How does JustOn determine the billing behavior for recurring items?

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Generally, the Next Service Period Start specifies a recurring item's next invoice date. Be aware of the following specifics with respect to this field:

• Initially, that is, after a new item has been created, Next Service Period Start is empty.
• If no value is set (manually), JustOn will use the maximum of the invoice run start date, subscription start date or item start date when creating an invoice line item from this item.
• Once the relevant invoice is finalized, the value is set to the invoice line item's Service Period End + 1 day (where the service period end is calculated as follows: Next Service Period Start + Billing Period - 1 day).
• If one of the successive invoices is canceled, Next Service Period Start is reset to the value determined with the previous invoice (or cleared in case of the first invoice).

We recommend to keep JustOn's functionality with respect to Next Service Period Start unaltered, that is, to not customize the field's behavior.

When migrating external data to JustOn, it may make sense to set Next Service Period Start to the next service period start.

In addition, there are two settings that control the subsequent billing behavior for recurring items: The billing period specifies the interval after which an item is considered in the invoice run, and the billing unit is the time unit applied for this period. Based on this data, JustOn determines the billing factor, which is then applied to the resulting invoice line item – as a multiplier for the specified price.

The billing unit Year combined with the billing period 1 results in a billing factor of 1, that is, the item is invoiced once a year with the specified unit price.

The billing unit Month combined with the billing period 3 results in a billing factor of 3, that is, the item is invoiced every three months with the price multiplied by three.

The billing unit Month combined with the billing period 3 results in a billing factor of 3, and with an item quantity of 2, the item is invoiced every three months with the price multiplied by six.

The billing unit Day combined with the billing period 10 results in a billing factor of 10, that is, the item is invoiced every ten days with the price multiplied by ten.

For the subscription item to be considered in the invoice run, the item's next invoice date and the subscription's start date must be within the invoice run period.

Related information:

Defining Item-Specific Billing Periods
Adjusting Invoice Line Item Table