Designing Bill Periods
Bill periods are used by non-metered service agreements whose bill end dates need to fall on strict dates. You need only set up this information if you have this type of service agreement.
Refer to Ways To Control The End Date Of A Bill Segment for more information.
Every bill period has a calendar that defines when bill segments are created for service agreements that use the bill period. Examples of bill periods include:
- Quarterly Bill - Last Day Of Quarter
- Quarterly Future Bill - Last Day Of Quarter
- Monthly - 15th Day Of Month.
- Monthly Future Bill - Last Day Of Month.
The Quarterly Bill - Last Day Of Quarter bill period would have a schedule that looked as follows:
|
Earliest Date On Which To Create A Bill Segment |
Bill End Date |
|
1-Oct-1998 |
30-Sep-1998 |
|
1-Jan-1999 |
31-Dec-1998 |
|
1-Apr-1999 |
31-Mar-1999 |
|
1-Jul-1999 |
30-Jun-1999 |
|
... |
The Quarterly Future Bill - Last Day Of Quarter bill period would have a schedule that looked as follows:
|
Earliest Date On Which To Create A Bill Segment |
Bill End Date |
|
15-Dec-1998 |
31-Mar-1999 |
|
15-Mar-1999 |
30-Jun-1999 |
|
... |
The remainder of this section provides examples using the above calendars.
The following example assumes the following:
- The service agreement starts on 18-Dec-1998.
- The service agreement's SA type references the Quarterly Future Bill - Last Day Of Quarter bill period.
The following table shows when bill segments will be produced (assuming the account's bill cycle attempt to create segments as soon as possible) for several bill periods:
|
Earliest Date Segment Will Be Produced |
Bill Period |
|
18-Dec-1998 |
18-Dec-1998 thru 31-Mar-1999 |
|
15-Mar-1999 |
1-Apr-1999 thru 30-Jun-1999 |
|
... |
The following example assumes the following:
- The service agreement starts on 18-Dec-1998.
- The service agreement's SA type references the Quarterly Bill - Last Day Of Quarter bill period.
The following table shows when bill segments will be produced (assuming the account's bill cycle attempts to create segments as soon as possible) for several bill periods:
|
Earliest Date Segment Will Be Produced |
Bill Period |
|
1-Jan-1999 |
18-Dec-1998 thru 31-Dec-1998 |
|
1-Apr-1999 |
1-Jan-1999 thru 31-Mar-1999 |
|
... |
Refer to Setting Up Bill Periods for information about how to define this information.