uncloud/doc/README-billing.org

• How to handle billing in general
  • Orders
    • Statuses
    • Updating status of orders
  • Bills
    • Which orders to include
  • Flows / Approach
    • Finding all orders for a bill

How to handle billing in general

Orders

• Orders are the heart of uncloud billing
• Have a starting date
• Have an ending date

Statuses

• CREATING/PREPARING
• INACTIVE (?)
• TO_BILL / NOT_TO_BILL

Updating status of orders

• If has succeeding order and billing date is last month -> set inactive

Bills

• Are always for a month
• Can be preliminary

Which orders to include

• Not the cancelled ones / not active ones

Flows / Approach

Finding all orders for a bill

• Get all orders, state != NOT_TO_BILL; for each order do:

  • is it a one time order?

    • has it a bill assigned?

      • yes: set to NOT_TO_BILL

      • no:

        • get_or_create_bill_for_this_month
        • assign bill to this order
        • set to NOT_TO_BILL
• First of month
• Last of month