Commerce Portal Utilization Meter ‘In Month Billing’ Basis – VMware Cloud Supplier Weblog

November 11, 2023

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We’re delighted to announce that, ranging from October 12, 2023, the VMware Cloud Supplier Commerce Portal (VCP Portal) has been considerably improved as a part of its Part 1 launch. These enhancements are designed to help Cloud Companies Suppliers in addressing the recognized points and to supply them with extra helpful and related info associated to utilization.

Downside Assertion:

Companions utilizing the Commerce Portal for Metering-related duties at the moment have restricted help. The portal solely registers Utilization Meters and lacks different important info. The ‘Auto-Reported Knowledge’ tab within the MBO makes use of complicated fields, making it much less user-friendly. Moreover, there’s an absence of particular model information, well being standing, and ‘Final Uploaded Time’ for UM registrations, hindering companions’ skill to evaluate metering well being.

What Enhancements have been made on this Part?

On the whole, the Person Expertise has been enhanced. When VMware companions log in to the VCP Portal for his or her month-to-month report overview, they’ll uncover a user-friendly phase labeled ‘Auto Reported Knowledge’ inside the MBO. This phase has been tailor-made to satisfy the distinctive necessities of VMware companions, notably these working in finance or administrative capacities. It presents a simple presentation of Utilization Meter names, linked merchandise, and the overall items consumed in a given month.

View Updates for VMware, Aggregator and the CSPs

Present One Merchandise per Occasion ID with A number of Contract: When a number of Utilization Meter situations share the identical occasion ID, the Connection Mode and Standing can be marked as ‘Unknown,’ and the contract Reference Quantity will characterize the contract ID for all of the duplicated situations. Primarily, the portal will show one entry per occasion ID, even when a number of contracts are related to it.

UM Model and Help Warning: If both the tip of basic help (EoGS) or the tip of technical steerage (EoTG) falls inside the subsequent six months or has already expired, we’ll show these dates for a Utilization Meter (UM). Our purpose is to advertise proactive upgrades of utilization meters effectively earlier than they attain the tip of help.

Creation, Updating or Deletion Utilization Meter

Including a Utilization Meter Occasion: As a Cloud Companies Supplier, you’ve gotten the power to introduce a brand new Utilization Meter occasion inside the Portal by offering the occasion ID. It’s value noting that through the means of assigning a contract to the Utilization Meter occasion, the system received’t mean you can connect multiple an identical contract kind to the identical occasion ID. The Portal performs this validation examine to your comfort.

Please word that you could additionally add the utilization meter occasion from the contract tab, the place the contract ID can be mechanically stuffed in to your comfort.

Deleting a Utilization Meter Occasion: As a Cloud Companies Supplier or VMware inside person, you’ve gotten the choice to get rid of a Utilization Meter from the Utilization Meter tab on the portal, which successfully detaches it from all of the contracts it’s linked to. Moreover, you’ll be able to take away the Utilization Meter occasion from the Contract part on the portal to disassociate it from a selected contract.
Updating a Utilization Meter Occasion: As a Cloud Companies Supplier or VMware inside person, you’ve gotten the choice to replace the Utilization Meter occasion from the VCP Portal to hyperlink or unlink contracts.

Different Enhancements

Downloading Studies: As a Cloud Companies Supplier or VMware inside person, you’ll be able to obtain experiences primarily based on particular person utilization meters or retrieve all experiences from inside the MBO, as required.

The obtain of month-to-month utilization information is one month at a time.

Electronic mail Notifications: Whether or not you’re an aggregator or a Cloud Companies Supplier, you’ve gotten the choice to arrange the e-mail notification interval for every class. This lets you obtain notifications for Utilization Meter model expiry, Utilization Meter well being standing, and any actions taken on the portal.