Configure Start/End Validity Dates and Times

Use the Start/End tab to specify when the bundle revision validity starts and stops.

Procedure

  1. In Edit Bundle Revision bundle_name, click the Start/End tab.
  2. In Start, select when the bundle becomes valid during rating.
    • Purchase Time — The product bundle becomes valid for rating immediately when it is purchased. This is the default when a Start Date/Time is not specified. All purchase operations occur immediately, such as associating the purchased bundle with the subscriber or group, adding necessary balances to the wallet, applying pricing, and sending a purchase notification, if configured.
    • Specified at Purchase — Allows service representatives to specify a start time for the bundle when they purchase it for a subscriber or group.
      Important: If a start time is not set, the bundle is valid from the time of purchase. If a start time is set, it must be before or the same as the purchase time. Specifying a future start time generates an error during rating.
    • Absolute — The bundle becomes valid on the specified date and time. You must specify the month, day, and year and can optionally specify a time of day. If a time of day is not specified, the bundle becomes valid for rating at 12:00:00 AM on the date specified.
      Note: If the absolute date is in the future, any attempts to purchase that bundle will fail until it becomes valid.
  3. (Optional) In End, specify when the bundle is no longer valid during rating.
    • None — The bundle end date is set to the maximum end date, which is effectively no end date. If set to None, the end date can be set explicitly in the bundle purchase call.
    • Purchase Relative — The bundle becomes invalid after an amount of time relative to the purchase date.
      If you select this option, in Ends in, specify a positive integer indicating the offset from the purchase date and select one of the following offset units:
      • Minutes
      • Hours
      • Days
      • Weeks
      • Months
      • Years
      • Billing Cycle Inclusive — The bundle end time is calculated as N cycles after the start of this cycle; the end time of the current billing cycle is included as the end of one elapsed billing cycle.
      • Billing Cycle Exclusive — The bundle end time is calculated as N cycles after the end of this cycle; the current billing cycle is not included in the specified number of elapsed billing cycles.

        Billing Cycle Inclusive and Billing Cycle Exclusive set the end time of the purchased bundle to the end time of a specified number of elapsed billing cycles. The bill cycle length is fixed at purchased time and does not change if a billing cycle is modified.

    • Start Relative — The bundle becomes invalid after an amount of time relative to the start date.
      If you select this option, in Ends in, specify a positive integer indicating the offset from the start date and select one of the following offset units:
      • Minutes
      • Hours
      • Days
      • Weeks
      • Months
      • Years
      • Billing Cycle Inclusive — The bundle end time is calculated as N cycles after the start of this cycle; the end time of the current billing cycle is included as the end of one elapsed billing cycle.
      • Billing Cycle Exclusive — The bundle end time is calculated as N cycles after the end of this cycle; the current billing cycle is not included in the specified number of elapsed billing cycles.

        Billing Cycle Inclusive and Billing Cycle Exclusive set the end time of the purchased bundle to the end time of a specified number of elapsed billing cycles. The bill cycle length is fixed at purchased time and does not change if a billing cycle is modified.

    • Absolute — The bundle becomes invalid on the specific date and specific time you set in End Date/Time.
    • Absolute and Purchase Relative — The bundle becomes invalid on either the absolute date you set in End Date/Time or the purchase-relative date you set in Ends in, depending on which one occurs first.
    • Absolute and Start Relative — The bundle becomes invalid on either the absolute date you set in End Date/Time or the start-relative date you set in Ends in, depending on which one occurs first.
    • Cycle Count — The bundle ends in the number of cycles specified in Ends in. To select Cycle Count, you must first select a Period Type on the Cycle Data tab.
  4. Click Save.