3.33 Pricing Category

Pricing Category describes the pricing model used for a charge at the time of use or purchase. It can be useful for distinguishing between charges incurred at the list unit price or a reduced price and exposing optimization opportunities, like increasing commitment discount coverage.

The PricingCategory column adheres to the following requirements:

• PricingCategory MUST be present in a FOCUS dataset when the provider supports more than one pricing category across all SKUs.
• PricingCategory MUST be of type String.
• PricingCategory nullability is defined as follows:
  • PricingCategory MUST be null when ChargeCategory is "Tax".
  • PricingCategory MUST NOT be null when ChargeCategory is "Usage" or "Purchase" and ChargeClass is not "Correction".
  • PricingCategory MAY be null in all other cases.
• When PricingCategory is not null, PricingCategory adheres to the following additional requirements:
  • PricingCategory MUST be one of the allowed values.
  • PricingCategory MUST be "Standard" when pricing is predetermined at the agreed upon rate for the billing account.
  • PricingCategory MUST be "Committed" when the charge is subject to an existing commitment discount and is not the purchase of the commitment discount.
  • PricingCategory MUST be "Dynamic" when pricing is determined by the provider and may change over time, regardless of predetermined agreement pricing.
  • PricingCategory MUST be "Other" when there is a pricing model but none of the allowed values apply.

Describes the pricing model used for a charge at the time of use or purchase.