Setting Default Billing Properties for Account Creation

3 Setting Default Billing Properties for Account Creation

Learn how to set up system-wide billing defaults, such as the default billing-cycle length, in Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management (BRM).

Topics in this document:

Setting the Default Accounting Day of Month

Note:

It is a good idea to leave the accounting DOM set to the date the account was created. This distributes the load for the billing utilities throughout the month.

To set the default accounting day of month (DOM):

Open the Connection Manager (CM) configuration file (BRM_home/sys/cm/pin.conf) in a text editor. BRM_home is the directory where you installed BRM components.
Uncomment the following line and enter a value from 1 to 28.
```
- fm_cust_pol actg_dom 28
```
Note:

To use the day that the account was created as the default, comment out the line by using the pound (#) symbol.
Save and close the file.

The new value becomes effective immediately and applies to the next account created. You do not need to restart the CM to enable this entry.

Setting the Default Billing-Cycle Length

To set the default billing-cycle length:

Open the CM configuration file (BRM_home/sys/cm/pin.conf) in a text editor.
Add the following line and enter the number of months in one billing cycle.

Note:

The default is 1, which is monthly billing.
```
- fm_cust_pol bill_when 2
```
Save and close the file.

The new value becomes effective immediately and applies to the next account created. You do not need to restart the CM to enable this entry.

Specifying the Maximum Number of Months Allowed in Billing Cycles

A billing cycle defines the time period between bills, which corresponds to the billing frequency (how often a bill is generated). For example, if the billing cycle is three months, a bill is generated every three months.

The default maximum number of months allowed in billing cycles is 24.

To change the maximum number of months allowed in billing cycles, modify the value of the bill_when field.

Setting the Default Accounting Type

You can set the default accounting type for all bill units (/billinfo objects) by using the CM pin.conf file. BRM uses this setting during account creation only when an accounting type is not passed in the input flist of the Customer FM standard opcode.

To set the default accounting type:

Open the CM configuration file (BRM_home/sys/cm/pin.conf) in a text editor.
Add the following line and enter the appropriate value.
- To set the default accounting type to open item accounting, enter 1.
- To set the default accounting type to balance forward accounting, enter 2. This is the default.
```
- fm_cust_pol actg_type 1
```
Save and close the file.

The new value becomes effective immediately and applies to the next account created. You do not need to restart the CM to enable this entry.

Setting the First Billing Cycle to the Day after Account Creation

Normally, an account is billed after one month on the day on which the account is created. For example, if an account is created on January 10, the account is billed on February 10, then on March 10, April 10, and so on. However, you can set the first billing date to be the day after account creation. For example, if an account is created on December 16, the account is billed on December 17. After the first billing run, all remaining bills for the account are generated normally. In this example, the account is billed on January 17, February 17, and so on. This option is called advance billing cycle.

To set the first billing cycle to the day after account creation:

Open the CM configuration file (BRM_home/sys/cm/pin.conf) in a text editor.
Add the following line and set the value to 1.
```
- fm_bill advance_bill_cycle 1
```
Note:

To set the first billing cycle to one month after the account is created, comment out the line by using the pound (#) symbol.
Save and close the file.
Stop and restart the CM.