted changes made to the
Definition.
- Click on the Audit Log button to view a log of changes performed on the displayed Prepaid Billing Run Definition.
Check the Validations & Restrictions Table below for a list of available Actions when working with Prepaid Billing Run Definitions, including each Action's related validations and restrictions. View the Attributes Table for a comprehensive description of the Prepaid Billing Run Definitions fields.
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An * indicates a field is mandatory.
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Name* | The name of the Prepaid Billing Run definitionDefinition. | ||||||||||||||
Alternative codeCode* | The alternative code of the Prepaid Billing Run definitionDefinition. | ||||||||||||||
State | The state of the Prepaid Billing Run definition Definition which can be active or inactive'Active' or 'Inactive'. | ||||||||||||||
Description | A description of the prepaid Prepaid Billing Run definitionDefinition. | ||||||||||||||
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Number of threadsOf Threads* | The number of threads that should be used by the prepaid Prepaid Billing Run process. The maximum number of threads specified in General Settings cannot be exceeded. | ||||||||||||||
Recurrence settingsSettings
| The recurrence settings which are applied on all Billing Runs which are classified as recurring, measured in hours, days, weeks, months or years.
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Enable Stop Service Step by By Default
| It determines if the stop service Determines whether the Stop Service step should be enabled by default while when creating new Prepaid Billing Runs.
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Enable Start Service Step by By Default
| It determines if the start service Determines whether the Start Service step should be enabled by default while when creating new Prepaid Billing Runs.
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Enable Wallet Consumption Estimation Step by Default | It determines if the wallet consumption estimation Determines whether the Wallet Consumption Estimation step should be enabled by default while when creating new Prepaid Billing Runs. | ||||||||||||||
Maximum Estimation Period
| This information defines determines the period to look ahead while the prepaid billing process is estimating the estimated consumption date for a specific subscription serviceperiodofthePrepaid Billing process when estimating the Consumption Date for a Subscription Service.
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Period To Bill In Advance* | Defines the period that should be billed in advance, which is applicable only on pre-billed services. The supported options are the followingavailable choice is:
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Bill as of day settingsAs Of Day Settings | Rules on how to calculate the default bill as of day which is Bill As Of Day used by all Prepaid Billing Runs. Prepaid Billing Runs will default to this date unless a different date is specified. The settings consist of the followingfollowing settings are available:
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Start Service Settings Available only if enabled in Processing Settings | |||||||||||||||
Subscription Action Type | The subscription action type Subscription Action Type that will be used to start the services that should be startednecessary Services. Mandatory on Conditions: This is applicable and mandatory if subscription action types Subscription Action Types related to the start service Start Service behaviour code existsexist. | ||||||||||||||
Subscription Sub-Action Type | The subscription sub action type Subscription Sub-Action Type that will be used to start the necessary services that should be started. Mandatory on Conditions: This is applicable and mandatory if subscription action types Subscription Sub-Action Types related to the start service Start Service behaviour code existsexist. | ||||||||||||||
Amount thresholdThreshold* | The minimum amount (exclusive) that the wallet balance for each specific service should be, for the service to be startedWallet Balance necessary to start each specific Service. For example, if the Threshold is set to 0 and the available amount for a not effective service 'Not Effective' Service is 1, then the service Service will be started. If the available amount for a not effective service 'Not Effective' Service is 0, then the service Service will not be started. | ||||||||||||||
Stop Service Settings Available only if enabled in Processing Settings | |||||||||||||||
Subscription Action Type | The subscription action type Subscription Action Type that will be used to stop the services that should be stoppedServices. Mandatory on Conditions: This is applicable and mandatory if subscription action types Subscription Action Types related to the stop service Stop Service behaviour code existsexist. | ||||||||||||||
Subscription Sub-Action Type | The subscription sub action type Subscription Sub-Action Type that will be used to stop the services that should be stoppedServices. Mandatory on Conditions: This is applicable and mandatory if subscription action types Subscription Action Types related to the stop service Stop Service behaviour code existsexist. | ||||||||||||||
Amount thresholdThreshold* | The maximum amount(inclusive) that the wallet balance for each specific service should be, for the service to be stoppedWallet Balance necessary to stop each specific Service. For example, if the Threshold is set to 0 and the available amount for a not effective service'Not Effective' Service is 0, then the serviceService will be stopped. If the available amount for a not effective service'Not Effective' Service is 1, then the serviceService will not be stopped. | ||||||||||||||
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Log Details | The standard set of Log Details information available in all entities. |
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