Setting up the price plan of a charge

Create or modify a charge, and then set up the charge before setting up the price plan. A charge window must be open.

 

Important: Before modifying a price plan, it is strongly recommended to read the caution about what you can do or not.

 

Note: Applicable to offers and subscriptions but not applicable to charge plans and provider contracts.

If your version of SAP Convergent Charging uses the prerating and postrating features (*) and if there are unresolved prerating events for the subscription that uses your charge, modifying the price plan of the charge may lead to a postrating result that differs from its corresponding prerating result.

If there are unresolved prerating events in the database, it is recommended to wait until they have been postrated or until the rating record list has been cleared.

In addition, do not save a new version of a charge to a date before the last prerating operation because this will lead to a rating error.

(*): The note is equally true for the session-based rating feature. For example, if there are pending sessions, modifying the price plan of a charge may result in errors.

In a charge window, a price plan is graphically represented by a rating tree, which can consist of price plan components using counters, parameters, pricing macros, translation tables, tier tables, or mapping tables depending on the requirements of the plan.

To set up the price plan of a charge

  1. In the rating tree display area of the charge window, make sure that the price plan icon is selected; otherwise, select it.

  2. In the right pane of the charge window, identify the price plan. In the Name field, type the unique identifier of the price plan. In the Description field, describe the function of the price plan if necessary.

  3. In the Transient Counters area, you can add transient counters to the price plan. Click to add a row to the table. Click if you want to delete a transient counter from the table. Fill in the columns of each row that you add to the table: in the Name column, Type the transient counter name; In the Description column, describe the function of the transient counter if necessary; In the Initial Value column, type a numerical value to initialize the transient counter.  If the counter name already exists in another price plan in a charge and if you create a charge plan or an offer by setting up a master and a dependent charge, then the transient counters are shared. At runtime, the SAP CC system the value of the counter from the master charge to the dependent charge. See sharing transient counters for more information.

  4. Add rate components to the price plan, and then set up the rate components (*).

  5. Add functions, comparators, splitters or operators components to the price plan, and then set up the components (*).

(*): For more information about setting up rate components, refer to the Help system relating to components: Click Components on the Help menu of the main window.

 

Notes:

  • You can remove, cut, copy and paste components or sections of a rating tree by right-clicking the component and selecting Remove, Cut, Copy or Paste.

  • When you click the price plan icon , the Rates icon on the Components toolbar becomes available.