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Find out about Use the Extend Binding Period Classification to extend the current contract of the subscriber |
When to use Extend Binding Period
When a contract is about to end, the subscriber Subscribers may choose to extend his their current contract . In this case when it is about to expire. To do so, the Extend Binding Period action Action should be used. The action will extend the contact by , which extends the contract by updating the Binding end End date of the customer, for a period of time defined by the user.
View the Information Table below for information related to the Scheduling, Preview Rating and Classification of the Subscription Action. Check the Validations & Restrictions Table for a list of available Actions, including each Action's related validations, restrictions, additional information and a description of its system process.
View 'Using Subscription Action Modal' available in Managing Subscriptions for more information on executing the action.
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Extend Binding Period Information| Action can be scheduled | 
Preview Rate AvailableBehavior | Behaviour Code | AMENDBILLINGTERMS | Business Classification Code |
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Restrictions & Validations
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| Extend Binding Period | - The rules defined in the related billing term scheme are not violated
- Concurrent usage based pricing rules are not violated
- The specified billing term frequency is within the allowed billing frequencies
- The specified binding period is within the allowed binding periods
- The specified price plan is within the allowed price plans
- The effective subscription services are within the supported services
- The rules defined in the active billing term definitions are not violated
Billing term Active Billing Term Definition rules are not breached.- Billing Term amendment rules are not violatedbreached.
| | specified billing term frequency is within the allowed billing frequenciesThe specified binding period is within the allowed binding periods- The action is Action is not allowed if another scheduled billing terms action exists. You will be Amend Billing Terms Action exists. The user is allowed to schedule the binding extension only after the scheduled actionAction.
- The action is available only if the subscription has Subscription is in one of the following Life Cycle States:
- Draft
- Effective
- Not Effective
- In Resting
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Executing Extend Binding Period
Navigate to BILLING APPLICATION > BILLING > SUBSCRIPTIONS > MANAGE SUBSCRIPTIONSSearch for the Subscription you are looking for, using the criteria sectionClick on the Subscription number to go to the Data Entry page of the subscriptionOn the left hand side of the screen you can see the ACTION PANELClick on Subscription Related Actions to expand Find the action you would like to execute and click on the link to open the action details in a modal window
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You have the option to make the following changes Provide the number of UOT by which the contract should be extended Only positive values
- UOT: Select the UOT for the binding extension. This can be
- Days
- Weeks
- Months
- Years
Binding Period: Read Only - The current Binding periodBinding Start: Read Only - The current Binding StartBinding End: Read Only - The date that the contract will expire. This - As only the Binding can be extended, only positive values can be used.
- Binding End: Set to the date on which the contract will expire (Read-only). It will be automatically calculated based on the current Binding
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- End and the Extend By value
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Agreement Date: Click on the Calendar icon and select the date, that the contract will be updated
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If required check the following sections for information | Anchor |
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existing | existing | EXISTING BILLING TERMSProvides an overview of the existing billing terms
UNSETTLED BILLS
- Provides an overview of any Bills related to the subscription and have not yet been settled
SUBSCRIPTION ACTION DETAILS
Action Type: Select action type from the drop down if you have configured custom actions in the system, using the specific behaviour codeSub Action Type: Select action type from the drop down if you have configured custom actions in the system, using the specific business classification code
Action Type and Sub Action type are visible only if applicablePerformed By User : Search and add the user that logs the action
If you leave empty then the Logged in user will be setPerformed Date: Click on the calendar icon and select date and time
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If another scheduled Amend Billing Terms action exists, then you are not allowed to execute the action now You are allowed however, to schedule the action after the execution of the current scheduled action
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Scheduling Subscription action - Global | Scheduling Subscription action - Global | Click on "SUBMIT"
Action will be validated as provided in the section above and submitted if validations are passed| Anchor |
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processing | processing | System ProcessingOnce the action is submitted the following changes will be carried out by the system:
A new billing term instance | - A new Billing Term instance which replicates the previous one
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- is created and activated.
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- Binding End date is extended by a number of days while the
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- Binding Start date remains the same
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- Existing Billing Term is replaced and set to
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