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Application Setup

The Billing Settings page on the Advantage Platform is the central location for administrators to configure and manage all billing-related settings for their organization. These settings control how the system fetches pricing data, handles manual billing adjustments, applies currency rounding, and calculates prorations for subscription billing products. Changes made on this screen may affect the entire Billing application.

To access the Billing Settings page, log in to the Advantage Platform and select the App Settings from the left navigation panel. The App Settings page opens showing the Billing Settings module along with other modules. Click Configure inside the Billing Settings module to open the Billing Settings page.

This page is designed to provide a streamlined and intuitive user experience, allowing finance and billing admins to define how billing operations are executed across the platform.

From this page, you can view and change the settings that are listed in the following table:
Note: The default values shown in the table are indicative and may be modified based on admin configurations or the values configured in the source org.

Field Name

Value

Description

General Settings

Pricing Source

Select from the following options:

  • Order Line Item
  • Asset Line Item

The default selection is Order Line Item.

Indicates the source from where Billing should fetch the pricing details.

Allow Adjustments in Billing

Toggle Switch

The default value is False.

Indicates whether the user can adjust the billable amount for a given period by creating manual billing schedule detail records.

Proration and Currency Rounding

Currency Decimal Places

0 to 10

The default value is 2

The number of decimals to be displayed in the currency fields related to Conga Billing.

Proration Calculation Method

Select from the following options:

  • Billing Preference
  • Calendar Days of First Month
  • 30 Days

The default value is 30 days

Indicates the method to be used to compute the Actual Fee Amount for the prorated schedules of subscription billing products.

If Billing Preference is selected, the value will be picked from the Billing Preference associated with the Billing Header.

If Calendar Days of First Month is selected then the proration calculation happens based on the number of calendar days of the first month if it is a full period.

If 30 Days is selected then the proration calculation happens based on the 30 number of days regardless of the number of days in that month.

Fee Amount Rounding Schedule

Select from the following options:

  • First
  • Last

The default value is Last

Indicates the billing schedule where the decimals resulting from computing the fee amounts must be allocated.

Special Rounding Method

Select from the following options:

  • Always Up
  • Always Down
  • Half Up
  • Half Down
  • Half Even
  • None

The default value is None

The rounding method is to be applied to the Actual Fee Amount fields on the billing schedule details and billing schedule records.

Value

Description

Always Up

Rounds the currency to the next higher number. For example, 8.2 is rounded to 9.

Always Down

Rounds the currency to the previous number. For example, 8.8 is rounded to 8.

Half Up

  • Rounds the currency to the next number if the decimal is equal to or greater than 5. For example, 8.5 to 8.9 is rounded to 9.
  • Rounds the currency to the previous number if the decimal is less than 5. For example, 8.1 to 8.4 is rounded to 8.

Half Down

  • Rounds the currency to the next number if the decimal is greater than 5. For example, 8.6 to 8.9 is rounded to 9.
  • Rounds the currency to the previous number if the decimal is less than or equal to 5. For example, 8.1 to 8.5 is rounded to 8.

Half Even

Rounded to an even number when possible. For example, a number between 8.1 to 8.5 is rounded to the even number 8. A number between 8.6 to 9.4 is rounded to 9. A number between 9.5 to 9.9 is rounded to the even number 10.

None

Rounding is done as per the Currency Decimal Places settings.

Forecasting

Forecast Billing Summary Criterion

Select from the following options:
  • Ready for Invoice Date
  • Period Start Date
  • Billing Rule
  • Billing Frequency
  • Account Location

The criterion used to summarize the forecasted billing schedules.

Evergreen Products

Evergreen Billing Schedule Records Creation Option

Select from the following options:

  • Pick from Billing Preference
  • Ahead of time
  • Only when needed

The default selection is Pick from Billing Preference.

Indicates the method to auto-generate the renewed billing schedule records for the Evergreen order/asset line items.

Ahead of time - New billing schedule records are created when the number of "Pending Billing" is less than the "Auto Renewal Term."

Only when needed - New billing schedule records are created only after all the existing records are "Invoiced."

If "Pick from Billing Preference" is selected, the value is picked from the Billing Preference associated with the Billing Header.

Asset Based Ordering / Subscription Management

Superseding the Schedules during Asset Management

Select from the following options:

  • Minimize
  • Always Supersede

The default selection is Minimize.

Indicates whether the billing engine should always supersede the billing schedules (and their schedule details) during the management of a sold product or service or minimize the superseding.

Minimize: The engine limits the superseding by creating a schedule detail (BSD) with delta fee under the existing schedule record (BSR).

Always Supersede: Opposite to Minimize. The engine will supersede the uninvoiced schedules (BSRs) of the impacted period and creates new BSRs (and BSDs) with the overall fee for that period.

Note - for certain scenarios (e.g., changing the "Billing Frequency" of a sold product/service), the engine will supersede the uninvoiced schedules (BSRs & BSDs) and creates new BSRs (and BSDs) regardless of the setting value.