Designing Your Bill Segment Types

The following table contains a subset of the contract types listed under Defining Contract Types. However, if your reading this document from top to bottom, you probably don't know what your contract types are (they are only designed much later) and will have to forestall this task until that time.

We're going to cheat and assume you know what your contract types are and fill in the algorithms necessary to create bill segments for each contract type. After this table is complete, we will look for unique combinations of the 4 algorithms and create a bill segment type for each one.

Note: Before you can fill in the columns for your own contract types, you should be comfortable with the descriptions of the algorithms described under Setting Up Bill Segment Types .

The following table illustrates the different algorithms that are attached to the respective contract type:
Div-Contract Type	Calculation Algorithm	FT Algorithm	Consumption Algorithm	Auto Cancel Algorithm
CA/G-RES	Apply Rate	Payoff = Bill Amount / Current = Amount Due	Get Consumption From SP's	Auto cancel bad estimates
CA/G-COM	Apply Rate	Payoff = Bill Amount / Current = Amount Due	Get Consumption From SP's	N/A - can't estimate consumption
CA/G-IND	Apply Rate	Payoff = Bill Amount / Current = Amount Due	Get Consumption From SP's	N/A - can't estimate consumption
CA/CABLE	Apply Rate	Payoff = Bill Amount / Current = Amount Due	Get Consumption From SP's	N/A - can't estimate consumption
CA/E-COY	Apply Rate	Payoff = 0 / Current = 0	Get Consumption From SP's	N/A - can't estimate consumption
CA/WO-STD	N/A - non billable	N/A - non billable	N/A - non billable	N/A - non billable
CA/WO-LIA	N/A - non billable	N/A - non billable	N/A - non billable	N/A - non billable
CA/CHARITY	Recurring Charge	Payoff = 0 / Current = Bill Amount	N/A - no consumption is needed	N/A - no consumption
CA/PA-REGU	Recurring Charge With Auto Stop	Payoff = 0 / Current = Bill Amount	N/A - no consumption is needed	N/A - no consumption
CA/MERCH-I	Recurring Charge With Auto Stop	Payoff = 0 / Current = Bill Amount	N/A - no consumption is needed	N/A - no consumption
CA/DEP-I	Recurring Charge For Amount To Bill	Payoff = 0 / Current = Bill Amount	N/A - no consumption is needed	N/A - no consumption
CA/ONETIME	Billable Charge	Payoff = Bill Amount / Current = Amount Due	N/A - no consumption is needed	N/A - no consumption
CA/OVR UNDR	N/A - non billable	N/A - non billable	N/A - non billable	N/A - non billable
CA/E-SUB ENR	Apply Rate	Payoff = Bill Amount / Current = Amount Due	Get Consumption From Master Bill Segment	N/A - rated sub contracts are cancelled when there master is cancelled
CA/E-SUB BC	Billable Charge	Payoff = Bill Amount / Current = Amount Due	N/A - no consumption is needed	N/A - no consumption
CA/E-FIN SETTL	N/A - non billable	N/A - non billable	N/A - non billable	N/A - non billable

Now, we'll extract unique combinations of the 4 algorithms and create a bill segment type for each.

The following table illustrates the different algorithms that are attached to the respective bill segment type:
Bill Segment Type	Calculation Algorithm	FT Algorithm	Consumption Algorithm	Auto Cancel Algorithm
SP RATED	Apply Rate	Payoff = Bill Amount / Current = Amount Due	Get Consumption From SP's	Auto cancel bad estimates
NOESTRAT	Apply Rate	Payoff = Bill Amount / Current = Amount Due	Get Consumption From SP's	N/A - can't estimate consumption
COMPUSAG	Apply Rate	Payoff = 0 / Current = 0	Get Consumption From SP's	N/A - can't estimate consumption
BILLCHRG	Billable Charge	Payoff = Bill Amount / Current = Amount Due	N/A - no consumption is needed	N/A - no consumption
RECUR	Recurring Charge	Payoff = 0 / Current = Bill Amount	N/A - no consumption is needed	N/A - no consumption
RECUR AS	Recurring Charge With Auto Stop	Payoff = 0 / Current = Bill Amount	N/A - no consumption is needed	N/A - no consumption
RECURATB	Recurring Charge For Amount To Bill	Payoff = 0 / Current = Bill Amount	N/A - no consumption is needed	N/A - no consumption
SUB RATE	Apply Rate	Payoff = Bill Amount / Current = Amount Due	Get Consumption From Master Bill Segment	N/A - rated sub contracts are cancelled when there master is cancelled
SUB BC	Billable Charge	Payoff = Bill Amount / Current = Amount Due	N/A - no consumption is needed	N/A - no consumption

Just to make sure everything has been designed appropriately, we will return to our contract type samples and specify their respective bill segment types:

The following table illustrates the different bill segment types that are attached to the respective contract type:
Div-Contract Type	Calculation Algorithm	FT Algorithm	Consumption Algorithm	Auto Cancel Algorithm	Bill Segment Type
CA/G-RES	Apply Rate	Payoff = Bill Amount / Current = Amount Due	Get Consumption From SP's	Auto cancel bad estimates	SP-RATED
CA/G-COM	Apply Rate	Payoff = Bill Amount / Current = Amount Due	Get Consumption From SP's	N/A - can't estimate consumption	NOESTRAT
CA/G-IND	Apply Rate	Payoff = Bill Amount / Current = Amount Due	Get Consumption From SP's	N/A - can't estimate consumption	NOESTRAT
CA/CABLE	Apply Rate	Payoff = Bill Amount / Current = Amount Due	Get Consumption From SP's	N/A - can't estimate consumption	SP-RATED
CA/E-COY	Apply Rate	Payoff = 0 / Current = 0	Get Consumption From SP's	N/A - can't estimate consumption	COMPUSAG
CA/WO-STD	N/A - non billable	N/A - non billable	N/A - non billable	N/A - non billable
CA/WO-LIA	N/A - non billable	N/A - non billable	N/A - non billable	N/A - non billable
CA/CHARITY	Recurring Charge	Payoff = 0 / Current = Bill Amount	N/A - no consumption is needed	N/A - no consumption	RECUR
CA/PA-REGU	Recurring Charge With Auto Stop	Payoff = 0 / Current = Bill Amount	N/A - no consumption is needed	N/A - no consumption	RECUR-AS
CA/MERCH-I	Recurring Charge With Auto Stop	Payoff = 0 / Current = Bill Amount	N/A - no consumption is needed	N/A - no consumption	RECUR-AS
CA/DEP-I	Recurring Charge For Amount To Bill	Payoff = 0 / Current = Bill Amount	N/A - no consumption is needed	N/A - no consumption	RECURATB
CA/ONETIME	Billable Charge	Payoff = Bill Amount / Current = Amount Due	N/A - no consumption is needed	N/A - no consumption	BILLCHRG
CA/OVR UNDR	N/A - non billable	N/A - non billable	N/A - non billable	N/A - non billable
CA/E-SUB ENR	Apply Rate	Payoff = Bill Amount / Current = Amount Due	Get Consumption From Master Bill Segment	N/A - rated sub contracts are cancelled when there master is cancelled	SUB RATE
CA/E-SUB BC	Billable Charge	Payoff = Bill Amount / Current = Amount Due	N/A - no consumption is needed	N/A - no consumption	SUB BC
CA/E-FIN SETTL	N/A - non billable	N/A - non billable	N/A - non billable	N/A - non billable

And now you're ready to set up your bill segment types.