ContractBillingRule
IMPORTANT The SOAP API entered a limited enhancement phase in Q4 2020. Access to version 1.6 will be deactivated.
This entity describes contract billing rules that generate charges that allow you to bill your customer by the end user or by the asset.
Entity details
You can also retrieve this information with the Web Services API call The getEntityInfo() SOAP API call.
| Entity Name: | ContractBillingRuleEntity |
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Conditions and requirements
General
- The Product entity can have no more than 100 UDFs. Refer to UserDefinedFieldDefinition.
- System products cannot be updated.
Special field attributes
| Field | Conditions and Requirements |
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| ProductID | This field must be supplied during create(). On update(), it is read-only. The selected ProductID must be active during a create call and it must reference a product with a BillingType not equal to Standard. |
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ExecutionMethod |
This field determines how billing rules are executed. Options are:
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| ContractID | This field must be supplied during create(). On update(), it is read-only. |
Field definitions
About this table
The following table describes the standard Autotask field objects for this entity.
- To retrieve more detailed information specific to a particular Autotask implementation, use the Web Services API call The getFieldInfo() SOAP API call.
- For information on entity UDFs, use getUDFInfo().
- For String datatypes, the number in parentheses ( ) indicates the maximum number of characters allowed.
- LT indicates Local Term.
For more information about fields marked as picklists, review our Understanding picklists article.
| Field Name | Label | Datatype | Read Only | Is Required | Reference Name | Picklist |
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| Active | Active | boolean |
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| ContractID | Contract ID | integer |
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Contract | |
| CreateChargesAsBillable | Create Charges As Billable | boolean |
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| DailyProratedCost | Daily Prorated Cost | decimal | ||||
| DailyProratedPrice | Daily Prorated Price | decimal | ||||
| DetermineUnits | Determine Units | integer |
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| EnableDailyProrating | Enable Daily Prorating | boolean |
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| EndDate | End Date | datetime | ||||
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ExecutionMethod |
Execution Method |
integer |
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| id | Contract Billing Rule ID | long |
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| IncludeItemsInChargeDescription | Include Items In Charge Description | boolean |
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| InvoiceDescription | Invoice Description | string (500) | ||||
| MaximumUnits | Maximum Units | integer | ||||
| MinimumUnits | Minimum Units | integer | ||||
| ProductID | Product ID | integer |
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| StartDate | Start Date | datetime |
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