Editing a Billing Preference

The Field Mapping screen appears. It contains the following sections:

• Main - Used to specify basic details of the billing preference. It contains the following fields:

  Field Name	Field Description	Mandatory (Yes or No)
  Preference	Displays the billing preference.	Not applicable
  Description	Used to specify the description for the billing preference.	Yes
  Detailed Description	Used to specify additional information about the billing preference.	No
  Status	Used to indicate the status of the billing preference. The valid values are: Active Inactive	Yes
  Preference Category	Indicates the category to which the preference belongs. The valid value is: Billing	Not applicable

• Preference Settings - Used to set the attributes in the billing preference. It contains the following fields in a grid:

  Field Name	Field Description	Mandatory (Yes or No)
  Attribute	Used to indicate the attribute which you want to set in the billing preference. The valid values are: Bill Cycle - Used when you want to derive the bill cycle from the billing preference. Bill Period - Used when you want to derive the bill period from the billing preference. Skip Months - Used when you want to set the skip months in the billing preference.	Yes (Conditional) Note: This field is required while setting an attribute in the billing preference.
  Value	Used to specify the attribute value. The attribute value that you can specify varies depending on the attribute you want to set in the billing preference: If the attribute is set to... Then, this field is... Bill Cycle Used to specify the bill cycle. Note: The list includes only those bill cycles which are already defined in the system. Bill Period Used to specify the bill period. Note: The list includes only those bill periods which are already defined in the system. Skip Months Used to specify the month for which you want to skip the billing. The valid values are: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Note: You can specify one or more skip months in a billing preference which may be continuous or non-continuous. However, you cannot skip all 12 months in a billing preference.	Yes (Conditional) Note: This field is required while setting an attribute in the billing preference.
  Entity Type	Used to indicate the type of entity for which the attribute is applicable. The valid values are: Account Billable Charge Note: At present, this data is stored for informational purposes only and is not considered in the business logic. If required, you can add more entity types to the MAP_​ENTITY_​FLG lookup field.	No