Business Parameter Changes

New Business Parameters for 15.2

The following tables list the new business parameters for BRM 15.2.

Table 13-1 lists the new billing business parameters.

Table 13-1 New Entries in bus_params_billing.xml

Business Parameter	Description
SmoothedGLReportingBasedOnFixedDays	Controls how revenue is recognized for G/L reporting. When enabled, it allows revenue to be calculated using a fixed number of days per month (such as 30) to ensure consistent monthly recognition, regardless of the actual calendar month length. For example, you might use 30.4167 because it approximates the average number of days per month in a 365-day year (365 ÷ 12). See "Configuring Fixed-Day G/L Revenue Recognition" in BRM Collecting General Ledger Data.
SplitCycleTaxForParentBillNow	Use to configure whether to calculate taxes for each nonpaying child account separately based on the child’s ship-to location (enabled) or at the parent account level using the parent’s ship-to location (disabled) when running billnow on a parent account. The default value is disabled. See "Configuring Tax Calculation for Nonpaying Child Accounts" in BRM Configuring and Running Billing.

Business Parameter

Description

SmoothedGLReportingBasedOnFixedDays

Controls how revenue is recognized for G/L reporting. When enabled, it allows revenue to be calculated using a fixed number of days per month (such as 30) to ensure consistent monthly recognition, regardless of the actual calendar month length.

For example, you might use 30.4167 because it approximates the average number of days per month in a 365-day year (365 ÷ 12).

See "Configuring Fixed-Day G/L Revenue Recognition" in BRM Collecting General Ledger Data.

SplitCycleTaxForParentBillNow

Use to configure whether to calculate taxes for each nonpaying child account separately based on the child’s ship-to location (enabled) or at the parent account level using the parent’s ship-to location (disabled) when running billnow on a parent account.

The default value is disabled.

See "Configuring Tax Calculation for Nonpaying Child Accounts" in BRM Configuring and Running Billing.

Table 13-2 lists the new subscription business parameters.

Table 13-2 New Entries in bus_params_subscription.xml

Business Parameter	Description
AllocateRefundToChargeItem	Use to configure whether a cycle-forward refund item received during a delay period impacts the original bill or the next one. This parameter can be set to either enabled (impact the original bill) or disabled (impact the next bill). The default value is enabled. See "Allocating Cycle-Forward Refund Items to the Next Bill" in BRM Managing Accounts Receivable.
CreateBalanceGroupForService	Use to configure whether the PCM_OP_PRODUCT_INVENTORY_POST opcode creates a balance group for a new service or assigns the service to the account's default balance group. The system ignores this parameter if you specify a particular balance group in /product_characteristic. This parameter can be set to either enabled (creates balance group) or disabled (uses the default balance group). The default value is disabled.

Business Parameter

Description

AllocateRefundToChargeItem

Use to configure whether a cycle-forward refund item received during a delay period impacts the original bill or the next one. This parameter can be set to either enabled (impact the original bill) or disabled (impact the next bill).

The default value is enabled.

See "Allocating Cycle-Forward Refund Items to the Next Bill" in BRM Managing Accounts Receivable.

CreateBalanceGroupForService

Use to configure whether the PCM_OP_PRODUCT_INVENTORY_POST opcode creates a balance group for a new service or assigns the service to the account's default balance group. The system ignores this parameter if you specify a particular balance group in /product_characteristic. This parameter can be set to either enabled (creates balance group) or disabled (uses the default balance group).

The default value is disabled.

New Business Parameters for 15.1

The following tables list the new business parameters for BRM 15.1.

Table 13-3 lists the new billing business parameters.

Table 13-3 New Entries in bus_params_billing.xml

Business Parameter	Description
PreInvoiceValidity	Specifies the number of days a proforma bill and invoice remains in a PreInvoiceInProgress state, after which it is automatically accepted. The default is 0, making the proforma bill and invoice valid indefinitely. See "Defining the Default Validity of Proforma Invoices" in BRM Designing and Generating Invoices.

Business Parameter

Description

PreInvoiceValidity

Specifies the number of days a proforma bill and invoice remains in a PreInvoiceInProgress state, after which it is automatically accepted. The default is 0, making the proforma bill and invoice valid indefinitely.

See "Defining the Default Validity of Proforma Invoices" in BRM Designing and Generating Invoices.

Table 13-4 lists the new customer business parameters.

