Track and rebill quantity changes in subscriptions
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| Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|
| Users, automatically | - | Apr 2025 |
Business value
Subscription Billing now supports rebilling in scenarios where the quantity changes after you invoiced the customer. Rebilling makes it easier to course-correct for subscriptions where quantity changes happen over time.
Feature details
Subscriptions that last a medium amount of time are usually invoiced up front. In these scenarios, it's common that changes in quantity lead to rebilling for the given period. Subscription Billing automatically detects these scenarios and marks the subscription contract lines to reconsider for the next billing cycle.
For medium and long-term subscriptions, such as annual subscriptions, posting documents are created for the respective period. This cycle is also visible in the subscription contract lines and subscription lines. Usage data is usually not provided if there aren't changes to the subscription during the period. However, quantity adjustments such as increases can happen at any time. When they do, new usage data is provided on the next key date. This usage data would not have been considered when you created a new contract statement (invoice or credit memo) because the subscription contract lines are invoiced in advance for the entire period. If more usage data becomes available after you send the initial invoice, you can now rebill the difference.