View Price Item Pricing

The View Price Item Pricing screen allows you to view pricing for a price item that you have assigned to a price list, person, or an account. You can also view characteristics for the price assignment.

You can access the View Price Item Pricing screen through the following screens:

This screen contains the following tabs:
  • Main - This tab contains the following sections:

    • Price Item and Parameter Information -This section contains the following fields:

      Field Name Field Description
      Price Item Indicates the price item for which pricing is defined.
      Description Displays the description of the price item

      The parameter details segment is displayed only when the rate schedule field from Pricing Information section is selected.

      This segment contains the following fields:

      Field Name Field Description
      Parameter Displays multiple parameter codes associated with the price items based on pricing is defined.
      Parameter Information Displays the parameter information with concatenated comma separated values.
      Parameter Value Displays the value of the parameter.

    • TFM Information - This section contains the following fields:

      Field Name Field Description
      Ignore Transaction Indicates whether the transactions mapped to the price item is considered for billing. The valid values are:

      • Yes

      • No

      Aggregation Schedule Indicates the aggregation cycle. The valid values are:

      • Daily

      • Weekly

      • Monthly

      • Quarterly

      • Yearly
      Aggregation Transaction Indicates whether the transactions mapped to the price item is aggregated for billing. The valid values are:

      • Yes

      • No

      Rating Criteria Indicates how and when are the transaction legs mapped to the price item. The valid values are:

      • Aggregate transactions and then rate aggregated SQs

      • Do Not Rate Transactions

      • Rate individual transactions and aggregate calc lines across transactions

      • Rate Transactions

    • Pricing Information - This section contains the following fields.

      Field Name Field Description
      Effective Start Date Displays the date from when the price item pricing is effective.
      Pricing Currency Displays the currency in which the price item pricing is defined.
      Rate Schedule Displays the rate schedule used while defining price item pricing.
      Price Assignment Type Indicates the type of price assignment. The valid values are:

      • Regular - Indicates that the pricing is used to generate regular bill segment.

      • Post Processing - Indicates that the pricing is used to generate post processing bill segment. This type of price assignment is done on usage accounts. The post processing bill segment is generated when you generate the bill for the usage account and not when you bill the usage account through an invoice account.

      • Post Processing - Invoice Based - Indicates that the pricing is used to generate post processing bill segment. This type of price assignment is done on an invoice account, and, as a result, the post processing bill segment is generated on the invoice account.

      • Post Processing - Price Item Based - Indicates that the pricing is used to generate post processing bill segment. This type of price assignment is done on both invoice and usage accounts, but the post processing bill segment is generated only on the invoice account.
      Print Zero Indicates whether zero pricing is displayed in the bill. The valid values are:

      • Yes

      • No
      Apply To Indicates whether the price item pricing is applied to all customers or only to the new customers.
      Pricing Frequency Indicates the pricing frequency for the price item.
      Advance Pricing This field is displayed when Price Item is defined as Pricing Only, Price Item Type is defined as Fees and Price Assignment Type is Post Processing. The valid values are:

      • Yes

      • No

      A segment appears at the bottom of this screen if the rate schedule is selected. This segment is divided into two sections. The section on the left hand side contains rate components of the rate schedule. The section on the right hand side contains the eligibility and tiering ranges per price component. Tiering is not applicable when pricing is flat (or non-tiered).

      This zone contains the following fields:

      Field Name Field Description
      Rate Component Information Displays the concatenated string consisting of rate component sequence number and tiering type.
      Price Component Sequence Indicates the sequence of price component whose rate is used for calculation.
      Display Indicates whether the price component will be displayed in the effective pricing.
      Price Component Description Displays the description of the rate component.
      Rate Displays the price for the price item.
      Eligibility Tier Details On clicking the Add (The Add Icon) icon, expandable details of tiering criteria and pricing eligibility criteria are displayed.

      When you click the Add (The Add Icon) icon, if the price component is scheduled for Flat Rate then, onlyPricing Eligibility Criteria segment appears. If the price component is scheduled for Step or Threshold then both the segments, Tiering Criteria and Pricing Eligibility Criteria appears.

      Tiering Criteria segment contains the following fields:

      Field Name Field Description
      Tiering Criterion Displays the tiering criterion.
      Price Item Indicates whether the price item or bundle's total usage is considered for determining the rate.
      Variance Parameter Displays the variance based on which price item or bundle's total usage is considered for determining the rate.
      Price Item Parameters Displays the parameters based on which price item or bundle's total usage is considered for determining the rate.
      From Displays the lower limit of the tiering range.
      To Displays the upper limit of the tiering range.

      Pricing Eligibility Criteria segment contains the following fields:

      Field Name Field Description
      Sequence Number Indicates the order in which the criteria is executed in the rule.
      Parameter Indicates the left hand side parameter which is used along with the price item for price determination.
      Operator Displays the relational operator that defines the relation between the left hand side and right hand side parameters code. The valid values are:

      • <

      • <=

      • <>

      • =

      • >

      • >=

      • Algorithm

      • Between

      • In

      • Like
      Parameter Value Type Indicates the type of pricing eligibility. The valid values are:

      • Parameter - Indicates the type of parameter.

      • Value - Indicates the type of value.
      Parameter Indicates the right hand side parameter is used along with the price item for price determination.
      Parameter Value Displays the parameter value.
      Is True Indicates what happens when the condition is true (satisfied). The valid values are:

      • Check Next Condition - Indicates that the condition with consecutive sequence number is executed.

      • Rule Is False - Indicates that the action specified in the Rule False Action field is executed.

      • Rule Is True - Indicates that the action specified in the Rule True Action field is executed.
      Is False Indicates what happens when the condition is false (not satisfied). The valid values are:

      • Check Next Condition - Indicates that the condition with consecutive sequence number is executed.

      • Rule Is False - Indicates that the action specified in the Rule False Action field is executed.

      • Rule Is True - Indicates that the action specified in the Rule True Action field is executed.
      Is Insufficient Indicates what happens when the data is insufficient. The valid values are:

      • Check Next Condition - Indicates that the condition with consecutive sequence number is executed.

      • Rule Is False - Indicates that the action specified in the Rule False Action field is executed.

      • Rule Is True - Indicates that the action specified in the Rule True Action field is executed.

  • Characteristics - This tab displays the characteristics defined for the price assignment.

Related Topics

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Search Price List zone Search Price List
Search Price Item zone Search Price Item or Price Item Pricing
Effective Price Assignments for Account zone Effective Price Assignments for Account
Effective Price Assignments for Person zone Effective Price Assignments for Person
Viewing characteristics for price item pricing Price Assignment Characteristics

Parent topic: Pricing Management