Configuring Normal Billing Term Schemes for Subscriptions
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CONFIGURATION > BILLING APPLICATION > BILLING > SET UP BILLING TERM SCHEMES
What are Normal Billing Term Schemes for Subscriptions?
Billing Term Schemes are used to control the creation or modification of Billing Terms. Billing Term is a required Subscriptions entity, that provides the available options for each input field, such as Subscription Services or Price Plans. The Billing Term controls Billing Engine processes by providing the rules and policies that should be applied during Billing Runs. Billing Terms are created every time a Billing Term Scheme is added or updated on the Job or Subscription. The Billing Term determines whether a Subscription will be handled by Normal or Prepaid Billing.
This manual covers the setting up of Normal Billing Term Schemes. For information into the setting up of Prepaid Billing Term Schemes, view /wiki/spaces/WIP/pages/10008619.
- Navigate to Billing Term Schemes and explore existing entries via the Summary page.
- Click on the link (Name or Number) of the entry of your interest to enter the Data Entry page and see more detail.
- Use the Actions Menu to create a NEW Billing Term Scheme, modify (EDIT) or DELETE an existing one.
- Select 'Type' Normal and 'Classification' Subscription to start configuring a Normal Billing Term Scheme applicable for Subscriptions.
- Use the BACK to return to the Summary page and CANCEL to revert any unwanted changes made to the Billing Term Schemes.
- Check Additional Actions to find out what else you can do with Billing Term Schemes
Check the Validations & Restrictions Table below for a list of available Actions when working with Billing Term Schemes, including each Action's related validations, restrictions and additional information. View the Attributes Table for a comprehensive description of the Billing Term Schemes fields.
Validations & Restrictions
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Attributes
An * indicates a field is mandatory.
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Billing Term Code* | The code used across all Billing Term Scheme instances of the same Billing Term Scheme. |
Classification* | Determines the Type of Billable Entity that will be able to use the Billing Term Scheme. In this case, the Classification is set to 'Subscriptions'. |
Billing Type* | Determines the Billing Type that will be used by the Billing Engine in order to bill Services and Physical Goods. The supported options are 'Normal' and 'Prepaid'. In this case, the Type should be set to 'Normal'. |
Name* | The name of the Billing Term Scheme. |
Description | A description of the Billing Term Scheme. |
Life Cycle State | The following Billing Term Scheme States are supported:
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Effective From & Expired On Dates* | Each Billing Term Scheme has an 'Effective' and 'Expiration' Date, which are set automatically when the Scheme is created or replaced by another Scheme. A version number is used for each Billing Term Scheme that defines each specific instance. |
Version | An auto-generated number which is used to specify the version of each Scheme. If the specific version is already in use by a Subscription, a new Scheme version is created when the Scheme is amended, by the respective Action. "VIEW PREVIOUS VERSIONS" link allows you to search and view the previous versions of the Definition. |
Allowed Attributes | |
Services | |
Services | Determines which Termed Services and Expenses are supported by the specific Billing Term Scheme. The Subscription's associated Scheme defines its available Services. This section is also used in order to define the Billing Type of each supported Termed Service, which can be one of the following:
Expenses do not have a Billing Type as they are always billed by the next Billing Run.
