Is it possible to bill reads that are received in Profile rather than interval consumption values ?

[monis_shakeel]

Hi All,

We have a scenario where we receive meter reading values at each interval rather than interval consumption values. The end period billing value would be the difference between the last value of the bill period and the first value of the bill period. (rather than the sum of all interval values in conventional processes).

Is this possible in SAP and what could be the possible ways to design it ?

[katrin_frenzel]

Hello Monis,

Without knowing details of your requirement, I think that RTP-Billing or Time-of-Use-Billing were able to handle it.
They are very flexible, and you can also define own Formulas and / or Result functions when the standard one will not fit.
Please see the documentation in the SAP Help Portal to get an overview of the functionality:
RTP-Billing:
https://help.sap.com/viewer/5369e276f6a44dc59cc84eef461146e1/2021.001/en-US/b689ce53118d4308e1000000...

TOU-Billing:
https://help.sap.com/viewer/5369e276f6a44dc59cc84eef461146e1/2021.001/en-US/30ed46e740c2461a9d178573...

Best regards,
Katrin
SAP Product Support

[monis_shakeel]

Thank You Katrin. I am just hoping to understand if anyone has designed a process where they receive interval reads rather than interval consumption values. I am assuming there must be a simple way to handle this without any custom changes.

[PieterB · Accepted solution]

Hello Monis,

you can achieve this by implementing a formula profile in EDM. You store the incoming interval into profile A and you apply a formula to calculate profile B. The standard RFP formula MR_TO_CONS can be an option to handle your requirement.

Regards,

Pieter

[monis_shakeel]

Thank You Pieter. This is helpful.