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• Default currencies are euros, US dollars, and Japanese yen

• You cannot delete a currency that is in use

• You must always have at least one currency

• Each pricing model uses only one currency

  • Abiquo will apply the currency of the reseller to the reseller’s customers

To add a new currency

1. Go to Pricing → Currencies

2. Click the + add button

3. Complete the dialog

   1. The currency Code will display in pricing. Download code information from the ISO website or refer to Wikipedia

   2. The Name of the currency must be unique and it can include the currency symbol

   3. For Digits, enter the number of digits after the decimal point. If you change the pricing model from a currency with more digits to one with fewer digits, then the platform will round prices up to the nearest digit.

4. Click Save
   

   

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1. Go to Pricing → Extra charges with cost codes

2. Click the + add button

3. For General information:

   1. Enter a Name to identify the cost code for extra charges.
      You can use the Name and Description to identify the cost item to make it easier for your users to understand their cloud bill

   2. Select the Type that is the resource type the extra charge will apply to.

      1. To bill an enterprise directly for a service or subscription or product, select Enterprise product.
         You can assign this cost code directly to an enterprise, see Manage enterprise products

      2. The Custom service option is implemented in customer integrations only in this version.

   3. Select the Unit for the extra charge:

      1. Usage CPUs will record the usage and multiply by the number of CPUs in a VM with the extra charge

      2. Usage user licenses for a template will record the usage and multiply by the number of licenses you enter when you add the extra charge to a VM

      3. The Subscription option is available for Enterprise products and custom services in customer integrations
         

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4. For Initial prices: set them in all of the currencies in your platform. You can later assign different prices in each pricing model

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•  At any time users can click the Estimate button in the virtual appliance view to display a current pricing estimate for a VM. 

  

  The platform displays the pricing estimate in a separate popup

  

• Users with access to the Abiquo API can also request a pricing estimate via the API.

• To automatically display a pricing estimate popup when the user deploys a virtual appliance or VM, when creating a pricing model, select the checkbox to "Show charges before deployment".

Configure the pricing estimate message

The default text of the pricing estimate message is as follows.

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