Item Groups

Item groups are collections of individual item records. The system transfers item records from the WM and places them into the ALLITEMS group. However, a single item can belong to more than one group.

Required?: You only need to create new item groups (and group items accordingly) if you accrue charges differently depending on which item is specified in a transaction. However, you can access additional item information from the Item Group detail list.
Additional Information: After you create Item groups, you can assign them to Bill Groups. Bill groups are customer-specific and identify Partner groups, Carrier groups, and Item groups that will then be associated with the contract detail line. If an Item group is specified on a Bill group, and that Bill group is used on a contract, the system will only use the associated event group and rate group when transactions occur for one of the items specified in the Item group.

Header Fields

Item Group: The name that identifies this item group.
Description: The field used to describe the current item group.

Detail Fields

In the detail area of the screen, add each item that belongs to this group.

To view additional information about an item in the group, display the details of that item.

General tab: The system displays general information about the item on this tab, including weight and volume standards. All of these values are set within the WM and are not editable from within the Billing application.
ID/Class tab: On this tab, the system displays the different ID methods, classes, and descriptions assigned to this item. These values are set within the WM and are not editable from within the Billing application.
UOM tab: The system uses the item UOM information to perform any UOM calculations needed for billing. The system automatically creates the Item UOM detail records when the Billing Maintenance job is run (based on the pack code assigned to the item).