HBS provides the possibility to choose “Product Pricing” as a pricing model while creating Authorization/Reservation Service Offers. This pricing model facilitates creating different pricing products for CPOs.
To place a new Service please click the “SUBMIT OFFER” button in the Service Offers screen. You will access a new window enabling you to enter the settings for your service offer.
Adding multiple Products in a Service Offer
By clicking on the green “Add Product” button, another product definition window appears. Here, you can define another product within the same service offer.
Following things have to be considered:
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The Product ID must be unique within a Service Offer. If you add multiple Products, each Product needs an own Product ID
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You can add up to 20 Products within a Service Offer.
If you want to delete a Product within a Service Offer, just click on the circled “x” on the right top of the product definition field.
Details of fields that compose a Pricing Product
Following table will give you information about a single pricing product.
One single product comprises of 12 different fields.
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Field Name |
Mandatory (M) / Optional (O) |
Description |
Field Type |
1 |
Product ID* |
M |
Product ID must be unique per Service Offer. Product ID defined here has to be provided as part of the Charge Detail Record (PartnerProductID) to enable rating of CDRs |
String (50 Characters) |
2 |
Product Name |
O |
Product Name is defined by a short description of your product |
String (50 Character) |
3 |
Current Type |
O |
The options are:
|
Drop down List |
4 |
Country Code |
O |
Please type Country name (in English). Then select the appropriate country from the drop down list. It will be automatically converted into Country Code as defined in ISO 3166-1: Alpha-3 (three-letter) |
Drop down List |
5 |
Sub CPO ID |
O |
Please type the Sub CPO ID, drop down list of all Sub CPO which are registered on HBS appears. Select appropriate Sub CPO. |
Drop down List |
6 |
Price per Reference Unit* |
M |
In this field you can define the price, which is charged per reference unit per charging session Requirements: Positive integer number, not more than 3 digit decimals. Kindly note, if you want to use only “Price Per Session” field then add “Price per Reference Unit” as zero. |
Positive Integer with maximum 3 decimal digit. For eg 0.001 |
7 |
Reference Unit* |
M |
Standard Units for pricing the Product can be defined in this field. The Units that can be defined are “Minute” or “kWh” |
Drop down List |
8 |
Price Per Session* |
M |
One time fee for each valid charging session. It can be also used in combination of STD prices defined before. For various examples refer to use cases on this page Kindly note, if you want to use only “Price per Reference Unit” field then add “Price Per Session” as zero. |
Positive Integer or 3 digit decimal number. For eg 0.001 |
9 |
Currency* |
M |
List of different currencies. By default the currency is been set to Euro |
Drop down List |
10 |
Charging Session Validity (Min) |
O |
A Charging Session is a duration in which the electric vehicle is successfully connected to a Charge Point (charging or plugged in). Below you can configure the validity of a Charging session by adding minimum Session Duration (in Minutes) and minimum Energy consumption (in kWh). Only valid charging sessions can be charged/invoiced to the EMP. By default these fields are set to “0”. Charging Session Validity (Min) and Charging Session Validity (kWh) are always used together to evaluate the validity of a charging session. Examples
2. If Charging Session Validity (Min) = 1 and Charging Session Validity (kWh) = 0.1
3. If Charging Session Validity (Min) = 2 and Charging Session Validity (kWh) = 0.2
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Positive Integer. For eg 1, 2…etc |
11 |
Charging Session Validity (kWh) |
O |
Positive Integer or 3 digit decimal number. For eg 0.001 |
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12 |
Comments |
O |
Price information for Product ID mentioned in Comments will not be used for CDRs rating |
String (100 Character) |
Use Cases
Case1: Price per Reference Unit (Minute)
Setting the pricing to Price per Reference Unit, you can charge either per consumed kWh or lasted Minutes.
How can the CDR be rated?
- Extract information about Product ID from “PartnerProductID” field in Charge Detail Record:
Product ID used is "DE-AC_11"
SessionID 6b20b2ab-8a41-49ce-99c5-f49e5e0c12f0 PartnerProductID DE-AC_11 OperatorID DE*CP1 Session Start
Jan 1, 2020 15:30:00 Session End Jan 1, 18:30:00 MeterValue Start
MeterValue End Consumed Energy (kWh)
- Extract Product information from Service Offers.
