To assign prices to resources for enterprises, create pricing models with prices for VM elements.
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Go to Pricing → Pricing models
To base the pricing model on your enterprise's current model, click the + add button, or
To clone a pricing model, click the copy clone button. The platform will name the new model "PricingModelName (c)".
Note: The platform will assign your user scope to the pricing model
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Name | The name of your pricing model. The name can represent a service level agreement | | Description | Description of pricing model | | Change all resource prices | Only displays when the enterprise already has a pricing model assigned to it. Resellers can change all prices by adding this percentage. | Charging period | Standard period of time by which a user will be charged, such as day, week, etc. Does not have to be equal to the minimum period | Minimum charging period | Minimum period of time that a user will be charged for. This may be longer or shorter than the charging period. This value is not sent to the billing system. Note that the accounting system records the maximum usage value of a resource during an accounting period. | Currency | The currency for this pricing model. Enter new currencies in the Currency tab before you create the pricing model | Standing charge | Standing charge per Charging period. You can include this value in the pricing estimate message but the platform does not send it to the billing system | Minimum charge | Minimum charge per Minimum charging period. You can include this value in the pricing estimate message but the platform does not send it to the billing system | Show charges before deployment | Mark this checkbox to show a pricing estimate popup before deployment with the message entered in the box at the bottom of the window. See the explanation below | Insert variable | Choose a variable from the pull-down list to add to the pricing estimate message. The variables are described in the table below | Deployment message | Enter the estimate message for VM deployment, including variables. See Create a pricing estimate message |
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Modify prices
The platform uses the first pricing model for a location in a currency as the set of base prices for the location. If your enterprise has a pricing model, when you create a new pricing model, you can enter a percentage to modify prices, for example, to add a reseller markup. If you then enter a resource price that is lower than the base price, the platform will highlight the price.
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In a private cloud datacenter, datastore tiers set service levels for storage. See Manage datastore service levels with datastore tiers.
Persistent storage
In public cloud regions, the platform automatically imports the storage tiers from the providers so you can price them.
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