Revision as of 09:31, 2 November 2006

Schema changes

• Add usage_elec table and class (see Schema Changes)
  • id serial primary_key
  • _date @date_type
  • kwatts int
  • tdsp @money_type
  • svcnum int NULL (svc_external.id contains ESIID)

Usage import

• Import usage charges into usage_elec table (Usage charges)
  • Add import subroutine to usage_elec.pm
  • Add page to web UI to accept upload
    • Needs to accept file first, add job to job queue for import/billing loop
    • Landing page that shows job progress via the JS progress popup (like service definition add/edit)
  • Add menu entry and ACL for new page Tools->Importing->Import electricity usage from CSV file
• Associate usage charges with specific customer/package (Static mapping)
• Trigger billing for that customer package (Billing)
  • Usage charges via new rate plan below
  • TDSP as a one-time charge

Usage charges

• KW -> usage_elec.kwatts
• Invoice date -> usage_elec._date
• TDSP - PASS THRU CHARGE -> usage_elec.tdsp

Static mapping

• ESIID -> svc_external.id (associates with package and customer)
• CUSTOMER NAME -> informational only, or sanity check w/ Freeside data
• CUSTOMER ACCOUNT -> cust_main.agent_custid (sanity check with customer via ESIID)

Billing

• Add a rate plan to bill on demand, triggered by the import (FS::part_pkg::usage_elec.pm) (see Price plans)
• Calculate Kw difference from previous usage_elec record for this meter/ESIID & multiply by a rate (rate stored in as package definition option in part_pkg_option)
• Set dates via usage_elec record rather than via frequency
  • Add an optional FS::part_pkg::XXX method that indicates internal date increment calculation by the price plan
  • Have cust_main::bill method use the package method to control date incrementing, if it exists
• Pass through the desired details as cust_bill_pkg_detail

Add'l field handling

Handle these additional fields:

• Handle Due Date
  • Add new cust_bill column to store per-invoice due dates
  • Have import associate this with the bills it triggers

• Invoice number -> need to store/use somehow instead of autogenerated invoice number?
  • Add new cust_bill column if necessary (cust_bill.agent_invoiceid)
  • Use this field when displaying instead of the internal invoice # (option to turn on)
  • Search this field exclusively when searching for invoice numbers (option to turn on)

• Cross reference -> what is this for?