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Usage Rate Plans are configured in Setup / Usage Rating / Usage Rates / Plans |
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Bucket overage rate plan - Rate plan configured directly on the Setup / Usage Rating / Bucket & Share Plans / Usage Bucket
Price plan service usage rates - Rate Plan configured on Account / Price Plan / Service / Usage Rates
Package service - Rate Plan configured on a Package Service in the Product Catalog
Account-package - Rate Plan configured on an Account Package (under the Account / Profile menu / Packages tab)
Package frequency - Rate Plan configured on a Package Frequency under a Package in the Product Catalog
Account - Rate Plan configured on an Account (Account / Overview / Settings / Account screen)
Usage invoicer - Rate Plan configured on an Account setup to be invoiced for usage charges
Owner - Rate Plan configured on an Owner (Setup / Users & Accounts / Owners / Mediation & Rating screen)
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After a rate plan is selected by the rating engine it will search for a rate within the rate groups under the plan. The rating engine will work through the groups in the rate plan observing the order that the groups have been configured in. If rate groups in the plan have conditions or time periods set on them which are not met then those groups will be ignored by the rating engine. When the rating engine finds a rate that matches the mediated usage details it will use that rate to calculate the usage charge and halt further evaluation of other rate groups in the rate plan (i.e. only the first matching rate found is applicable when rating usage).
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The Usage Rate Plans panel on the left of this screen allows you to select existing rate plans to view and edit on the Edit Usage Rate Plan panel to the right. Actions are also available in this panel which are shown as icons above the Filter text box. The available actions are described below.
Actions
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 | Clones the selected rate plan |
 | Deletes the selected rate plan if not in use |
 | Adds a new rate plan |
Edit Usage Rate Plan Panel
The information in this panel reflects the currently selected rate plan. From here you can change rate plan details (fields will display a red left border if a value is required and purple text if the field is read-only and cannot be modifiednote: fields with a magenta left border are required).
Usage Rate Plan Fields and Options:
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Note: Cloning a rate plan is a quick way to create a new rate plan with a similar configuration to the plan being cloned. Cloning a rate plan will not result in groups under the plan being cloned, nor the rates within the groups. If you wish to clone a rate group and have all of the rates under the group cloned as well then you should use the clone function found on the rate groups screenthe rate groups screen. |
Select the rate plan you wish to clone in the list on the left under the Usage Rate Plans heading or use the Filter text box to filter down to the rate plan you wish to edit
Click the
actionOn the pop-up that appears specify a Name, Display Name and Amount Precision for the new rate plan
Click Clone
On the Add Usage Rate Plan panel add, remove and set the order for the groups you require in the new plan
Click Save
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