Understanding Settlement Item Quantity Types

Settlement item quantity types define types of quantities that can be stored for a settlement item. These quantity types are often infrequently calculated descriptors of a given customer and how they relate, at an aggregate level, to either the customer base as a whole or their particular rate class.

Settlement item quantity types use the following parameters:

• Service Type: The service type (electric, gas, water, etc.) for settlement item quantities of this type.
• Settlement Item Quantity Business Object: The business object used for settlement item quantities of this type.
• Settlement Item Quantity Identifiers: Value identifiers related to the current settlement item quantity type (used to provide shorthand descriptions of the various types of values measured by settlement item quantities of this type).