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A Subscription Type defines the company's commercial policies which are applied on Subscriptions of the respective Type, such as what Services and Physical Goods can be added on to each Subscription, which Billing Term Schemes will be made available for the Subscription and which Organisational Units will be able to create Subscriptions of that Type.
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Step 3: Setting up Subscription DefinitionConfigure an 'Active' Subscription Definition next.
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...
Billing Term Definitions are used to set the business rules which validate processes applied to Subscriptions or Jobs, through their related Billing Term. For example, Rules can be defined where Regret is not allowed after a certain number of days, or where cancellation penalties are applied based on a Service's remaining Binding Period. Rules are used across to all Billing Terms, regardless of Scheme. It is possible, however, to define whether a rule is applicable applies to particular schemes.
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Step 5: Setting up Normal Billing Run Definitions...
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Let's see how you can quickly set up the System to start using Normal Subscriptions. | Tip |
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No configuration is necessary for the modules, sections and attributes not mentioned below. |
Billing Term Schemes | Name | Classification | Type | Allowed Attributes | Billing Rules |
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| Normal BT | Subscriptions | Normal | | Service | Billing Method |
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| Gold | Pre-Bill | | Eurosport 1 | Pre-Bill | | PPV Movies | Post-Bill | | Start Up Fee | Not Applicable |
Note that it is not mandatory to add Usage Services. | 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
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| | Billing Term Schemes | Services | Physical Goods | Provisioning Distributors |
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| Normal | | | Service | Mandatory |
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| Gold | Yes | | Eurosport 1 | No | | PPV Movies | No |
Note that it is not mandatory to add Usage Services. | | |
Subscription Definition | Subscription Rules | Service Rules | Installed Item Rules |
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| Restrictions | Restrictions | Restrictions |
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- Normal
- Max subscriptions: 10
| - Scope: Subscriptions
- Number of Mandatory Services: 1 -3
- Number of Optional Services: 0 -5
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- Number of Installed Items: 0 -3
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Billing Term Definition | Name | Classification |
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| Main Billing Term Definition | Subscriptions |
Normal Billing Run Definition | Requirement | Solution |
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Billing Run executed once per month, on the 20th day, billing the upcoming 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 day of the month.
| - Settings - Invoicing
- Set Transaction Date X UOT After Billing Run: 0 days
| Due Date is set to the 10th day 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 a July Billing Run, Monthly subscribers are billed from 1 August until 1September1 September, while biannual subscribers would be billed from 1August 1 August until 1 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 Credit: 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
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