Billing and Items
It's important to note that billing ignores equipment relationships when it constructs the snapshot of number and types of items associated with a service agreement's service points. In other words, billing constructs the item snapshot as follows:
- It inserts an entry into the item snapshot for every item type referenced in the service agreement's service points' multi-item collection.
- It inserts an entry into the item snapshot for every badged item linked to service points with an SP type of Item.
Fastpath:
Refer to Item Snapshot for more information.
Note:
Equipment and billing. Be aware that the only way equipment can impact billing would be if you develop a pre-processing calculation group that analyzed the equipment associated with a service point (directly or indirectly via the meters and items) and manipulated billed consumption accordingly. Refer to All Calculation Rule-Based Rates Share a Common Structure for more information about pre-processing calculation groups.