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Hi, 
I have a question related to TMF666 Account Management, as one of required types of accounts there is Billing Account with some mandatory resources. like : BillingCycleSpecification and BillFormat. It seems for us that it is not about selection of available bill cycles defs for selected billing account as well as not just selection of the format of a bill for an account, but it is like creation of the new cycle definition even if it is not available yet in the system , same situation for bill form.
Do we understand it correctly, that when the account is created we should create as well definition of the billing cycle so e.g. new cycle from 15^th to 14^th next month with frequency of 1 month, and later on this definition can be selected/attached to the other account?

Similar situation we have for a form of a bill, so we can assume that we have in the system a pdf form only and ready to use pdf format for invoice print out is defined and then when new account is created we can create e.g. xls type of a form, but what next?, should we assure that this xls can be generated or it is just about creation of new type of a form, please advise.
BR, Anna

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Anna Kozłowska-Jarosz
Comarch S.A.
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Hi Anna
The assumption is that bill cycle specifications and bill formats are created up-front - and then are available for selection or automatic assignment to a newly-created billing account. You would never create bill cycle specs or formats on-the-fly when creating an account. Bill cycle spec creation is an operational procedure that needs to be backed up by defining the relevant jobs to run billing. And format creation is a UI design task that needs reviews and approvals.
Hope this helps

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Jonathan Goldberg
Amdocs Management Limited
Any opinions and statements made by me on this forum are purely personal, and do not necessarily reflect the position of the TM Forum or my employer.
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Original Message:
Sent: Feb 28, 2022 09:48
From: Anna Kozłowska-Jarosz
Subject: TMF666 Account Management

Hi,
I have a question related to TMF666 Account Management, as one of required types of accounts there is Billing Account with some mandatory resources. like : BillingCycleSpecification and BillFormat. It seems for us that it is not about selection of available bill cycles defs for selected billing account as well as not just selection of the format of a bill for an account, but it is like creation of the new cycle definition even if it is not available yet in the system , same situation for bill form.
Do we understand it correctly, that when the account is created we should create as well definition of the billing cycle so e.g. new cycle from 15^th to 14^th next month with frequency of 1 month, and later on this definition can be selected/attached to the other account?

Similar situation we have for a form of a bill, so we can assume that we have in the system a pdf form only and ready to use pdf format for invoice print out is defined and then when new account is created we can create e.g. xls type of a form, but what next?, should we assure that this xls can be generated or it is just about creation of new type of a form, please advise.
BR, Anna

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Anna Kozłowska-Jarosz
Comarch S.A.
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Hello Jonathan,
Yes, that was our thought however it is required to set frequency like e.g. 'monthly' which in fact is included usually in the definition of the cycle, that is why we were a bit confused.
Yes, I agree that cycle and form should be defined at first, thank you for clarification.
BR, Anna

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Anna Kozłowska-Jarosz
Comarch S.A.
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Original Message:
Sent: Feb 28, 2022 14:43
From: Jonathan Goldberg
Subject: TMF666 Account Management

Hi Anna
The assumption is that bill cycle specifications and bill formats are created up-front - and then are available for selection or automatic assignment to a newly-created billing account. You would never create bill cycle specs or formats on-the-fly when creating an account. Bill cycle spec creation is an operational procedure that needs to be backed up by defining the relevant jobs to run billing. And format creation is a UI design task that needs reviews and approvals.
Hope this helps

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Jonathan Goldberg
Amdocs Management Limited
Any opinions and statements made by me on this forum are purely personal, and do not necessarily reflect the position of the TM Forum or my employer.

Original Message:
Sent: Feb 28, 2022 09:48
From: Anna Kozłowska-Jarosz
Subject: TMF666 Account Management

Hi,
I have a question related to TMF666 Account Management, as one of required types of accounts there is Billing Account with some mandatory resources. like : BillingCycleSpecification and BillFormat. It seems for us that it is not about selection of available bill cycles defs for selected billing account as well as not just selection of the format of a bill for an account, but it is like creation of the new cycle definition even if it is not available yet in the system , same situation for bill form.
Do we understand it correctly, that when the account is created we should create as well definition of the billing cycle so e.g. new cycle from 15^th to 14^th next month with frequency of 1 month, and later on this definition can be selected/attached to the other account?

Similar situation we have for a form of a bill, so we can assume that we have in the system a pdf form only and ready to use pdf format for invoice print out is defined and then when new account is created we can create e.g. xls type of a form, but what next?, should we assure that this xls can be generated or it is just about creation of new type of a form, please advise.
BR, Anna

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Anna Kozłowska-Jarosz
Comarch S.A.
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