ChargeCategory
Charge Category · Cost and Usage dataset
- Feature level
- Mandatory
- Data type
- String
- Allows nulls
- No
- Column type
- Dimension
What it is
Charge Category represents the highest-level classification of a charge based on the nature of how it is billed. Charge Category is commonly used to identify and distinguish between types of charges that may require different handling.
Allowed values
| Usage | Positive or negative charges based on the quantity of a service or resource that was consumed over a given period of time including refunds. |
| Purchase | Positive or negative charges for the acquisition of a service or resource bought upfront or on a recurring basis including refunds. |
| Tax | Positive or negative applicable taxes that are levied by the relevant authorities including refunds. Tax charges may vary depending on factors such as the location, jurisdiction, and local or federal regulations. |
| Credit | Positive or negative charges granted by the service provider for various scenarios e.g., promotional credits or corrections to promotional credits. |
| Adjustment | Positive or negative charges the service provider applies that do not fall into other category values. |
Requirements (8)
Verbatim from the specification. These are the statements the validator checks against.
- ChargeCategory MUST be of type String.
- ChargeCategory MUST NOT be null.
- ChargeCategory MUST be one of the allowed values.
- ChargeCategory MUST be "Usage" when the charge represents consumption of a service or resource.
- ChargeCategory MUST be "Purchase" when the charge represents acquisition of a service, resource, or commitment.
- ChargeCategory MUST be "Tax" when the charge represents taxes levied by the relevant authorities.
- ChargeCategory MUST be "Credit" when the charge represents a financial incentive or allowance unrelated to other charges.
- ChargeCategory MUST be "Adjustment" when the charge represents a billing modification that does not fall into other ChargeCategories.
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