Define the providers that will be available when creating new service catalogues, and a default provider.  If the service is offered by a third party, then its provider and necessary information (e.g., the provisioning ID) will be available directly from the catalogue.

Define the product types that can be added to the catalogue and the default type when creating a new catalogue.

Rated: Select for usage services imported to CRM.COM (through the WEB API) whose billing rates are determined by third party systems.  When checked, the 'Base Rate' and 'Tiered Rates' fields in the catalogue will be unavailable.

Base Rate: The basic charge for the service type, which is applied if tiered rates are not defined or their conditions are not fulfilled.

Used to provide discounted rates as long as the conditions are met. Several tiered rates can be specified as long as their conditions do not overlap. Each rate is defined in a different row and applied if the row conditions are met.

Tiered rates consist of:

• Conditions
  • Usage Method
  • Device
  • Source Category (that will initiate the provisioning)
  • Destination Category (that will receive the provisioning)
  • Usage Start Time (inclusive)
  • Usage End Time (inclusive)
  • Minimum Usage (inclusive)
  • Maximum Usage (inclusive)

• Rate

Product types must be configured in order to be rated.

Normal Subscriptions

Termed Service Requirements:

Subject to business rules, subscribers can be charged a monthly service fee (such as a VOD service subscription fee), as a prerequisite for ordering a usage service (e.g., a movie).  The service fee can be defined in CRM.COM as an optional termed service. Select between:

• Requires an Effective Termed Service (a termed service must be present and effective on the subscription)
  
• Requires a Termed Service (a termed service must be present on the subscription)
  
• Does Not Require a Termed Service

Provisioning Provider: A catalogue is associated with a third-party service provider, so that information (such as the provisioning ID) can be obtained directly from the catalogue.  The provider must be defined in the active usage service catalogue definition to be available for selection.

Life Cycle State represents the operational condition of the catalogue, which can be: 

• Draft
• Effective
• Not Effective
• Cancelled

Services can only be added to subscriptions from 'Effective' usage service catalogues.

The period during which the catalogue is available and its services can be added to subscriptions.

It can be set to 'Always Valid' or 'Valid for Specific Period'.

E.g., Some movies can be made available only during summer.

The list of offerings of the specific catalogue, their rates (which can be conditional) and their validity.

Usage Service: An offering from the specific catalogue. Only services of the type designated in the active usage service catalogue definition can be added.  

Rated: Select for usage services imported to CRM.COM (through the WEB API) whose billing rates are determined by third party systems.  When checked, the 'Base Rate' and 'Tiered Rates' fields in the catalogue will be unavailable.  Usage services with a type designated in the active catalogue definition as Rated, will automatically be enabled in the catalogue.

Base Rate: The basic charge for the service type, which is applied if tiered rates are not defined or their conditions are not fulfilled.

Provisioning ID: Identification supplied for each service by the third-party provider.  An ID must be provided for all usage services whose product type is classified as a provisioning service.
The ID can also be entered through the Data Entry page of each provider in the provisioning module.

Start Date / Time: when the provisioning of a service (such as a Pay-per-view show) will begin. E.g., at 09:00 on 1 Jan. 2017.

End Date / Time: when the provisioning of the service will end. E.g., 00:00 on 2 Jan. 2017.

Used to provide discounted rates as long as the conditions are met. Several tiered rates can be specified as long as their conditions do not overlap. Each rate is defined in a different row and applied if the row conditions are met.  Each rate is defined in a different row.

Tiered rates consist of:

• Conditions
  • Usage Method
  • Device
  • Source Category (that will initiate the provisioning)
  • Destination Category (that will receive the provisioning)
  • Usage Start Time (inclusive)
  • Usage End Time (inclusive)
  • Minimum Usage (inclusive)
  • Maximum Usage (inclusive)
• Rate

Define the  Types of subscriptions, Billing Term Schemes, subscriber Price Plans and Termed Subscription Services that should be present on subscriptions to enable the addition of services from this catalogue.

Multiple rows can be added in each section and at least one of the conditions should be fulfilled in each row for the usage service catalogue to be available.

Conditions added in multiple sections (such as an account classification and subscription type) must all be fulfilled.

Define the accounts receivable Classifications and Credit Ratings that enable the addition of services from this catalogue.

Multiple rows can be added in each section and at least one of the conditions should be fulfilled in each row for the usage service catalogue to be available.

Conditions added in multiple sections (such as an account classification and subscription type) must all be fulfilled.

Catalogues must be in a 'Draft', 'Effective' or 'Not Effective' life cycle state to be updated.

Usage services can be removed from catalogues in a 'Draft', 'Effective' or 'Not Effective' life cycle state, provided that services added on subscriptions are already billed.

Information on the service can be updated even if the service was added to a subscription and not billed.

Catalogues can be deleted if their life cycle state is 'Draft' or 'Cancelled' and as long as any services added on subscriptions are already billed.

Catalogues in a 'Draft', 'Effective' or 'Not Effective' life cycle state can be cancelled, provided that services added on subscriptions are already billed.

The life cycle state of a catalogue can go from 'Draft' or 'Not Effective' to 'Effective', and from 'Effective' to 'Not Effective'.