Define the providers that will be available when creating new service catalogs, and a default provider.  If a third party offers the service, then the provider and provisioning ID will be available directly from the catalog.

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

Rated: Enable 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 catalog will be unavailable.

Apply Additional Discount: Enable to allow the application of additional discounts to rated usage services through CRM.COM.

Unit of Measurement: The unit used for rating usage services of the specific product type; the field is read-only and defined when the UDR type is selected.

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 so that they can be rated.

Normal Subscriptions

The maximum number of unbilled UDRs that can be present in the system and the maximum total unbilled amount resulting from ordered UDRs (within a subscription), must be defined.

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

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

• Draft
• Effective
• Not Effective
• Cancelled

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

The period during which the catalog is available and its services can be added to subscriptions. E.g., certain movies are only available during summer months.

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

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

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

Rated: Enable, for usage services imported into 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 catalog become unavailable.  'Rated' usage services (type designated in the active catalog definition) are automatically enabled in the catalog.

Apply Additional Discount: Enable to allow the application of additional discounts to rated usage services through CRM.COM.

Unit of Measurement: The unit used for rating usage services of the specific product type; the field is read-only and defined when the UDR type is selected.

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 catalog.

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 catalog 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 catalog.

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 catalog to be available.

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

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

Usage services can be removed from catalogs 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.

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

Catalogs 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 catalog can go from 'Draft' or 'Not Effective' to 'Effective', and from 'Effective' to 'Not Effective'.