SBS ARCB Price Options

Use this page to edit the pricing options for an item. This page is available for each line item on the billing schedule.

When you edit the pricing options, you can set the free quantity amounts for a billing schedule line. Also, you can set any minimum or maximum charges for a billing schedule line.

Set Up Pricing Options

To set up the pricing options for an item, follow these steps: 

  1. In the list of all billing schedules, select a billing schedule.
  2. In the Schedule Lines FastTab, select a line and select Price Options > Min/Max and Free Qty.
  3. Set up the free quantity options for an item:
    1. In Free Quantity Options, specify values for Free Quantity, Reset Number of Periods, Total Free Used, and Reset Free Used.
  4. Set up the minimum and maximum billing amount for an item:
    1. In Committed Options, specify values for Min/Max, Minimum Bill QTY/Amount, Maximum Bill QTY/Amount, and Reset Number of Periods.
  5. In the Actions tab, select Apply Min/Max & Free Quantity.

Fields

This page contains the following fields: 

Field Description
Billing Schedule Number

Displays the billing schedule number.

Item

Displays the item number.

Currency Code

Displays the currency code.

Free Quantity Options
Free Quantity

Specify the free quantity amount allowed. For items that are metered or are usage items, the free quantity is deducted from the consumption. The resulting invoice is calculated by the formula: consumption - free quantity.

Total Free Used

Displays the free quantity amount that has been used in the contract.

  • When Free is set Per Period, this value is reset for each billing period. The free quantity value displayed is per billing period.
  • When Free is set Cumulative, this value is not reset for each billing period:
    • When Reset Number of Periods to zero (0), this value is not reset and shows the cumulative value for the whole contract.
    • When Reset Number of Periods to 1, this value is reset for each billing period and works much like when Free is set to Per Period.
    • When Reset Number of Periods is greater than 1, this value is reset for the number of periods specified in Reset Number of Periods.
Reset Number of Periods

Specify the number of periods to pass before the cumulative free quantity is reset.

  • The default value is zero (0), which means the free quantity does not reset after the invoice is created for each billing period.
  • When this value is 1, the free quantity is per period. The functionality is the same as when Free is Per Period.
  • When this value is greater than 1, the free quantity used is cumulative of the billing periods. The free quantity resets after the value specified.
    For example, a support agreement has a monthly billing period and can have up to 10 free support incidents each year. This value is set to 12, so that the free quantity is reset every 12 months.
Reset Free Used

Displays the free quantity amount currently used. The starting value is zero (0). This value is reset after the latest invoice for the number of periods specified in Reset Number of Periods is created. ClosedView example.

For example, a billing schedule has a monthly billing period January to December. Reset Number of Periods is 3. The most current invoice is created for May, and you review the billing schedule in July. The current billing period is June, and the invoice has not yet been created. The Reset Free Used value was reset after the invoice for March was created, and it shows the free quantity amount that is used within April to June.

Committed Options
Min/Max

Select how the price of the item is committed: 

  • By Amount: When selected, you can specify the minimum (floor) and maximum (ceiling) bill amounts for the item. After the minimum and maximum amounts are set, can be billed for an amount that is between the minimum and maximum amounts (inclusive of the minimum and maximum values set).
  • By Quantity: When selected, you can specify the minimum and maximum billing quantities.
    For example, the minimum billing quantity is 50, but the consumption for the month is only 25. You are billed for 50 instead of 25. Similarly, if the maximum billing quantity is 50, but the consumption is 75, you are only billed for 50.
Minimum Bill QTY/Amount

Specify the minimum amount or quantity for which to bill.

Reset Number of Periods

Specify the number of periods to pass before the resetting the minimum or maximum quantities. The default value is 1.

Maximum Bill QTY/Amount

Specify the maximum amount or quantity for which to bill.

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Item Price Options

A new Fast Tab, named Item Pricing, has been added to this page.

Item Pricing

There are two additional options in the page header, located just before free quantity options: Item Pricing and Adjustment Option.

Item Pricing: This is sorted either by line, or by group. The default value is: by line.

  • If no group name is associated with the schedule line, then you cannot choose the “by group” option.

  • If there is already a group name associated with a schedule a line, then you cannot choose the “by line” option (in addition tothe "by group" option..

  • If the Price Group is selected in the schedule line, then the Min/Max or free Qty details will derive their default calue from the price group master. This calue can be edited.

Adjustment Option: This value can be changed and will be applied to all schedule lines that have the “same price group ID”.

Price Group: This field will populate the default value from the price group filed from the item line.

