Create a Recurring Service Line

In this example, you create a recurring service line.

Let's say your organization is offering a promotional service plan. The plan consists of a one-year wireless contract that converts to a month-to-month contract after the one-year wireless services are completed on May 31, 2019. The rates for the month-to-month contract are:

  • $60 for talk and text

  • $40 for unlimited data

The services are renewed each month until your customer explicitly terminates the contract.

In this example, there are three lines:

  • Device

  • Talk and text service

  • Unlimited data service

Identify Recurring Service Attributes

  1. Open the Revenue Basis Data Import file-based data import template to import your order lines or sales data from your source application.

  2. Populate the required fields in the Source Documents and Source Document Lines tabs.

  3. Enter these values in the Talk and Text line:

    Field

    Value

    Recurring Indicator

    Y

    Recurring Frequency

    1

    Recurring Pattern

    MO

    Recurring Amount

    60.00

  4. Enter these values in the Unlimited Data line:

    Field

    Value

    Recurring Indicator

    Y

    Recurring Frequency

    1

    Recurring Pattern

    MO

    Recurring Amount

    40.00

  5. On the Instructions and DAT Generation tab, click Generate DAT File.

Create Recurring Service Lines

After importing your order lines into Revenue Management:
  1. Run the Validate Customer Contract Source Data process to validate the revenue data.

  2. Correct any errors from the Validate Customer Contract Source Data process using the Correct Contract Document Errors spreadsheet.

  3. Run the Identify Customer Contracts process to identify your contracts and performance obligations.

  4. Once you successfully upload and process the recurring source document lines, view the resulting recurring promised detail lines on the Edit Customer Contract page on the Promised Details tab.

Terminate a Recurring Service Line

To terminate a recurring service line, complete these steps:
  1. In the Revenue Basis Data Import file-based data import template, enter the date you want to terminate the recurring service line in the Termination Date field on the original source document line.
    Note: Ensure that you populate only the Termination Date attribute and that you don't update any other attributes.
  2. Run the Create Contract Renewal Source Data process. When you run this process, the application creates a version line indicating that the contract is to be terminated.

  3. Run the Identify Customer Contracts process. When you run this process, the application terminates the recurring contract and stops the creation of any future recurring contracts.

Note: These steps are applicable only when you use a third-party source to import revenue data.