Multiple BITS from single charging request

[former_member591992]

Hi Experts,

We have business requirement where a single charge request contains multiple charge item e.g. charge request for repair where the request has component for oil, battery etc.., the requirement is to generate single BIT for each individual item from a single charging request. We are not maintaining any master component list in CC database, the components for each service are maintained in the third party system from where request originates. Is there a option in SAP CC to split a single request with multiple items and generate multiple BITs.

[francois_thimon · Accepted solution]

Hi Archana,

A plain single charge can generate only one charged item/BIT.
Still, if you need to generate several distinct BITs from a single request, here are the possible approaches:

- master/dependent charges: the master charge first processes the request, modifies the context as needed (computed property values, counters, etc.) and then the updated context is passed on to the dependent charges, that can be run in a predefined order.
Using this approach, you can define a pricing logic once and for all in a charge plan that can be used identically by as many contracts as needed.
Each of the invoked charges can generate its own BIT.

- allowances: allowances need to be provisioned specifically for the contracts which need them (or you can provision them systematically for all contracts). They may then be executed under certain circumstances (controlled by the pricing logic), or you can run all the existing ones in turn, and let them generate their own individual BIT if needed.
You may even consider using shared allowances (one allowance per service, valid for as many contracts as needed). This approach is valid if the allowances are executed to generate BITs, without relying upon a customer's data (since you don't want to share counters across several customer accounts).

The documentation for these features (master/dependent charges and regular/shared allowances), is given in Core tool's online reference :

https://help.sap.com/viewer/c7120011d1c244168dc1f945a06f1350/5.0.4/en-US/c314155f97f9479eadd9ee20d3b...

Instead of these approaches, you might also simply want to split the request on the client side, so as to trigger one rating per service. This is not what you're asking for, but it might still turn out easier, if the requesting system already knows which services are required.

Best regards.

François
SAP Convergent Charging Support

[former_member591992]

Hi Experts,

Can I use Aggregators function to generate multiple bit? Kindly suggest.