 

Examples

The ARCB Billing Detail quantities will be updated based on the Group ID, Item Adjustment Option, and Minmax Type. This is illustrated in the following examples:

 

Example 1: Minimum Values (Qty)

We have created one price group ”Group 1” with minimum qty as 5 and maximum qty as 50

Price Group

 

We should have at least two items line in billing schedule, then the last line will become the adjustment line, and both billing details windows will be recreated as shown here:

Price Group

 

These are the billing details of first line:

Billing Details, First Line

 

These are the billing details of second line:

Billing Details, Second Line

 

In this example, the adjustment will be for 4 qty so that (4+1 =5 quantities) will match to minimum quantity.

 

Example 1.1: Change Schedule Line Quantities

If we change the quantity into the billing line then all the calculation will be recreated accordingly. With the same example shown as above, if we change the quantity to two from one, then it will recreated the billing details for both lines (changed + adjustment lie), as shown here:

Schedule Line Quantities

 

Following are the billing details of first item.

Billing Line Details

 

Following are the adjustment line details.

Adjustment Line Details

The quantity has been updated from 4 to 3. The same calculation occurs when we consider the maximum quantity,

 

Example 1.2: Change Billing Details

If the billing details are changed for the first item line, then this will also adjust the Qty/Amount (when applicable) of the adjustment line. This occurs only for the same billing periods.

In this example, there is a billing schedule with two lines. the quantities are 2 and 1. If the quantity is changed in the billing periods, then the billing details of the adjustment line will be adjusted automatically, as shown here.

Billing Schedule Example 1

 

Changes were made for the first five periods with the following quantities: 1,3,4,5,6. These are effects on billing period with the billing period of the adjustment item:

Billing Schedule Example 2

The adjustment line will not become zero because the minimum quantity has been set. This also works with tier pricing also. If there is a change in the billing details, and this change is applied to the tier pricing then it will also adjust the quantity or amount on the base of price group.

 

Example 2: Minimum Values (Amount)

We have created one price group ”Group 2” with minimum amount as 5000 and maximum amount as 10000

Price Group

 

We should have at least 2 items line in billing schedule, then the last line will become the adjustment line, and both billing details windows will be recreated as shown here:

Billing Details Window

 

These are the billing details of first line:

Billing Details, Line 1

 

These are the billing details of second line:

Billing Details, Line 2

In this example, the adjustment will be for 4000 amount so that (4000+1000 =5000 amount) will match to minimum amount.

 

Example 2.1: Change Schedule Line Amount

If we change the amount into the billing line then all the calculation will be recreated accordingly. With the same example shown as above, if we change the amount from 1000 to 2000, then it will recreated the billing details for both lines (changed + adjustment lie), as shown here:

Schedule Line Amount

 

Following are the billing details of first item.

Billing Details, Line 1

 

Following are the adjustment line details.

Adjustment Line Details

The amount has been updated from 4000 to 3000. The same calculation occurs when we consider the maximum amount,

 

Example 2.2: Change Billing Details

If the billing details are changed for the first item line, then this will also adjust the Qty/Amount (when applicable) of the adjustment line. This occurs only for the same billing periods.

In this example, there is a billing schedule with two lines. the quantities are 2 and 1. If the quantity is changed in the billing periods, then the billing details of the adjustment line will be adjusted automatically, as shown here.

Billing Details, Two Lines

 

Changes were made for the 2nd, 3rd and 4th periods with positive adjustment and 5th period as negative adjustment because it exceeds maximum amount limit. These are effects on billing period with the billing period of the adjustment item:

Billing Details, Lines 2, 3, 4

 

Example 3

Error Message will be displayed if there is any mismatch of the fields value of same price group. Following is the example if frequency is different:

Error Message: Price Group ID Frquency

This error message will be customized according to the field. That means if the start date is different then message will come for start date. Same for end date, billing type, interval, No of periods, or renewal option.

 

Example 4

We will not modify the Price group ID of any of the billing schedule line of same price group if any one period is already invoiced.

Modify Price Group ID

 

Example 5

In Invoice creator page, we must select all the same billing periods of same price group id. If we miss any period of same price group, we will get error message:

Message, Price Group Items

 

Example 6

If we apply price adjustment, I have a Price Group “Group 2” and it has the min & max “by the amount”.

Price Group

 

We enter two lines into the billing schedule lines where unit price is 1000. So adjustment line would be.

Billing Schedule Lines

 

Now we applied the price adjustment for first line.

Price Adjustment, First Line

 

It updates the original line as follows

Original Line

 

And we recreated the billing details for adjustment line also

Billing Details, Adjustment Line

We can not make price adjustment for adjustment line. Action will be disable for adjustment line.

Note: We support Standard, Flat, Tier and Flat Tier pricing method.

 

Buttons

This page contains the following buttons: 

Button Description
OK

Closes the page.

Actions tab
Price Options

Select an action to perform on the selected line: 

  • Apply Min/Max & Free Quantity: Applies the specified pricing options to the selected line.

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