BILLmanager 6

Dependent resources

When you create a tariff plan, you can set an add-on that will depend on another service add-on. The amount of one resource will affect the amount of the other. The add-ons can be associated by:

  • values — the service provider sets values for the main and dependent add-on. When a client buys a certain amount of the main resource, BILLmanager sets limits on the associated add-on: clients cannot order fewer resources than their provider has set. See more under "Add-ons associated by values". 
  • ratio — e.g. the amount of disk space depends on the number of databases: 1 database accounts for 10 GB of disk space. You need to create a tariff plan with the billing type "Based on values of other resources". Learn more under Billing type: "Based on values of other services"

Add-ons associated by values

Complete the following steps:

  1. Go to Products Tariff plans Dependencies Create.
  2. Select the Main add-on to the tariff. In the list, you can see all the resources of the selected tariff plan: Products Tariff plans Config.
  3. Enter the Value, that will modify the associated add-on. These are the same values as you have configured in Products Tariff plans Config  Edit.
  4. Select the Dependent add-on  to the tariff. In the list, you can see all the resources of the selected tariff plan: Products Tariff plans Config
  5. Enter the Value of the associated add-on that the client's order should contain when he buys the specified value of the main add-on. 
  6. Click Ok.
Note:
You cannot configure associated Product types.

Example

 We want to sell VPSs (tariff StartVM) and need to associate its add-ons processor and RAM. If a client orders a processor with 1500 Mhz and more, the amount of RAM cannot be less than 2048 MB. 

  1. Go to  Products Tariff plans  select the tariff StartVM → Dependencies Add.
  2. Main add-on Tariff plans → Config → Add. Learn more under Tariff configuration details
  3. Enter 1500 Mhz in the  Value field. 
  4. If the value is not present, create a resource with the corresponding type in Products Tariff plans Config  Add. Learn more under Tariff configuration details
  5. Enter 2048 MB in the Value field.
  6. Click Ok.

After you have completed the configuration:

  • if a client orders the processor with less than 1500 MHz, the above settings won't be applied. The client can order any amount of RAM;
  • if a client orders the processor with 1500 MHz and more, the settings will be applied. The client can order 2048 MB of RAM or more.