Configure Usage Quantity Composite Meter Details

In Meter Details, you can configure a usage quantity composite meter. A composite meter is a periodic meter with periods that close and can be a usage meter with the turnstile meter property.

About this task

Configure meter details in Edit Meter when creating or changing a meter template. For information about creating and changing meter templates, see the discussions about creating and changing meter templates. For a description of the Meter Details options, see the discussion about meter template properties.

Note: If you enter conflicting input values when defining your template, the associated template tabs are highlighted and an error displays for each set of conflicting input values. The error displays until the conflicts are resolved.

Note: Turnstile meters, which are defined to count a usage or charge occurrence, do not have a quantity unit.

Procedure

In Service Type, select the service associated with the meter. To have the meter track all services, select all.
In Measured Quantity, select Usage Quantity.
(Required) Deselect Session Meter.
Select Turnstile to increment by an amount of one (1) each time a charge or usage session occurs, regardless of the measured quantity.
Click Save.
Click the Periodic tab.
In Periodic, select Periodic.
Specify the period interval by doing one of the following:
- To create an interval independent of the billing cycle, in Every, enter the length and select the period type from the list: Days, Weeks, Months, or Years. For example, to make the period span two weeks, enter 2 and select Weeks.
  Note: Composite meter periodic cycles cannot be expressed in hours or minutes.
- To align the interval with the bill cycle, select Align with Bill Cycle.
- To align the interval with the purchased item cycle, select Align to Purchased Item Cycle.
You can optionally set the period interval Cycle Start Type:
- Midnight — The first interval starts at midnight. This is the default setting.
- Absolute — The first interval starts at the time specified by the cycle time defined in the meter template. Enter the absolute start time in the format 00:00:00 (hours:minutes:seconds).
- Purchase Time — For required G/L balances, the first interval starts at the PurchaseTime (without the date).
Select the Cycle Offset Type if you selected Weeks, Months, or Years as the period type. Select from:
- Purchase Time — Cycle offset is at purchase time.
- Fixed Offset — Set an interval independent of the billing cycle. When selected, enter the Cycle Offset Value; the balance period starts at this value.
(Required) In Window Size, enter a value for the sliding window size. For information about sliding window behavior, see the discussion about sliding windows for periodic balances and meters in MATRIXX Pricing and Rating.
(Required) In Low Water Mark, enter a value for the low water mark.
(Required) In High Water Mark, enter a value for the high water mark.
Click Save.
Click the Meter Details tab.
(Required) Select Has Period Close to close the period after the configured amount of time has elapsed after the end of the period.
After a period closes, no updates are made to the meter. Any usage or charges that would update the meter after the period is closed are made to the current period.

The Aggregations tab displays. For information about adding aggregation fields and aggregation selectors, see the discussion about selecting aggregations.
Select Has Daily Component if you are creating a composite meter with a daily component value for each day. When selected, sub-periods on a component meter are measured. This option is only available for periodic meters with Has Period Close selected.
In Quantity Selector, select the usage quantity to which the meter applies:
- Actual Duration — Use the entire duration of a session, including any stops between, for example, when a streaming video is paused and resumed at a later time.
- Active Duration — Use the active duration of a session, excluding any stops between.
- Monetary — Use the amount of currency spent during usage.
- Total Data — Use the total quantity of data sent (out_data) and received (in_data) during usage. If the total_data field value is not set in the network message, the MATRIXX Engine sets it by adding together the in_data and out_data values.
- In Data — Use the total quantity of data received from the client during usage.
- Out Data — Use the total quantity of data sent to the client during usage.
- Service Specific — Use the custom usage quantity type specified.
In Units, select the measurement unit which the usage quantity meter tracks. This unit can be different than the unit defined for the balance. For example, the balance unit can be megabytes and the meter unit can be bytes.
Turnstile meters, which are defined to count a usage or charge occurrence, do not have a quantity unit.
Click Save.

Note: If you change any values in these fields, you must click Save.