Search Hierarchy

The Search Hierarchy zone allows you to search for a person or an account with its billing/settlement hierarchy using various search criteria. It contains the following two sections:

  • Search Criteria - The Search Criteria section contains the following fields:

    Field Name Field Description Mandatory (Yes or No)
    Search By Used to indicate whether you want to search for an account with person's billing or settlement hierarchy or account's billing or settlement hierarchy. The valid values are:
    • Person-Billing Hierarchy

    • Person-Settlement Hierarchy

    • Account-Billing Hierarchy

    • Account-Settlement Hierarchy

    Yes
    Person ID Used to search for accounts which belong to a particular person.
    Note: This field appears when you select the Person-Billing Hierarchy and Person-Settlement Hierarchy option from the Search By list.

    The Search (The Search Icon) icon appears corresponding to this field. On clicking the Search icon, the Person Search window appears.

    Yes
    As on Date Used to search for billing information which is effective on the specified date.

    You can either manually specify the date or select it using the Date Picker (The Date Picker Icon) icon corresponding to the field.

    No
    Person Name Used to search for accounts which belong to a particular person.
    Note: This field appears when you select the Person-Billing Hierarchy and Person-Settlement Hierarchy option from the Search By list.
    Yes
    View Option Used to indicate whether you want to view invoice or usage account billing details. The valid values are:
    • Invoice Account - Used when you want to view the usage accounts billed through an invoice account.

    • Usage Account - Used when you want to view the invoice accounts through which a usage account is billed.

    Note: This field appears when you select the Account-Billing Hierarchy and Account-Settlement Hierarchy option from the Search By list.
    No
    Account ID Used to specify the invoice or usage account ID.
    Note:

    The Search (The Search Icon) icon appears corresponding to this field. On clicking the Search icon, the Account Search window appears.

    This field appears when you select the Account-Billing Hierarchy and Account-Settlement Hierarchy option from the Search By list.

    No
    Note: You must specify at least one search criterion while searching for a person or an account.
  • Search Results - On clicking the Search button, the search results appear based on the specified search criteria. The Search Results section contains the following columns:

    Column Name Column Description
    Invoice Account Information Displays the concatenated string of information about the invoice account associated with the construct separated by a comma (,). In addition, this column has a context menu (The Context Menu Icon) icon which helps in navigating to other screens in the application.
    Note:

    It has a link. On clicking the link, the Account screen appears where you can view the details of the respective account.

    This field appears when you select the Person-Billing Hierarchy and Account-Billing Hierarchy from the Search By list.

    Settlement Account Information Displays the concatenated string of information about the settlement account associated with the construct separated by a comma (,).
    Note:

    It has a link. On clicking the link, the Account screen appears where you can view the details of the respective account.

    This field appears when you select the Person-Settlememnt Hierarchy and Account-Settlement Hierarchy option from the Search By list.

    Construct Information Displays the concatenated string of information about the construct associated with the billing and settlement hierarchy separated by a comma (,).
    Note: It has a link. On clicking the link, the Construct screen appears where you can view the details of the respective construct.
    Effective Start Date Displays the date from when the construct is effective.
    Effective End Date Displays the date till when the construct is effective.

On clicking the Broadcast icon (The Broadcast Icon) corresponding to the account, Linked Accounts zone and Criteria zone appears with the details of the respective account.

Note: Pagination is used to display limited number of records in the Search Results section. You can use the navigation links, such as Previous and Next to navigate between pages.

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