Table 13-4 New Entries in bus_params_customer.xml

Business Parameter	Description
SkipCurrencyCheckForChild	Specifies whether to ignore checking for a match between the currency for a paying child account and the currency for the parent. This parameter does not impact non-paying child accounts. The default is disabled.

New Business Parameters for 15.0.1

The following tables list the new business parameters for BRM 15.0.1.

Table 13-5 lists the new accounts receivable business parameters.

Table 13-5 New Entries in bus_params_AR.xml

Business Parameter	Description
EventAdjustmentUnallocation	Controls the transferable amount in event adjustments so that the sign of an item due will not change. The default is disabled. See "Enabling Accurate Handling of Event level Adjustment Amount" in BRM Managing Accounts Receivable.
UseEventRoundingRulesForAdjustment	Controls the rounding rules for event adjustments. The default is disabled. See "Enabling Event Rounding Rules for Adjustment" in BRM Managing Accounts Receivable.

Business Parameter

Description

EventAdjustmentUnallocation

Controls the transferable amount in event adjustments so that the sign of an item due will not change. The default is disabled.

See "Enabling Accurate Handling of Event level Adjustment Amount" in BRM Managing Accounts Receivable.

UseEventRoundingRulesForAdjustment

Controls the rounding rules for event adjustments. The default is disabled.

See "Enabling Event Rounding Rules for Adjustment" in BRM Managing Accounts Receivable.

Table 13-6 lists the new billing business parameters.

Table 13-6 New Entries in bus_params_billing.xml

Business Parameter	Description
AddChildDueInIntermediateParentBill	Enables a child's due, adjusted, dispute, write-off, transferred, and received balance impacts to be added to the intermediate parent's balances. The default is disabled (0). See "Adding Child Due Amount in Intermediate Parent Account" in BRM Managing Customers.

Business Parameter

Description

AddChildDueInIntermediateParentBill

Enables a child's due, adjusted, dispute, write-off, transferred, and received balance impacts to be added to the intermediate parent's balances. The default is disabled (0).

See "Adding Child Due Amount in Intermediate Parent Account" in BRM Managing Customers.

New Business Parameters for 15.0.0

The following tables list the new business parameters for BRM 15.0.0.

Table 13-7 lists the new billing flow business parameters.

Table 13-7 New Entries in bus_params_billing_flow.xml

Business Parameter	Description
BillingFlowSkipCheckForCyclicDSG	Controls whether to skip the discount sharing group cyclic relationship check during trial billing. The default is disabled.

Table 13-8 lists the new rating business parameters.

Table 13-8 New Entries in bus_params_rating.xml

Business Parameter	Description
TaxReturnJuris	Controls whether taxes should be summarized by jurisdiction level: summarize: BRM reports the consolidated settled tax amount, settled taxed amount, and settled non-taxed amount for each item. This is the default. itemize: BRM reports the settled tax and settled taxed amount at the tax code and jurisdiction level. For more information, see "Configuring Itemized Taxation for A/R and Payments" in BRM Calculating Taxes.

Business Parameter

Description

TaxReturnJuris

Controls whether taxes should be summarized by jurisdiction level:

summarize: BRM reports the consolidated settled tax amount, settled taxed amount, and settled non-taxed amount for each item. This is the default.
itemize: BRM reports the settled tax and settled taxed amount at the tax code and jurisdiction level.

For more information, see "Configuring Itemized Taxation for A/R and Payments" in BRM Calculating Taxes.

Table 13-9 lists the new subscription business parameters.

Table 13-9 New Entries in bus_params_subscription.xml

Business Parameter	Description
DeleteSharingGroupDuringTermination	Controls whether to delete the sharing group and sharing group members during account or service cancellation. The default is disabled.

Table 13-10 lists the new system administration business parameters.

Table 13-10 New Entries in bus_params_system.xml

Business Parameter	Description
CMAuthorization	Controls whether to perform fine-grained authorization for pcm_client and thick client applications. The default is enabled. For information, see "Managing Login Names and Passwords for BRM Access" in BRM System Administrator's Guide.

Business Parameter

Description

CMAuthorization

Controls whether to perform fine-grained authorization for pcm_client and thick client applications. The default is enabled.

For information, see "Managing Login Names and Passwords for BRM Access" in BRM System Administrator's Guide.

13 Business Parameter Changes

New Business Parameters for 15.2

New Business Parameters for 15.1

New Business Parameters for 15.0.1

New Business Parameters for 15.0.0