2022.01.15 Release - Separate Billing & Usage periods - Charges section for Plans

This article contains changes made within our APIs related to the January 2022 release.

Separate Billing & Usage periods - Charges section for Plans

New: For POST, GET, and PUT requests under the Charges section for Plans, a new attribute has been added for usage-based charges: 'usage_period' - Valid Values (Same as Billing Period or Charge Term). This attribute is only available when ‘Separate Billing and Usage Periods’ has been enabled in the Advanced Usage Settings.

Sample Payload:

     {

   "id": "CHG-00452",

   "product_id": "P-00332",

   "name": "My charge",

   "description": "this is my charge",

   "type": "Usage based",

   "prepayment_amount": 0,

   "pricing_model": "Tiered",

   "list_price": "1000",

   "billing_period": "Monthly",

   “usage_period”: “Same as Billing Period”,

   "billing_period_start_alignment": "Service Start Date",

   "billing_day": "Align with Billing Period",

   "unit_of_measure": "",

   "included_units": 0,

   "tiers": []

 }