Including Billable Charges in a Construct

While defining a construct, you need to indicate the billable charges that you want to bill through an invoice account. You can use an existing invoice account. The system allows you to select a set of billable charges based on the criteria using the billable charge selection template.

Prerequisites

To include billable charges in a construct, you should have:

  • Billable charge selection templates defined in the application

  • Invoice account defined in the application (in case you want to use an existing invoice account)

Procedure

To include billable charges in a construct:

  1. Ensure that Include Billable Charges zone is expanded while defining, editing, viewing or copying a construct on the Construct screen. It contains the following fields:
    Field Name Field Description
    Effective Start Date Displays the date from when the construct is effective.
    Effective End Date Displays the date till when the construct is effective.
    Priority Displays the priority of an account.
    Template Displays the name of the template.
    Criteria Indicates the bind variable for which you need to define the value.
    Note: The bind variables change depending on the account selection template that you have selected. If a business label is defined for the bind variable, the business label appears in this field.
    Invoice Account Information Displays the information of the account. In addition, this column has a Context Menu (The Context Menu 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.
    Edit On clicking the Edit (The Edit Icon) icon in the Edit column, the Selection Criteria screen appears where you can edit the construct.
    Delete On clicking the Delete (The Delete Icon) icon in the Delete column, you can delete the construct.
  2. Click the Add link at the top-right side of the Include Billable Charges zone.
    The Selection Criteria screen appears.
  3. Search for the billable charge selection template that you want to use for selecting a set of billable charges.
  4. Enter the required details and click Save.
  5. If you want to include more than one usage accounts, click Save and Add New button in the Selection C riteria screen and repeat step 4.
    The Usage And Invoice Accounts are included in the construct.

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How to define a construct Defining a Construct
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