Defining Bill and Service Cycles

Every account references a bill cycle. An account's bill cycle controls when it is billed.

Every metered service point references a service cycle. A service point's service cycle controls when a service point's meter is read.

The design of your meter read and bill cycles is inextricably linked because you probably want to bill your customers shortly after their meters are read.

In this section, we describe how to design and set up these cycles. In addition, we discuss how to set up bill period schedules. These are used to define the bill segment end date for special types of non-metered service agreements.