In this chapter, you will learn how to use the CSP DashboardBilling tab to:
View customer details
Import a rate pack
Define bill rate for a subscription
Define a managed service
Define a managed discount
Generate a usage bill
View daily lines
View resource lifecycle
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Overview of billing details of customers
Apply Product Catalog options to a customer
Generating or updating bill status for a customer
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The following diagram provides a detailed workflow for generating usage bills for a customer. 
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You can access the CSP Dashboard on the Aquila Clouds platform to view the details of any customer. You can use the filters to view the details of any specific billing cycle for the selected customer.
Before you begin: Login to the Aquila Clouds platform.
To view customer details:
On the top bar, select
> CSP Dashboard
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Select the Azure tab > Summary tab > Customers tab.
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Select the customer and billing cycle from the Customer and Billing Cycle lists respectively to view customer and billing cycle specific details in the Customers tab.
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Aquila Clouds platform enables you to define a rate card for any resource utilization by any customer or you can modify and reuse any existing rate card. Whenever you modify any rate card, Aquila Clouds creates another version of the rate card with the same name instead of overwriting the existing rate card. This enables you to view and use the old rates if they are still applicable.
To import a rate pack:
On the CSP Dashboard, for the required customer in the Azure tab > Summary tab, select the Customers tab and click
in the Rate Card column.
Aquila Clouds BillOps displays the details of the available rate cards on the CSP Dashboard page.
Click
Import Rate Packs.
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Select the check box for the required rate pack.
Click Apply.
Click Do you wish to confirm?.
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Aquila Clouds BillOps platform enables you to define a bill rate card for any subscription availed by any customer or you can modify any existing bill rate card. Whenever you modify any rate card, Aquila Clouds creates another version of the rate card with the same name instead of overwriting the existing rate card. This enables you to view and use the old rates if they are still applicable.
To define a bill rate for a subscription:
On the CSP Dashboard, for the required customer in the Azure tab > Summary tab, select the Customers tab and click
in the Subscriptions column.
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Click
Edit.
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Enter the following details.
Computation Type: Select Fee to enter the amount or Percentage to enter the percentage of the rate as the bill rate for the subscription.
Rate: Type the fee or percentage for the bill rate.
Click Apply.
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You can define a managed service to add cost of any service used by the customers.
To define a managed service:
On the CSP Dashboard, for the required customer in the Azure tab > Summary tab, select the Managed Services tab.
Aquila Clouds BillOps displays the details of the managed services on the CSP Dashboard page.
Click
Add Managed Service.
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Enter the following details.
Service: Select the required category of the managed service provided to the end-customer.
Resource: Select the required cloud resource being used by the end-customers. Options in this list are displayed according to the option selected in the Service list.
Computation Type: Select the Fee to enter the amount or Percentage to enter the percentage of the rate as the required computation type of the rate slab for the managed service.
Comment: Type the required comment for the managed service.
Add Field: Click to add rate slab details of required resources that are to be included in this managed service. You can use this option to add more than one rate slabs.
Type: Select based on which this rate slab is applied for the managed service.
Quantity: Type the required quantity of resources for which this rate slab is applicable.
Rate: Type the rate applicable for the managed service for the selected quantity of resources.
Click Apply.
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You can define a managed discount to add a discount on one or more resources. This discount is included in the rate card.
To define a managed discount:
On the CSP Dashboard, for the required customer in the Azure tab > Summary tab, select the Managed Discounts tab.
Aquila Clouds BillOps displays the details of the managed discounts on the CSP Dashboard page.
Click
Add Managed Discount.
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Enter the following details.
Category: Select the required category for which the discount is to be provided.
Sub-category: Select the required sub-category for which the discount is to be provided.
Resource: Select the required resource for which the discount is to be provided.
Rate: Type the rate applicable for the discount for the selected resources.
Computation Type: Select the Fee to enter the amount or Percentage to enter the percentage of the rate as the required computation.
Comment: Type the required comment for the discount.
Click Apply.
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You can generate usage bill for a customer according to the rate cards, rate packs, or managed services defined for the customer. You can also define ad-hoc costs if any to be accounted for the monthly bill. . You can set the status of the usage bill to Draft if you need to modify the bill. You can set it to Internal Review and send it for approval to the BillOps Reviewer or BillOps Admin users. Once approved by the BillOps Reviewer or BillOps Admin, you can send the PDF of the bill to customer approval and set the bill to the Customer Review state+bharatraj1@gmail.com +sharath@aquilaclouds.com +kalpesh@aquilaclouds.com I thought we changed this to multiple states now (... internal approved, etc.)?
Assigned to Bharat Rajpal. +desmond@aquilaclouds.com +sharath@aquilaclouds.com +kalpesh@aquilaclouds.com Since I had leveraged content from the CSP Getting Started guide, I think this got missed in my updates.
My apologies for the same.Thanks, Bharat!
Can you also update the Getting Started Guide?
To generate a usage bill:
On the CSP Dashboard, for the required customer in the Azure tab > Summary tab, click
in the Monthly Bill Details column.
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(Optional) Click
Add Ad-hoc Cost to account for any ad-hoc service provided to the end-customer.
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(Optional) Enter the following details and click Apply.
Note: Type the required note for the ad-hoc cost.
Price: Type the price for the ad-hoc cost.
Comment: Type the required comment for the ad-hoc cost.
Aquila Clouds BillOps displays the details of the available rate packs in the Monthly Detail Bills tab on the CSP Dashboard page.
Select the Monthly Bills tab for the same customer.
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Click
in the Edit column to set status for the bill and generate an invoice if the bill status is set to Customer Review or Bill Sent.
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Enter the following details and click Apply.
Status: Select the required status for the usage bill. BillOps Admin users can modify any state. BillOps Operator users can modify all states except Internal Approved. BillOps Reviewer users can modify the Internal Approved state depending on whether bill requires more modifications or it can be sent to customers for approval.
Comment: Type the required comment for the usage bill.
Aquila Clouds BillOps displays the details of the usage bill on the Monthly Bill Details tab. If the bill status is set to Customer Review state, the bill PDF is generated and can be made available to the customer.
For the Customer Review, Customer Rejected, Customer Approved, Bill Sent and Bill Paid states the communication is handled via email or ERP with required customers.
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You can view the Daily Lines tab to access the daily usage details of resources for the selected customer.
To view daily lines:
On the top bar, select
> CSP Dashboard
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On the CSP Dashboard, for the required customer in the Azure tab > Summary tab, select the Daily Lines tab.
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You can view the lifecycle details of all resources used by a customer.
To view resource lifecycle details:
On the top bar, select
> CSP Dashboard
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On the CSP Dashboard, for the required customer in the Azure tab > Summary tab, select the Resource Lifecycle tab.
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