Lesson Overview
Consumption items are new objects in convergent invoicing. The lesson explains what a consumption item is and how consumption items are monitored.
Business Example
Business Customer B2B Sales South has two provider contract. All provider contract master data is in convergent invoicing.
The provider contract starts at 01/01/2017. B2B Customer Sales South has done a lot of phone calls that should be rated in convergent invoicing with a simple tariff of 0.19 euro/minute.
Consumption items that represent voice usage from 02/01/2017 up to 04/01/2017.
Consumption Items in Convergent Invoicing
Consumption items are stored in consumption item classes. The concepts of billable Item classes and consumption items are very similar to each other.
What is the Difference Between a Rated Consumption Item and Billable Item?
Difference Between a Rated Consumption Item and Billable Item
| Rated Consumption Item (CIT) … | Billable Item (BIT) … |
|---|---|
| Consumption Event details | Business Partner and Contract Account |
| Consumption details for Rating | Organizational Data (Sales Org, Distribution Channel, …) |
| Rating ID | Amount and Currency = Price for event |
| Rating Process Details (Source Transaction ID) | Source Transaction ID |
| Depending on Rating System more fields:Access Data (User ID, Service ID) | Details for Bill Presentment |
| Business Partner and Contract Account | Accounting information (Main Transaction, Subtransaction) |
| Provider Contract and Provider Contract Item | Tax information |
| Control Data for Billing Process (Subprocess, BIType, ...) |
Hint
There is no difference between a rated and an unrated consumption item despite the fact that one was rated and has technical information about the rating process like rating ID and source transaction ID.Consumption item and billable item can be linked using source transaction ID with each other.
Both items are stored in different data bases according to their status, unrated and rated.
Consumption item classes have the same data storage concept as billable item classes.
They store already rated consumption items in separate tables.
The following statuses are possible:
0 - Raw
1 - Raw Excepted
2 - Unrated (waiting for Rating)
3 - Unrated Excepted (after Rerating)
4 - Rated (after Rating)
Consumption items must be both complete and consistent before they can be rated.
Storage and processing of rated items is dependent on processing status.
Amount and currency are not fields of consumption items.
After rating process consumption items have a link to the billable item.
Rating ID, Source TransID, Source Transaction Code and Rating Date are listed.
In training environment creation of consumption items for class CVOI is done in consumption item workbench.
See exercise at the end of the session.
Consumption Item transaction in SAP Menu.
You can choose from among the following selection variants.
Incomplete and unrated items
The program selects unrated raw items and unrated items.
Rated Items
The program selects rated items.
Excepted Items
The program selects unrated raw excepted items and unrated excepted items.
All Items
The program selects the items in the system regardless of their processing status.
Manual Selection
The program selects items according to the selection criteria (processing status) that you enter.
Missing field for the selection can be added by function Further Selection.
If the consumption items are unrated, the important date is the RATING DATE. This is the target date for rating. It specifies the earliest date starting from which a consumption item is allowed to be rated. A consumption item is not allowed to go through the rating process until the entered date is reached.
The system determines the target date for rating based on the scheduling in the baseline date of billing.
Out of this monitor it is possible to start the following functions:
Simulate rating
Rating
Start correction workbench to change a consumption item
Except and restore items
Show the exception history
See statistics of the displayed Items