(v1) .Billing Parameters v2.1.4.7

BILL_DAY_OF_MONTH_START

(day of the month)

The default is 1.

This is the default day of the month that will be pre-populated in the date fields when generating a Bill. There is also a Tenant specific override for this parameter called Default Bill Day of Month.

BILL_ZERO_COST

(true or false)

The default is True.

This parameter specifies whether the billing process will or will not include zero cost items in the bill. Specifying True will cause zero cost items to show up in the Bill and False will exclude them.

BILL_MRC_CHANGE_FORCE_PRORATE

(true or false)

The default is False.

This parameter specifies whether a Monthly Recurring Charge(MRC) that has been changed (stopped and started with a new Charge) should be prorated even if the Charge Catalog item is not set to be prorated.

BILL_COORDINATORS_EMAIL

(string value)

The default is as follows:

"To all Coordinators,\n\nYour departmental monthly bill has been completed and is available for viewing at http://pcr-360.com/customercenter. Please feel free to contact us if you have any problems accessing the PCR-360 CustomerCenter.\n\nThank you,\nDept of IT"

Note: The "\n" is a placeholder that indicates a new line in the inserted text and will not render to the form.

This parameter determines the text that is automatically added to the 'E-mail Body' field of the Email Coordinator functionality in Billing. When a User clicks the button. This text can be customized to a specific organization's needs by contacting PCR to set this Configuration Option.

BILLING_ROUND_METHOD

(options: ceil, floor, roundup or round down)

The default is "Ceil".

During Billing, the process sometimes needs to round amounts. When this happens there are 4 (four) types of rounding that can be used:

Ceil – (Ceiling) a mathematical form of rounding that always goes up to the nearest whole number.
Floor – a mathematical form of rounding that always goes down to the nearest whole number.
Roundup – typical rounding method to round everything above .5 up and everything below .5 down and then round .5 (specifically) up.
Round down – typical rounding method to round everything above .5 up and everything below .5 down and then round .5 (specifically) down.

This parameter specifies the rounding method.

VIEW_BILL_FILTER_TENANT

(true or false)

The default is True.

This flag controls whether to apply (True) or not apply (False) Tenant filters when viewing the formatted interactive Bill. The tenant filters will only allow you to see bill data for your tenants.

View Bill - Service ID Masking

These options control how Service IDs, like Auth Codes or Calling Cards, are displayed on the billing invoices (View Bill).

Option	Description	Default Setting
formatting.bill.AUTH_CODE.label	An option specifying the Text to display when outputting the Service ID for this item type.	The default for Auth Codes is "Auth Code".
formatting.bill.AUTH_CODE.side	An option that controls which side of the Auth Code to show either "front" or "back".	The default for Auth Codes is "back".
formatting.bill.AUTH_CODE.length	An option that controls how many characters of the Service ID to display.	The default for Auth Codes is 3.
formatting.bill.AUTH_CODE.mask	An option specifying the Mask character that will replace the removed characters in the Service ID.	The default for Auth Codes is "*"

Calling Card Example:

formatting.bill.PHONE_CALLING_CARD.label = "Calling Card"
formatting.bill.PHONE_CALLING_CARD.side = "front"
formatting.bill.PHONE_CALLING_CARD.mask = "*"
formatting.bill.PHONE_CALLING_CARD.length = 5

BILL_ENABLE_INVOICES

(true or false)

The default is True.

This flag generates and assigns new invoice numbers for each unique GLA number during the Billing run when the value is True.

BILL_ENABLE_TAXES

(true or false)

The default is False.

This flag controls whether or not taxes are calculated and displayed on the Bill. All taxes are calculated based on the Billing Group (v1) Tax Rates. Additionally, Taxes will only be calculated if the "Taxable" flag is set on the GLA, Department Hierarchy, and Charge Catalog. For each Charge, there will be a line item for each Tax Rate specified. When Taxes are added to the Bill there will be a Tax Summary section that will include the Tax Summary section of the Bill. The default of false DOES NOT calculate taxes.

TAX_ROUND_METHOD

(options: ceil, floor, roundup or round down)

The default is "Ceil".

When calculating taxes the process sometimes needs to round amounts. When this happens there are 4 (four) types of rounding that can be used:

Ceil – (Ceiling) a mathematical form of rounding that always goes up to the nearest whole number.
Floor – a mathematical form of rounding that always goes down to the nearest whole number.
Roundup – typical rounding method to round everything above .5 up and everything below .5 down and then round .5 (specifically) up.
Round down – typical rounding method to round everything above .5 up and everything below .5 d¬¬own and then round .5 (specifically) down.

This parameter specifies the rounding method.