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 'Services' > 'Overview' screen:
It is possible to add a new service or changing an existing one using the following parameters:
The description contains the 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 the header or in the 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 defines 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 service 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
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 need to follow these steps:
Navigate to the Services > Overview menu and click the white Edit button at the top of the service list. The system will warn you that any changes made to the existing service, may require you to re-Prepare the currently selected Report , found at Data pipelines > Reports.
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 . 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 case you have made any changes.
Although we recommend automatically creating services from the Transformer ETL process, it is also possible to manually create a service in the GUI. To create a new service, navigate to the Services > Overview menu and click the 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 , found at Data pipelines > Reports.
After confirmation of this warning message, the Create button is enabled:
Now it is possible to create a new service. Ensure to fill in all fields, since all are mandatory:
When your new service configuration satisfies your need, you may click the Create button. Ensure to add a rate revision afterward.
Once a Metadata Defenition has been applied to a Dataset, it is possible to apply tagging or other metadata key/values to a service. This can be achieved by selecting a service and then selecting the Metadata tab:
In this tab it is possible to configure all metadata fields which are available in the parent Dataset. To save your changes, click the Update button.
