3.20 Commitment Discount Quantity

Commitment Discount Quantity is the amount of a commitment discount purchased or accounted for in commitment discount related rows that is denominated in Commitment Discount Units. The aggregated Commitment Discount Quantity across purchase records, pertaining to a particular Commitment Discount ID during its term, represents the total Commitment Discount Units acquired with that commitment discount. For committed usage, the Commitment Discount Quantity is either the number of Commitment Discount Units consumed by a row that is covered by a commitment discount or is the unused portion of a commitment discount over a charge period. Commitment Discount Quantity is commonly used in commitment discount analysis and optimization use cases and only applies to commitment discounts, not negotiated discounts.

When CommitmentDiscountCategory is "Usage" (usage-based commitment discounts), the Commitment Discount Quantity reflects the predefined amount of usage purchased or consumed. If commitment discount flexibility is applicable, this value may be further transformed based on additional, provider-specific requirements. When CommitmentDiscountCategory is "Spend" (spend-based commitment discounts), the Commitment Discount Quantity reflects the predefined amount of spend purchased or consumed. See Appendix: Commitment Discount Flexibility for more details around commitment discount flexibility.

The CommitmentDiscountQuantity column adheres to the following requirements:

• CommitmentDiscountQuantity MUST be present in a FOCUS dataset when the provider supports commitment discounts.
• CommitmentDiscountQuantity MUST be of type Decimal.
• CommitmentDiscountQuantity MUST conform to NumericFormat requirements.
• CommitmentDiscountQuantity nullability is defined as follows:
  • When ChargeCategory is "Usage" or "Purchase" and CommitmentDiscountId is not null, CommitmentDiscountQuantity adheres to the following additional requirements:
    • CommitmentDiscountQuantity MUST NOT be null when ChargeClass is not "Correction".
    • CommitmentDiscountQuantity MAY be null when ChargeClass is "Correction".
  • CommitmentDiscountQuantity MUST be null in all other cases.
• When CommitmentDiscountQuantity is not null, CommitmentDiscountQuantity adheres to the following additional requirements:
  • CommitmentDiscountQuantity MUST be a valid decimal value.
  • When ChargeCategory is "Purchase":
    • CommitmentDiscountQuantity MUST be the quantity of CommitmentDiscountUnit, paid fully or partially upfront, that is eligible for consumption over the commitment discount's term when ChargeFrequency is "One-Time".
    • CommitmentDiscountQuantity MUST be the quantity of CommitmentDiscountUnit that is eligible for consumption for each charge period that corresponds with the purchase when ChargeFrequency is "Recurring".
  • When ChargeCategory is "Usage":
    • CommitmentDiscountQuantity MUST be the metered quantity of CommitmentDiscountUnit that is consumed in a given charge period when CommitmentDiscountStatus is "Used".
    • CommitmentDiscountQuantity MUST be the remaining, unused quantity of CommitmentDiscountUnit in a given charge period when CommitmentDiscountStatus is "Unused".

The amount of a commitment discount purchased or accounted for in commitment discount related rows that is denominated in Commitment Discount Units.

Aggregation: When aggregating Commitment Discount Quantity for commitment utilization calculations, it's important to exclude commitment discount purchases (i.e. when Charge Category is "Purchase") that are paid to cover future eligible charges (e.g., commitment discount). Otherwise, when accounting for all upfront or accrued purchases, it's important to exclude commitment discount usage (i.e. when Charge Category is "Usage"). This exclusion helps prevent double counting of these quantities in the aggregation.