• Mandatory Configuration Entities must be configured before using Buy In Advance Requests. Refer to Buy In Advance Requests - Configuration Requirements
• No other 'Effective' or not billed Buy in Advance Request exists for the specific Subscription

• Status
  colour Blue title Applicable up to R8

  Subscription follows a Normal Billing Term Scheme
• Subscription follows either a Normal or a Prepaid Billing Term Scheme
  • • For the Prepaid Billing Term Scheme, at least one pre-rate Subscription must exist

• The specified duration is allowed for the Subscription type
• The specified duration is within one of the settings defined in the Buy in Advance Definitions
• In the case of a Normal Subscription, the specified duration is more than the existing billing frequency of the Subscription
• In the case of a Prepaid Subscription, the specified duration is more than the existing pre-rated period of at least one of the Subscription services

• Not Applicable

• Life Cycle State  =  Effective
• Rated Billing Item does not exist --> Billing State: Not Rated

• Rated Billing Item does not exist --> Billing State: Not Rated

• Editable Fields
  • Duration
  • Billing Effective Date
  • Description
    

• Buy in Advance Requests cannot be deleted 

•  Not Applicable

• Check Cancelling Buy in Advance

• Life Cycle State  =  'Effective'

• If a Rated Billing Item/wiki/spaces/WIP/pages/10008754exists it has been cancelled

•  Not Applicable

•  Not Applicable

• The Buy in Advance period is greater than the Subscription's billing frequency
• The Buy in Advance Request billing effective date should be either:
  • Equal to or past the billing date 
    OR
  • Equal to or after the billable period start date (as calculated by the System) and equal to or before the billable period end date (as calculated by the System). The Buy in Advance Request end date should be equal to or after the billable period end date.
• The Buy in Advance Request Life Cycle State is 'Effective.'
• The Buy in Advance Request Billing State is 'Not Rated.'

  Status
  colour Blue title Applicable up to CRM.COM R8.0.0

  
  OR
• The Buy in Advance Request rating state is 'Not Completed.'

•  Not Applicable

•  Not Applicable

• The Buy in Advance period is greater than the pre-rated period of all services
• The Wallet has enough money to cover all the services after the application of the Buy in Advance period
• The Buy in Advance Request billing effective date should be either:
  • Equal to or past the billing date 
    OR
  • Equal to or after the billable period start date (as calculated by the System) and equal to or before the billable period end date (as calculated by the System). The Buy in Advance Request end date should be equal to or after the billable period end date
• The Buy in Advance Request Life Cycle State is 'Effective.'
• The Buy in Advance Request rating state is 'Not Completed.'

•  Not Applicable

An auto-generated number that uniquely identifies each Buy in Advance Request

The Subscription which is going to be billed for the specified duration

The requested amount of time to be bought in advance, that can be measured in days, weeks, months or years

The state of the request which can be either 'Effective' or 'Cancelled.'

Determines the earliest date that the request can be picked up by the billing engine. This date is automatically set to the date that the request is submitted and can be modified by users.

The state of the Buy in Advance Request in relation to billing. It is calculated dynamically and determines whether the specific Buy in Advance Request was already rated or not. The supported values are the following:

• Rated
• Not Rated

If the Billing State is rated, then the associated rated Billing Item Number is also available.

Determines if the Buy in Advance Request was processed by the rating engine or not. The two states are:

• PENDING (Request not rated yet)
• COMPLETED (Request already rated)

Determines a list of Subscription Services which are bought in advance through this Buy in Advance Request.