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Attribute | Definition |
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Data Type | The type of data that is being shared. Bucket allocations can be attached to a share plan representing the class of data that is usage being shared (data, time, count). |
Activation Rule | The activation rule specifies the mechanism for activation of a share plan. Share plans can be activated through two mechanisms: (1) A selling service which means the selling service has to be sold to the account in order to activate the share plan. (2) A participating service which means that the participating service needs to be sold to an account in order to activate the share plan. |
Contributing and Participating Services | Participating services are services that participate in a share plan – i.e. applicable usage associated with that service are pooled with that share plan. Each participating service specifies a contribution amount. A contribution amount greater than 0 indicates that the service not only participates but also grows the share plan "pool". |
Growth | Share Plans can have fixed or variable sized bucket allocations. With a fixed bucket all participating share the same pool of usage and the pool size remains the same irrespective of the number of services that participate in the plan. With a variable share plan, the share plan grows by a contribution amount for each contributing service. |
Share Level | Share level specifies the level at which sharing occurs. A share level of Usage Invoicer indicates that all accounts and their usage based services that report to that account are eligible to participate in the share plan. A share level of account indicates that all services that are assigned to that account are eligible to participate in the share plan. |
Usage Billing Frequency | The frequency at which usage gets billed (monthly, weekly, yearly etc.) for the share plan. |
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