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 create a new pricing model when there is none assigned to your enterprise, click +add; 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 and only users with the same scope can edit the pricing modelComplete the dialog
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 and only users with the same scope can edit the pricing model
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If your enterprise already has a pricing model, the platform will base the new model on the existing model and enable you to apply a markup/discount to all prices. And you can set new resource prices using the existing prices as a guide. |
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Field | Description |
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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. |
Period for prices | Integrated on-premise billing will charge by calendar |
Minimum period for prices |
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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 and it is included in on-premise billing |
Minimum charge | Minimum charge per Minimum charging period. You can include this value in the pricing estimate message and it is included in on-premise billing |
Show charges before deployment | Select 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 https://abiquo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/doc/pages/311370925/Pricing+view#Display-a-pricing-estimate-message |
Prices
You can enter general prices for datacenter resources.
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Resource prices table
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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 private cloud, you can set prices for the persistent storage tiers. In public cloud regions, the platform automatically imports the storage tiers from the providers so you can price them.
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