What do item criterion and invoice criterion do?
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Certain businesses may require to control both
- the aggregation of source data into items (and, consequently, into invoice line items), and
- the distribution of invoice line items to multiple invoices.
JustOn supports the first use case when billing usage data using the field ON_Criterion on the custom source object. Usually, JustOn aggregates usage data records with the same key (ON_OrderNo, see Controlling Fields) and feeds the aggregated information into one subscription item. Setting a specific criterion, however, will split the item along the defined criterion and, consequently, produce multiple invoice line items. The applied criterion, that is, the value of ON_Criterion, is then kept in the field Transaction Criterion on the invoice line item.
The second use case is generally available – when billing subscriptions and when billing arbitrary objects. Using invoice criteria (set in the field ON_InvoiceCriterion) you can group and distribute invoice line items along a specific criterion – only invoice line items with the same criterion are to be included in one invoice, others are invoiced separately.
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Make sure not to confuse the item criterion ON_Criterion and the invoice criterion ON_InvoiceCriterion. They cover different use cases in different contexts. If necessary, the use cases can be combined, though.
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