Routing Consumption To Service Providers - Technical Implementation

The following illustration shows the logical steps involved with sending consumption to service providers.

The following points explain the steps:

• When a financial transaction (FT) is frozen, the system executes the FT Freeze algorithms defined on the SA(s) SA type.
• If you've set up the system properly (i.e., you've put the appropriate FT Freeze algorithm on the master SA's SA type), one of these algorithms will determine if there are service providers associated with the master SA who need consumption. If so, it will insert a row on the FT Process table.
• Rows on the FT process table are used as "triggers" for batch processes. In this case, the batch process that is triggered is the one that downloads billable consumption to the service provider. If multiple service providers need consumption, multiple rows will be inserted. The ID of the batch process that is referenced on the trigger comes from the Service Provider's Consumption Download Process.