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Learn to set up Subscriptions related business processes and rules.

Mandatory Configuration: Links to manuals of Subscriptions configuration modules that are required for the module to work correctly.

Related Configuration: Links to manuals of configuration modules other than of Subscriptions that offer additional functionality or are required for the module to work correctly.

Optional Configuration: Links to manuals of Subscriptions configuration modules that offer additional functionality but are not required for the module to work correctly.

Mandatory Configuration

The following modules must be configured in order to use Subscriptions:

Module Name	Manual	Description
Subscription Types	Configuring Subscription Types	Configure the available Subscription Types required to create a Subscription and which define the company's commercial policies.
Subscription Business Definitions	Configuring Subscription Definitions	Configure and activate the Definitions required for creating and maintaining Subscriptions throughout their Life Cycle, based on business rules.

Related Configuration

The following modules are relatedto,but are not a part of, Subscriptions. Such entities either:

Must be configured accordingly in order to be able to start using the Subscriptions module (Configuration Type = Mandatory)
OR
May be configured to use the Subscriptions module at its full capacity (Configuration Type = Optional)

Module Name	Module Manual	Module Description	Configuration Type
Billing Term Schemes	Configuring Normal Billing Term Schemes for Subscriptions Configuring Prepaid Billing Term Schemes for Subscriptions	Billing Term Schemes are required in order to be able to create a new Subscription. Billing Term Schemes are used to control the creation or modification of Billing Terms by providing the available options for each input field and by setting default values. They control Billing Engine processes by providing the rules and policies that should be applied during Billing Runs.	Mandatory
Billing Term Definitions	Configuring Billing Term Subscription Definitions	Billing Term Definition Rules include validations and restrictions that will be used across Billing Terms, regardless of their Scheme.	Mandatory
Normal Billing Run Definition	Configuring Normal Billing Run Definitions	Normal Billing Run Definitions are business rules which are used to control the behaviour of Normal Billing Runs throughout their Life Cycle.	Mandatory (For Billing Normal Subscriptions)
Prepaid Billing Run Definition	Configuring Prepaid Billing Run Definitions	Prepaid Billing Run Definitions are business rules which are used to control the behaviour of Prepaid Billing Runs throughout their Life Cycle.	Mandatory (For Billing Prepaid Subscriptions)
Inventory Definitions	Configuring Inventory Management Definitions	Configure Inventory Management Definitions to define the Warehouses that Installed Items will be taken from or returned to.	Mandatory
Product Types	Configuring Product Types	Configure the Product Types (Service and Physical Good Types) that will be used to create Products to add on Subscriptions. Product Types and Products must subsequently be added to Subscription Types and Billing Term Schemes, as Allowed Attributes.	Mandatory
Provisioning Module	Provisioning	Configure one of the Provisioning modules required to handle the signals to be sent to the Subscriber's device when activating or deactivating Subscription Services	Mandatory (For Pay TV customers)

Optional Configuration

The following entities are available and can be configured under Subscriptions. A working CRM.COM model can exist without them being configured.

Module Name	Module Manual	Module Description
Subscription Action Types	Configuring Subscription Action and Sub-Action Types	Configure additional Subscription Action Types to categorise Actions.

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Configuring Subscription Definitions
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Configuring Subscription Types