| SKU (required) |
Unique identifier used to define the product.
Maximum characters = 20. |
| Description (required) |
The name of the discount as it is displayed in the system. This also appears on your customers’ invoices unless Alt. Invoice Desc. is populated. |
| Alias | Used to link this discount to the discounts of another system.
Maximum characters = 50. |
| Alt Invoice Desc | Description of the discount entered here appears on the customers’ invoices if populated; if left blank, the Description appears on the invoices.
Note: If including this field on the customers’ invoices, you must work with your print vendor to include it. Maximum characters = 50. |
| View Configuration | Click to view the discount configuration. Note: This button is only displayed on the Edit Discount window (not available until the discount has been saved).
You can also right-click on a discount and select View Configuration. |
| Registry Description | Select Volume Discount or Grant Discount. Select Grant Discount for use with an AdvancePay product (wireless only).
The configuration wizard pages vary, depending upon this selection. |
| Display Zero Discounts on Invoice |
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| Include Children | If checked, corporate discounting is applied. Corporate children, invoice responsible or not, are included in the calculation of discounts on an invoice responsible corporate parent.
Note: This option is not available if Tiered Group Discount is selected. |
| Tiered Group Discount | If selected, this discount is applied across accounts in a group. The group is defined by the accounts (or services) that this discount is assigned to. The discount is calculated using the number of active services within that group and the discount tier corresponding to the number of services.
Note: This option is not available if Include Children is selected or if Registry Description is set to Grant Discount. |
| Associative Type | This lets you define a network of service numbers where the discount may be applied. Available associative types vary for volume and grant discounts (registry selection). This field defaults to None for both volume and grant discounts. The other options are described in detail in the Volume and Grant Discount articles respectively. |
| Processing Order | Specify when the discount should be processed, in relation to all other discounts.
Discounts with the highest rank (with 1 being the highest) are processed before discounts with lower ranks. For Grant discounts, other criteria for determining processing order may also be considered. Note: This can be edited via the Discount Processing Order form as described in Finishing Discount Configuration. |
| Discount Category | This groups discounts to be used in calculating minutes used against a discount and the remaining free minutes.
It defaults to Unassigned. It can only be specified after the discount shell has been saved and run through the discount wizard. Once this is done you can edit Discount Category directly on the discount (Edit Discount form) or use the Discount Category form as described in Finishing Discount Configuration. |
| Charge Tax Class | This is common to most billable products; however, it is not applicable for discounts. |
| Available Date | Date the discount becomes available for assignment to a customer or service.
Valid date format: MM/DD/YYYY. Default: Current date |
| Category | Product Category used to group similar items, such as accessories or handsets, for accounting purposes. |
| Default Billing Status | Select the default Billing Status of the discount when it is assigned to an account or service: Billing or Not Billing. |
| Discontinue Date | Date the discount is no longer available for assignment.
Valid date format: MM/DD/YYYY. Note: The discount cannot be assigned to a customer or service after the date entered in this field; however, existing assignments remain active. |
