1.9 Calculate Bill Segment Lines and Create Bill Segments Using Rates

Reference: Manage Meter Charges Process Model - Page 1 for the associated business process diagram.

Group:

•	Generate Bill Segment

•	Batch Billing

Actor/Role: CC&B

Description: CC&B passes the consumption information to rates to calculate the Bill Segment. The rate components are used to build the Bill Segment calculation lines and referenced on these calculation lines. This step is executed from online and batch processing. If this is from batch processing, it checks if the bill segment amount reached the high bill amount of SA.

Available Algorithms

•	C1-BSBS-RT - This Bill Segment creation algorithm creates a Bill Segment using the service agreement's rate This option would typically be used for metered services and ratable non-metered services.

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C1-BSBS-UR (CC&B and MDM integration) - This algorithm finds the usage request linked to the bill segment in the bill determinants received state. It retrieves the usage period's list that contains an entry for each usage period that MDM calculated bill determinants for. Rate application is called for each entry in the usage period list; the usage period and bill determinants are passed to rate application.

•	C1-HIGHBILL - This SA Type High Bill Amount algorithm checks for high bill amounts during batch billing.

Process

•	BILLING - The Bill cycle Batch processing creates Bills for accounts with an "open" Bill cycle.

Entities to Configure

•	Bill Segment Type

•	Rates (Various Rate Schedule Algorithms and Major Configuration Information)

•	Billing Process Sequence defined on SA Type