Defining Bill and Measurement Cycles

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

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

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

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.