Accessing the Billing Settings Page
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. 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.
To access the Billing Settings page, log in to the Advantage Platform and select theBilling Apps tile. Then click the Settings icon on the Billing page. The icon resembles a cog wheel. This action opens the Billing Setup page, where you can view and modify a comprehensive list of admin settings. The settings are organized into logical sections such as General, Prorations and Currency Rounding, Forecasting, Evergreen Products, and Asset-Based Ordering/Subscription Management, making it easy to locate and update specific configurations as needed.- Log in to the Advantage Platform.
- Click the Billing Apps tile.
- On the Billing page, click the Settings icon (
). The Billing Setup page is displayed showing a list of admin settings. By default, the General tab is selected displaying the general billing related settings. The Preferences tab allows you to Set-up Preferences for your org. The Create Plan Templates tab allows you to create and manage the custom plan templates.
Field Name | Value | Description | ||||||||||||||
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Pricing Source | Select from the following options:
The default selection is Order Line Item. | Indicates the source from where Billing should fetch the pricing details. | ||||||||||||||
Currency Decimal Places | 0 to 10 The default value is 2 | The number of decimals to be displayed in the currency fields. | ||||||||||||||
Proration Computation Method | Select from the following options:
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:
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:
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.
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Allow Adjustments in Billing | It has the following values:
The default value is False. | Indicates whether the user can create manual adjustment lines on the billing schedule details. | ||||||||||||||
Evergreen Billing Schedule Records Creation Option | Select from the following options:
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. | ||||||||||||||
| Forecast Billing Summary Criterion | Enter the API name of the field of the following types:
The default value is Ready for Invoice Date. | Summarizes the forecasted billing schedules and the plan line items from the custom plans. | ||||||||||||||
Superseding the Schedules during Asset Management | Select from the following options:
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. |
