Configuring the Service Module
The Bandwidth Billing service module monitors and bills your clients for the bandwidth they use. You can also include a bandwidth usage graph and chart on your client's invoice.
- In the Overage Precision field, select 0, 1, or 2 to determine how many decimal places to round the amount of bandwidth used.
- In the Show Usage Chart in PDF invoice field, select Yes or No.
- In the Show Usage Graph in PDF invoice field, select Yes or No.
- In the Error when no devices are associated field, select Yes to receive notification if there is no device to track your client's backups. Select No to continue renewing services even if there is no associated device.
- In the Initial Overage Discount field, select No Discount, Client default, or Parent service discount.
Service Module Fields in Service Plan
- Access the Service Details page for your bandwidth usage service plan.
- In the Billing section, click Edit.
The Edit Service page appears. - In the Post Renew field, select Yes.
- Click Save.
- In the Custom Field Defaults section, click edit.
The Edit Service page appears with the Custom Fields section active. In the Billing Method field, select the calculation method for billing.
Раскрыть title Click here to view Billing Method inputs - Not Billed does not charge for the service.
- 95th Percentile removes the highest 5 percent of mb, gb or tb usage and averages the remaining amount of usage.
- Total Transfer includes a total number of included mb, gb or tb along with an overage rate for the specified unit of measure for the month.
- Outbound Transfer includes a specified amount of included mb, gb or tb for outbound traffic, along with an overage rate for the specified unit of measure for the month.
- Inbound Transfer includes a specified amount of included mb, gb or tb for inbound traffic, along with an overage rate for the specified unit of measure for the month.
- Outbound 95th Percentile removes the highest 5 percent of outbound mb, gb or tb usage and averages the remaining amount of usage.
- Inbound 95th Percentile removes the highest 5 percent of inbound mb, gb or tb usage and averages the remaining amount of usage.
In the Included Transfer field, enter how much default data is permitted, before overages, for a given billing period.
In the Included Transfer Unit field, select the unit of measurement for the Included Transfer field.
In the Overage Unit field, select the unit of measurement for the Overage Rate field.
In the Overage Rate field, enter the dollar amount to be charged for overages.
In the Associated Devices field, enter any associated device ID numbers separated by commas.
In the Overage Service ID field, enter the service ID number of a service that controls when overages are calculated.
In the Tier 2 Minimum field, enter how much default data is permitted, before overages.
In the Tier 2 Rate field, enter an overage dollar amount.
In the Filter Device Rule field, enter
- Click Save.
Configuring Tiered Bandwidth Billing
When using tiered bandwidth billing, you can charge different rates depending on the amount of bandwidth used. Each bandwidth usage tier is defined by a minimum amount and a rate, with the standard bandwidth billing fields comprising tier 1, with a minimum of zero. the tier minimum values are based on the overage, not the usage.
You can set default values for these amounts on the Data tab for either a service plan or a client-specific service, and the amount of tiers available is unlimited.
bw_tierX_minimum
bw_tierX_rate
where X is a number greater than 2.
In order to configure a server with 100GB included transfer, then $0.50/GB up to 1000GB total transfer, then $0.30/gb for any further usage, the configuration is:
bw_billing_method transfer
bw_included_transfer 100
bw_included_transfer_unit GB
bw_overage_unit GB
bw_overage_rate 0.50
bw_tier2_minimum 900
bw_tier2_rate 0.30
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