Creating an Allowance Template

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to implement predefined packages of service usage with allowance templates

Allowance Templates

Our current step in the process takes us to Unit 11: Managing Allowance Templates for Usage Credit. 

In the previous unit, Lisa helped Bob create a rate plan template to associate the rate elements with a pricing scheme. Now that he knows how rate plan templates play a role in billing, his next step is to address the free prints he offered his client and create an allowance template.

In our next lesson, Lisa will define a service usage package with an allowance template.

Creating an Allowance Template

Let’s first describe an allowance.

Allowances define an amount of usage credit that can be used together with a subscription. An allowance can be an initial credit that comes with a subscription or purchased separately by the subscriber. Allowances, whether provided at no extra charge or purchased, are displayed on the bill along with the associated balance and the price charged.

An allowance continues from billing cycle to billing cycle until the entire allowance is depleted or the expiration date is reached. When usage data is posted against a contract with a valid allowance at the date and time of consumption, the allowance is debited until the remaining balance is zero. Any excess usage is rated and charged on the bill. Once an allowance is depleted, the subscriber can decide to purchase an additional allowance or continue to be billed for the service.

When creating an allowance template within the Manage Allowance Templates app, provide a description and add the resource types eligible for consumption by the allowances created. Keep in mind that the resource types you add must share the same unit of measure. An allowance template cannot combine resource types with different units of measure.

In the market section, you can define the initial balances, prices and validity periods for allowances based on the allowance template for any market needed.

The section Product Assignments lists the products this allowance template is assigned to.

Let’s learn more about allowance templates by creating one.

Select the video below to see the Manage Allowance Template app in action!

Note

Note: To prevent the loss of events during a downtime of your event consumers, consider a persistency and distribution layer for published events, such as SAP Event Mesh. SAP Event Mesh also allows for a decoupling between event providers and event consumers.

Summary

Now that we’ve defined an allowance template, let’s move on to setting up a new subscription product. In the next unit, we will cover several topics for setting up new subscription service products - from creating a new product based on an existing rate plan template and creating new rate plans for products to adding custom references and subscription notifications.

Create an Allowance Template

Exercise Objective

After completing this exercise, you will be able to:

  • Create a new allowance template for the creation of an allowance for your printing service product.
  • Define the quantity of service units included in an allowance for each market this allowance is sold.
  • Define the validity of the service quantity granted as part of an allowance for each market the allowance is sold.
  • Define the price for the service quantity granted as part of an allowance for each market the allowance is sold.
  • Define combinations of technical resource types and rate elements eligible to consume from an allowance.

Business Scenario

Your business has decided to grant an included number of standard prints to all subscriptions valid for one year. You need to find a way to model this in SAP Subscription Billing for the printing service. You will use the Manage Allowance Templates app to configure how many prints are granted for your market and how long they are valid.

Task 1: Create a new allowance template, BR468_##_AT_PRT_STD. Replace ## with your group number. Make sure the number of prints granted as part of the allowance is 100 and the validity of the allowance is 12 months starting on the date the subscription is created. The allowance is supposed to be free of charge. There will be no fee on top of the recurring fee for the market, BR468.

Steps

  1. Log on to SAP Subscription Billing.

  2. Create an Allowance Template using the following data:

    Create an Allowance Template

    TypeDescription
    BR468_00_RE_PRT_STDBR468_##_AT_PRT_STD

    Replace ## with your group number.

    1. Choose the tile, Allowance Templates.

    2. Choose Create.

    3. For the description, enter BR468_##_AT_PRT_STD. Replace ## with your group number.

    4. In the section, Technical Resource Types, choose Add. An empty line is added to the list.

    5. For the type, choose BR468_00_RE_PRT_STD. Replace ## with your group number.

  3. Create another Allowance Template using the following data:

    Add a Market Using the Following Data

    Valid From DateInitial BalanceMarketPriceExpires After
    1st of January 2023100BR468012

    Replace ## with your group number.

    1. In the Market section, choose Add. An empty line is added to the list.

    2. For the Market, choose BR468.

    3. For the Valid from Date, choose 1st of January 2022.

    4. For the Initial Balance, enter 100.

    5. For the Price, enter 0.

    6. In the Expires After field, enter 12.

    7. Select Save. The new Allowance Template is saved.

    8. Select the Publish button on the top right. The Allowance Template is now available for product creation.

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