Create a new pricing model

To assign prices to resources for enterprises, create pricing models with prices for VM elements.

Before you begin

• Add your currencies at Pricing → Currencies
• Pre-create cost codes at Pricing → Cost codes to assign to resources, for example, hardware profiles or templates

To create a pricing model: 

1. Go to Pricing → Pricing models

2. 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
   
   
   

    Click here to display details of create a new pricing model general information

   Field	Description
   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

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.

Prices

For more details see GUI Create a new pricing model Resource prices Prices

Datastore tiers

For more details see GUI Create a new pricing model Resource prices Datastore tiers

Persistent storage

For more details see GUI Create a new pricing model Resource prices Persistent storage

Hardware profiles

For more details see GUI Create a new pricing model Resource prices Hardware profiles

Backup prices

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For more details see GUI Create a new pricing model Resource prices Backup policies

Cost code prices

For more details see GUI Create a new pricing model Resource prices Cost code prices

Troubleshooting

Access to pricing models

• When you create a pricing model, Abiquo automatically assigns the same scope as your user. The Abiquo UI does not display the scope of the pricing model
• Users with pricing privileges can always display the pricing model of their own enterprise. Administrators who can switch to another enterprise can display the current pricing model of the enterprise, even if the pricing model has a different scope
• To display or manage the pricing model of another enterprise in Pricing view, you must have the same scope as the creator of the pricing model