Proposal Contracts Contain Billing Scenarios And Template Consumption

In addition to the pricing terms and the legal terms and conditions, a proposal contract also contains billing scenarios. A billing scenario defines:

• The number of simulated bill segments that will be generated when a quote detail is produced for the proposal contract.
• The bill period of each simulated bill segment.
• The amount of product/charge type consumption to be priced under each simulated bill segment. Note this statement is only true for non-interval product/charge type consumption.

A proposal contract's billing scenarios can be created as follows:

• A plug-in spot exists on contract type called Proposal Contract Creation. Algorithms plugged into this spot can setup billing scenarios. Refer to Enabling The Automatic Generation Of Billing Scenarios for more information about how to do this.
• A user can add / change / delete billing scenarios on a proposal contract using Contract - Billing Scenario.
• You could design a workflow process to initiate a request to the customer to send their template product/charge type consumption to you. When the customer sends this information to you (via a notification), the proposal contract's billing scenarios can be setup. Refer to Workflow and Notifications for more information.