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What are Normal Billing Run Definitions?
Normal Billing Run definitions is a set of business rules used to control the behavior of Normal Billing Run throughout their whole life cycle. Normal billing run definitions is used in order to define several business rules that need to be applied during the billing run, but also default values, which are used while running normal billing runs.
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Normal Billing Run Definition attributes
Name | Description |
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Name* | The name of the normal billing run definition |
Alternative code* | The alternative code of the normal billing run definition |
State | The state of the normal billing run which can be active or inactive |
Description | A description of the normal billing run definition |
Settings | |
Generic settings | |
Number of threads* | The number of threads that should be used by the normal billing run process. The maximum number of threads specified in General Settings cannot be exceeded. |
Recurrence settings | The recurrence settings which are applied on all billing runs which are classified as recurring, measured in hours, days, weeks, months or years |
Rating settings | |
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 following:
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Bill as of day settings | Rules on how to calculate the default bill as of day which is used by all normal billing runs. Normal billing runs will default to this date when recurring Billing Runs are automatically scheduled. The settings consist of the following:
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Period cycle adjustment* | Defines how a billed period should be adjusted in case that the calculated from date is not equal to the cycle date (as specified on billing terms). This is applicable only on pre-billed services.
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Invoicing Settings | |
Debit financial transaction type* | The debit financial transaction type that will be used to create invoices |
Credit financial transaction type* | The credit financial transaction type that will be used to create credit notes |
Minimum amount in debit | The minimum amount in debt which is needed in order to bill rated billing items. If the amount is below the minimum then the bill is not created |
Invoice transaction date settings | Defines how the invoice transaction date should be generated based on the date that the billing run is executed. The transaction date can be set to a date which is a period of time after billing run execution date, measured in hours or days. |
Assembling settings | |
Rounding options | Defines if further rounding adjustments should be applied on each bill, and the rules that should be used in order to generate those adjustments by specifying the following:
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Exceptional bill settings | Defines rules that are applied in order to classify a bill as exceptional i.e. as a bill that might be problematic and should probably be investigated. Exceptional bills are created but they are classified so that they can be easily identified:
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Formatting Settings | |
Usage formatting settings | Defines how usage information should be exported in the XML file during the formatting step. The supported options are the following:
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Rating formatting settings | Defines how rated service periods information should be exported in the XML file during the formatting step. The supported options are the following:
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Defining your own Normal Billing Run Definition tailored to your company's needs
- Navigate to CONFIGURATION > BILLING APPLICATION > BILLING > SET UP NORMAL BILLING RUN DEFINITIONS
- Either search for an existing one or from the Top Menu click on NEW
MAIN INFORMATION
- Provide Information for the following fields
- Name
- Alternative Code
- Description
- Provide Information for the following fields
SETTINGS
GENERIC
- Number of Threads: Provide an integer value
- Recurrence: Provide an integer value and select UOT for the default recurrence settings
RATING
- Period to Bill in Advance: Select an option from the drop down list
- Period Cycle Adjustment: Select an option from the drop down list
- Bill as of Day
- Day of the Month: Select an option from the drop down list
OR - Period After Previous Billing Run: Provide an integer value and select UOT for the default Bill as Of Date
- Day of the Month: Select an option from the drop down list
INVOICING
- Debit Financial Transaction Type: Select an option from the drop down list
- Minimum Amount In Debit: Provide an integer/decimal value
- Credit Financial Transaction Type: Select an option from the drop down list
- Set Transaction Date X UOT After Billing Run: Provide an integer/decimal value
ASSEMBLING
- Rounding Options
- Apply Rounding: Check the box if rounding should be applied
- Rounding Method: Select an option from the drop down list
- Decimal Scale: Provide a decimal value
- Integer Scale: Provide an integer value
- Rounding Product: Search and add the rounding product using quick search or the search modal
- Debit Adjustment Type: Select an option from the drop down list
- Credit Adjustment Type: Select an option from the drop down list
- Exceptional Billing Settings
- Maximum Amount in Credit: Provide an integer/decimal value
- Maximum Credit Limit Amount:Select an option from the drop down list
- Define an integer/decimal value for either fixed credit or % account's Credit Limit
FORMATTING
- Rating Formatting:Select an option from the drop down list
- Usage Formatting: Select an option from the drop down list
- From the Top Menu click on SAVE
LOG INFORMATION
Log information section keeps all the logging information related to the specific record
- Basic set of information available in all entities
- Created By User: The user that created the entity
- Created By Unit: The unit of the user that created the entity
- Updated By User: The user that last updated the entity
- Updated by Unit: The unit of the user that last updated the entity
- Date Created: The date the account was entity
- Date Updated: The date the account was last entity
- Basic set of information available in all entities
Deleting Normal Billing Run Definitions
- Search for the entity that you would like to delete
Visit Using Summary Pages to find out how you can search using CRM.COM Summary Screens - Click on the link of the record you would like to delete, to be transferred to the Data Entry page
- From the actions menu click on "DELETE"
The entity will be deleted given that the validations are satisfied
Changing the Life Cycle State of Normal Billing Run Definition
Visit Understanding Normal Billing for business examples related to Normal Billing Run Definition
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