- Check the Charging Session Validity. Only the CDR with Session duration equal to or greater than 2 minutes AND/OR Consumed energy equal to or greater than 0.1 kWh are valid charging sessions.
Session Duration:
Session End (Jan 1, 18:30:00) - Session Start (Jan 1, 2020 15:30:00) = 180 MinutesEnergy Consumed:
No information.Charging Session Validity Check:
Session Duration (180 Minutes) > 2 Minutes
(As there is no information about Energy Consumed in CDR charging session validity (kWh) cannot apply)The Charging Session is valid based on Session Duration check.
- Calculation of the Price without tax.
Total Price without Tax = (Session End- Session Start) * Price per Minute + Price per Session
= 180 mins * 0.17 €/Minute + 0 = 30.60 €
Case 2: Price per Reference Unit (kWh)
Setting the pricing to Price per Reference Unit, you can charge either per consumed kWh or Minutes spent.
How can be the CDR rated?
- Extract information about Product ID from “PartnerProductID” field in Charge Detail Record:
Product ID used is “FR-AC_3.7”
SessionID 73f10d2f-bf55-4f78-817f-a38d919e8685 PartnerProductID FR-AC_3.7 OperatorID FR*ATP Session Start
Feb 23, 2020 18:30:33 Session End Feb 23, 2020 23:21:15 MeterValue Start
150098.22 MeterValue End 150142.78 Consumed Energy (kWh)
- Extract Product information from Service Offers.
- Check the Charging Session Validity. Only the CDR with Session duration equal to or greater than 2 minutes AND/OR Consumed energy equal to or greater than 0.1 kWh are valid charging sessions.
Session Duration:
Session End (Feb 23, 2020 23:21:15) - Session Start (Feb 23, 2020 18:30:33) = 05:09:18 (Approx. 310 Minutes)Energy Consumed:
Meter End Value (150142.78) - Meter Start Value (150098.22) = 44.56 kWhCharging Session Validity Check:
Session Duration (310 Minutes) > 2 Minutes AND Energy Consumed (44.56 kWh) > 0.1 kWhThe Charging Session is valid based on Session Duration and Consumed Energy check.
- Calculation of the Price without tax.
Total Price without Tax = (Session End- Session Start) * Price per Minute + Price per Session
= 310 mins * 0 €/Minute + 12 = 12 €
Case 3: Combination of Reference Unit & Price per Session
Setting the pricing to Price per Reference Unit, you can charge either per consumed kWh or lasted Minutes.
How can the CDR be rated?
- Extract information about Product ID from “PartnerProductID” field in Charge Detail Record:
Product ID used is “FR-DC_50”
SessionID b53db089-4939-4955-a0ae-3e6b99c4de68 PartnerProductID FR-DC_50 OperatorID FR*ATP Session Start
Dec 12, 2019 18:30:33 Session End Dec 12, 2019 23:21:15 MeterValue Start
720098.05 MeterValue End 720157.97 Consumed Energy (kWh) 59.92
- Extract Product information from Service Offers.
- Check the Charging Session Validity. Only the CDR with Session duration equal to or greater than 2 minutes AND/OR Consumed energy equal to or greater than 0.1 kWh are valid charging sessions.
Session Duration:
Session End (Dec 12, 2019 23:21:15) - Session Start (Dec 12, 2019 18:30:33) = (Approx. 310 Minutes)Energy Consumed:
Meter End Value (720157.97) - Meter Start Value (720098.05) = 59.92 kWhCharging Session Validity Check:
Session Duration (310 Minutes) > 1 Minutes AND Energy Consumed (59.92 kWh) > 0.1 kWhThe Charging Session is valid based on Session Duration and Consumed Energy check.
- Calculation of the Price without tax.
Total Price without Tax = (Session End- Session Start) * Price per kWh + Price per Session
= 59.92 kWh * 0.255 €/kWh + 10 = 25.28 €
- Extract information about Product ID from “PartnerProductID” field in Charge Detail Record: