Overview
This is a step-by-step guide for service providers who are are newly subscribed to the Extension Level Billing module that enables service providers to itemise usage by extension on an invoice.
Following this acceptance testing plan will assist you verify that Emersion have correctly enabled the module for your retail service provider account.
This module is not available with wholesale service provider accounts.
Step-by-step guide
To validate that this is working, you need to ensure that you can:
- Enable or disable extension level billing for a service in Cumulus.
- Once enabled, re-render an invoice for the account the service belongs to and see the Extension Level Billing Summary and Itemisation (assuming Don't Show Itemisation is not checked in the Invoice Design area)
Prerequisites
In order to conduct the acceptance test:
- You will need to find a customer with all of the following conditions:
- an active service.
- where the service type supports extension level billing.
- where the service has at least 1 secondary identifier, and the identifier has usage rated against it.
- A pending invoice with a usage cardline for this service/service identifier.
Not all service types support the extension level billing. Make sure the service you will use for the acceptance test is of the correct service type. If you are not sure which service types are able to support extension level billing, please contact the Emersion Customer Support team.
Extension Level Billing flag
This test checks you have the ability to see and edit the flag that will enable extension level billing for a service.
Customer > Package Subscriptions > Package Chain Configuration
In the Update Service Chain Discount screen, in the Service drop down, select your service. The Extension Level Billing field should appear and you should be able to change the value.
Invoice Presentation
This test validates that the Extension Level Billing Summary and Extension Level Billing Itemisation sections appear on your invoice. It involves re-rendering a pending invoice after enabling the flag above.
- Navigate to Customer > Invoices tab
- click on the Manage Invoice button.
- In the Manage Invoice screen, click the Re-render Invoice button.
- Navigate back to the Customer > Invoices tab. If the PDF button for the invoice is now blue, click on it to download the invoice.
If no pending invoices are available, contact the Emersion support team to can re-render an invoice for you. Alternatively, if you have cardlines in the Customer > Pending Cardlines page, an immediate invoice can be created.
Open and inspect the re-rendered invoice.
The invoice will contain one or both of the following sections.
- Extension Level Billing Summary
- Extension Level Billing Itemisation
If you see one of these sections, this acceptance test has passed.