AVAILABLE FROM CRM.COM R12.0.0 This section is also used to define which of the Services will be Excluded from Deactivation during the Deactivate Normal Subscriptions Run Process. This information is used by the System in the case that the Deactivate Type in Deactivate Normal Subscriptions Run Definitions is set to 'Deactivate Services'. Two options are available for selection per each Service:
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Billing Frequencies | |
Billing Frequencies | The Billing Frequencies which can be used by Subscriptions of the specific Billing Term Scheme. The available Billing Frequencies are defined in the 'Active' Billing Term Definition. |
Default | The Billing Frequency that will be set as soon as the Billing Term Scheme is selected. |
Binding Periods | |
Binding Periods | The Binding Periods which can be used by Subscriptions of the specific Billing Term Scheme. The available Binding Periods are defined in the 'Active' Billing Term Definition. |
Default | The Binding Period that will be set as soon as the Billing Term Scheme is selected. |
Mandatory to Provide Binding Period AVAILABLE FROM CRM.COM R12.0.0 | Check Box that determines whether it is mandatory to provide Binding Periods during the Billing Term configuration, when creating a new Subscription (through Subscription Actions or Jobs) and when amending a Subscription's Billing Terms (through Subscription Action AMEND BILLING TERMS). Available only if Billing Term Scheme's Classification equals to 'Subscription' and Type equals to 'Normal'. |
Price Plans | |
Price Plans | Determines the Price Plans available during the creation of Billing Terms having that specific Billing Term Scheme. By default, all Price Plans can be selected in the allowed Price Plans of a Billing Term Scheme. If no Price Plan is selected, then all valid Price Plans will be available for selection for Subscriptions with the specific Billing Term Scheme. |
Default AVAILABLE FROM CRM.COM R11.2.0 | The Price Plan that will be set as soon as the Billing Term Scheme is selected. |
Billing Rules | |
Generic | |
Billing Method* | This section is used to determine Billing method can be used by Billing Terms of that specific Scheme. The supported options are:
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Allowed Cycle Day or Allowed Cycle Day Range |
AVAILABLE FROM CRM.COM R12.0.0 The allowed Billing Cycle Day Range is applicable and mandatory only as long as none of the Billing Term Scheme's settings that automatically apply an Anniversary Day is set to 'Yes' (check below). |
Automatically Set the Anniversary Date Based on the Date that the Subscription is Created AVAILABLE FROM CRM.COM R12.0.0 | Defines whether the Anniversary Date will be set automatically on the Subscription Billing Term when a Draft or Effective subscription is created. |
Automatically Reset the Anniversary Date Each Time the Subscription is Activated AVAILABLE FROM CRM.COM R12.0.0 | Defines whether the Anniversary Date will be automatically reset on the Subscription Billing Term whenever the Subscription goes back to the Effective Life Cycle State. |
Billable Period Start Date* | Determines the start date of the billable period of each Subscription Service (it answers the question “from which date should the Service be considered by the Billing Run”). For example, if a Service is 'Effective' from the 1st of June but the Billable Start Date is the 1st of August, then the Billing Engine will only start considering the Service from the 1st of August.
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Billing Effective Date* | The date on which a Service should start being billed. It is set equal to the Subscription Service Effective Date, by default. The available options are the following:
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Discount Options* | Determines if the Billing Terms will use a 'Fixed' or 'Flexible' pricing. If 'Fixed' pricing is selected, Additive Discounts cannot be applied on Subscriptions and Jobs having Billing Terms of this specific Scheme. |
Allow Concurrent Usage | Determines if Concurrent Usage-based pricing, which is used to bill the customer based on the number of concurrent Services used or Physical Goods sold, is allowed to be specified in Billing Terms of this specific Scheme. |
Binding Period Extensions | |
Causes Extending Binding End Date | Determines which Subscription Actions on a can cause the extension of the Binding End Date.
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Causes Extending Allowed Cancellation Date | Determines which Subscription Actions can cause the extension of the Allowed Cancellation Date.
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Causes Extending Tiered-rate, Maturity-based Price Rates | Determines whether agreed Price Rates should be extended based on the Binding End Date, in case a Price Plan Rate modification occurred since the original agreement. |
Services Extending Binding | Determines the Services or Service Types that when added to a Subscription should extend the Allowed Cancellation Date or the Allowed Cancellation Date along with Binding End Date |
Log Information | |
Log Details | The standard set of Log Details information available in all entities. |
Additional Actions for Billing Term Schemes
Billing Term Schemes cannot be updated if at least one Subscription/Job uses the specific Billing Term Scheme. If a Billing Term Scheme is required to change then a new Version of the scheme will be created.
Amend Billing Term Scheme
To amend a Billing Term Scheme follow the steps below
- Navigate to Billing Term Schemes
- Search for an existing Billing Term Scheme
- Click on the number of the scheme to go to the Data Entry Page
- From the Actions Menu click on ACTIONS > AMEND
- Make the required changes
- Note that the following fields cannot be amended
- Code
- Type
- Classification
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