Original Pricing

The Original Pricing zone allows you to view the details of the existing pricing of the price item. It contains the following sections:

• Main - Displays basic information about the price item pricing. It contains the following fields:

  Field Name	Field Description
  Price Assignment ID	Displays the price assignment ID.
  Price Item	Displays the price item for which the original pricing is defined.
  Start Date	Displays the date from when the pricing of the price item is effective for the deal.
  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 can be 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. Note: The post processing bill segment is generated when the Post Processing Sequence (PPSEQ) characteristic is defined for the price item and when the price item is associated with another price item using the Price Item Relationship Type. Post Processing - Invoice Based - Indicates that the pricing is used to generate post processing bill segment. This type of price assignment can be done on an invoice account, and, as a result, the post processing bill segment is generated on the invoice account. Note: This is not applicable for price items whose Price Item Usage field is set to Pricing. Post Processing - Price Item Based - Indicates that the pricing must be used to generate post processing bill segment. This type of price assignment can be done on both invoice and usage accounts, but the post processing bill segment is generated only on the invoice account. Note: This is not applicable for price items whose Price Item Usage field is set to Pricing.
  End Date	Displays the date till when the pricing of the price item is effective for the deal.
  Pricing Currency	Indicates the currency in which you want to define the pricing of the price item.
  Pricing Eligibility	Indicates whether the pricing eligibility criteria is defined for the price item pricing in the Price Component section.
  Print Zero	Indicates whether zero pricing should be displayed in the bill. The valid values are: Yes No
  Rate Schedule	Displays the rate schedule that you want to use while defining price item pricing. Note: Rate schedules control how the bills for the price item is calculated.

• TFM Information - Displays the transaction information mapped with the price item. It contains the following fields:

  Field Name	Field Description
  Transaction Rating Criteria	Indicates how and when the transaction legs mapped to the price item are rated. The valid values are: Aggregate Transactions and Then Rate Aggregated SQs Do Not Rate Transactions Rate Transaction and Aggregate Calc Lines Across Transaction Rate Transactions
  Do Not Aggregate Switch	Indicates whether aggregation is required while rating the transactions before billing. The valid values are: Yes - Indicates aggregation is not required while rating the transactions before billing. No - Indicates aggregation is required while rating the transactions before billing.
  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 transaction aggregation cycle. The valid values are: Daily Weekly Monthly Quarterly Yearly

• Pricing Parameter Information - Displays the parameters based on which the price item pricing is defined. It contains the following columns:

  Column Name	Column Description
  Parameter	Indicates the parameter that is associated with the price item pricing.
  Parameter Value	Displays the value of the parameter.

• Characteristics - Lists the characteristics defined for the price item pricing. It contains the following columns:

  Column Name	Column Description
  Effective Date	Displays the date from when the characteristic is effective for the price item pricing.
  Characteristic Type	Indicates the characteristic type.
  Characteristic Value	Displays the value for the characteristic type.

• Price Component - Lists the price components of the rate component that is mapped with the price item pricing. It contains the following columns:

  Column Name	Column Description
  Rate Component	Displays the concatenated string of information about the rate component separated by comma (,).
  Display Sequence	Displays the sequence of price component whose rate is used for calculating the pricing of the price item.
  Description	Displays the description of the price component.
  Show Price Component	Indicates whether you want to display the price component in the bill.
  Rate	Displays the rate defined for the price component.
  Eligibility and Tier Details	Displays the tiering criteria and eligibility criteria for the price item pricing.
  Tier Details	Displays information about the tiering criteria of the price component for the price item pricing. It contains the following columns: Column Name Column Description Display Sequence Displays the sequence of the tiering criteria. Tiering Criterion Indicates the tiering criteria. Lower Limit Displays the lower limit of the tiering range. Upper Limit Displays the upper limit of the tiering range. Note: You can define the tiering criteria of a price component only when the Tiering Type of its rate component is STEP or THRESHOLD.
  Eligibility Details	Displays information about the eligibility criteria of the price component for the price item pricing. It contains the following columns: Column Name Column Description Display Sequence Displays the order in which the eligibility 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 Indicates the relational operator that is used to define the relation between the left hand side and the right hand side parameters. 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 Displays the value for the Parameter Value Type as the right hand side parameter which you want to use along with the price item for price determination. Is True Indicates what happens when the condition is true (satisfied). The valid values are: Check next condition - Indicates that the condition with the 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 the consecutive sequence number is executed. Rule is false - Indicates that the action specified in the Rule False Action field is executed. Rule is true - UIndicates 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 the 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. Note: You can define the eligibility criteria of a price component only when the Pricing Eligibility check box is selected.

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