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Rate Table Per Billing Term Charging

Scenario Description

The ISP, to stimulate the expense, offers the following discount. The charging is based on time in the unit of hour. The charging term is every month. The charging rate is 2 dollars per hour for the first 100 hours, and then 1 dollar per hour for the time exceeding that amount. At the same time, fixed fee is not charged.

Scenario Analysis

To implement the above discount plan, rate table per billing term is required. Two billing terms are needed, 2 dollars per hour within 100 hours and 1 dollar per hour for the rest time. At the same time, set the fixed fee to 0 dollar in the charging plan.

Operation Procedure

• Configure a Charging Plan
  1. Select the User tab and then from the navigation tree select Accounting Manager > Charging Plans to enter the page for configuring a charging plan.
  2. On the page, click Add to enter the page for creating a charging plan.
  3. Type a name for the charging plan, PlanA in this example and select Rate table per billing term as the charging template. In the Basic Setting area, select time as the charging basis and select hours as the charging unit. In the Plan Properties area, select Monthly as the billing term.
  4. In the Rate Setting area, select hours as the unit. Then configure two rate tables. 2 dollars from 0 to 100 hours, and 1 dollar above 100 hours. Leave the other settings unchanged.
  5. Click OK. A charging plan is created successfully.
     
• Configure a Service
  1. Select the User tab, and then from the navigation tree select User Access Policy > Service Configuration to enter the service configuration page.
  2. On the page, click Add to enter the page for creating a service.
  3. Type a name for the service, ServiceA in this example. Select PlanA as the charging plan and leave the other default settings unchanged.
  4. Click OK. A service is created successfully.
     
• Configure a User
  1. Select the User tab and then from the navigation tree select Access User View > All Access Users to enter the page for querying and displaying access users.
  2. On the page, click Add to enter the page for creating a user.
  3. Add a user named userA, type acctA as the account name, and select the check box before ServiceA. Leave the other settings unchanged.
  4. Click OK. An access user with the charged service referenced is created successfully.
     
After the configuration, the required charged service can be provided to access user acctA.

Related Topics

• Monthly Flat Rate Charging