Tier Shared Pricing in a Plan Instance Hierarchy
With Allegro, tier references can be shared across usage types. Individual or identical tier rates apply using the shared accumulator reference to evaluate tiers. Consider this use case:
- Master plan instance supports 4 usage types for VOICE service, including one international call type. There are two add-on plans:
- Add-on plan has 1 usage type for DATA service
- Add-on plan has 2 usage types for SMS service: national and international.
- All usage except international VOICE and SMS must accumulate to a common tier reference across other usage types.
Expected Result:
Individual usage type tier rates apply based on cumulative accumulation across ‘m' of 'n’ usage types in a master plan instance hierarchy.
Variants:
- Individual usage type tier rates apply based on cumulative accumulation across ‘m' of 'n’ usage types across any number of plan instances under a master plan instance hierarchy of any depth, as supported in core Aria.
Setup:
- Pre-configure the combined accumulator for non-international VOICE and SMS quantity or amount accumulation.
- Set up the plan, rate schedule, and rates as required in core Aria.
- Set up price offers for the 7 usage types (4+1+2). For the 5 non-international voice and SMS usage-type price offers, set the tier as Progressive Balance Based with the balance reference as the combined accumulator configured in step 1.
- When adding tier rates (same or different) for the 5 price offers, also add the accumulator impact as the same accumulator. This automatically accumulates the 5 usage types during the cycle, using the accumulated value to evaluate the tier for each usage record.