Services
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The services screen gives a user the ability to view and change the available services in the service catalogue of the Exivity deployment. When creating new services, it is required to use a Transformer with the service or services statement.
To view the details of a service that has already been created, click on one of the services listed in the 'Catalogue' > 'Services' screen:
The numbered items from above screenshot refer to the following list:
The description or friendly name for this service
The unique key value of this service (see service)
The time stamp when the service was created
The time stamp when the service was updated
The DataSet where this service relates to
Where to obtain the service name from (in header or in data). The value will be used for the service description (see 1)
The source column that has the consumed quantity
The Instance column refers to the chargeable instance column value (i.e. VM ID) which is required for automatic Services
The interval that defeines the frequency of how often this service is being charged. Meaning: automatic (every occurrence/record/hour), daily or monthly
When using proration, this checkbox will be enabled. Proration takes into account whether to charge for a portion of a consumption interval. For example: when having 10 days of consumption for a monthly service with a rate configured of € 90 per unit that has proration enabled, will result in a line item of € 30 for that services monthly charge
The Billing Type provides information whether this is a service that has manual (using manually provided, adjustable rate value) or automatic (using rate column) rates configured
COGS (Cost of Goods) of a service will have its own rate configuration, which can be either manual/automatic per unit or manual/automatic per interval
Exivity will in a future release allow the user to change and create services through the web interface. At this time, this feature is disabled.
In case you need to change the configuration of an already populated service, the GUI enables you to do so. To change an existing service you will need to make sure that you have first selected the appropriate report from the Report Selector and the left top of the screen. To change the configuration or delete a service, you will then need to follow these steps:
Navigate to the Catalogue > Services menu and click the white Edit button at the top of service list. The system will warn you that any changes made to existing service, may require you to re-Prepare the currently selected Report Definition.
If you have confirmed the warning message, you will be able to select one, multiple or all of the services within the currently selected Report Definition. You can then select the Delete button next to the Edit button, to delete all selected services.
If you want to change the configuration of one of the services, you should first select the service which you'd like to change.
When you have the service that you want to change selected, you can change any of the available parameters such as the Instance Column, Interval, etc. Once you are satisfied with your changes, you may press the Update button.
Ensure to re-Prepare your report in the Report Definitions in case you have made any changes.
