Prospective Tier Pricing
Prospective tiers are rolling tiers based on past volume. For example, with a quarterly rolling tier, Q1 usage determines the fixed tier that applies in Q2, Q2 usage determines the tier for Q3, and so on. You can configure rolling tiers with any number of days, weeks, months, quarters, or years as the rolling period. Refer to the 4. Pricing Models section for details on Prospective Tiers.
Expected Result
The system applies a fixed tier price during the pricing term based on usage accumulated during the evaluation term, where the term is one month.
Variants
- Fixed tier pricing during the pricing term based on usage accumulated during an evaluation term of any number of months, quarters, or years
Setup
- Pre-configure accumulator resources in Aria Allegro for tier configurations. For independent tiers by usage type, set independent accumulators. For shared tiers, use a common accumulator for all usage types. Configure accumulators based on the total quantity or amount of the usage record.
- Set up the plan, plan rate schedule, and plan services in core Aria.
- In Aria Allegro, set the price offer for tier pricing. Set Pricing Model to Tiered, Tier Reference to Balance, select the accumulator for Balance Reference, and set Tier Type to Prospective. Refer to the documentation for other evaluation term and pricing term attributes. Set tiers, currency, accumulator, and allowance impacts for each tier. Ensure the accumulator used as the reference is also impacted for subsequent usage.
- The rest of the setup and processing remains unchanged.