Setting Upgrade Options

To provide resellers the option to upgrade a subscription, you must first set the products which can be upgraded to.

Select Upgrade options in the product overview.

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This will display a pop-up window where the upgrade products can be defined. Select the products that can be upgraded to from the current product and then select Add to set them as upgrade options.

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For example, if a product has multiple upgrade tiers, only the higher tiers must be set as upgrade options for each product.

Setting Downgrade Options

The BSS automatically creates a downgrade relation when an upgrade option is set. For example, if Product B has been set as an upgrade of Product A, then Product A will automatically be set as a downgrade for Product B.

Product Upgrade and Downgrade Paths

An upgrade path is created when one or more products is set to be an upgrade of another product. The path formed from products to their respective upgrades may be linear, or as complex as required, depending on the upgrade options set for each product.

For example:

Customers who own product A may follow either of the upgrade paths:

• A→B→D

• A→C

Customers who own product B may follow this upgrade path :

• B→D

Full Upgrade via Storefront

A full upgrade refers to the upgrade of all the licenses of a subscription. Resellers can upgrade their subscription via the Storefront automatically. In subscription view, select I WANT TO… and then Upgrade the subscription.

The Subscription Upgrade pop-up window displays all the available upgrade options.

Select the product to upgrade to, and then select the Checkout button. This will take you to the basket page where you can proceed with the purchase.

When the checkout is complete, the upgraded product will be provisioned to the reseller automatically.

The following example is of a subscription to Product A receiving a full upgrade to Product B:

Partial Upgrade via Storefront

To upgrade a selected number of licenses via the Storefront, select the subscription, and specify the number of licenses before selecting CHECKOUT.

In case of a partial upgrade, a new subscription is created for the new product, and the quantity is updated for the old product. A debit invoice is then issued for the new subscription, with a new cycle, which begins on the date of the upgrade. Additionally, a credit invoice is issued for the remaining days of the cycle of the old subscription with the previous product.

The following example is of a subscription to Product A receiving a partial upgrade to Product B:

Full Upgrade via BSS

Upgrade a reseller’s subscription to any of the upgrade options set for it by selecting Upgrade in the Shortcuts menu in the subscription view.

A pop-up window displays all the available upgrade options. Select one of the products and then select Upgrade.

In the next pop-up, specify the date when the upgrade should take effect, and select Save. The product will be provisioned to the reseller automatically.

Partial Upgrade via BSS

To upgrade/downgrade a selected number of licenses via the BSS, specify the quantity before selecting Upgrade or Downgrade.

Downgrade via Storefront

To downgrade a subscription via the Storefront, either fully or partially, select I WANT TO… and then Downgrade the subscription. The experience is identical to that of upgrading.

Managing Downgrade Requests

If Automatic execution of downgrade requests has not been enabled in the BSS, a pop-up confirms the submission of the request, which is sent to the BSS for approval.

To manage a downgrade request, in the BSS go to Billing → Subscriptions and select the subscription.

On the subscription page, a ribbon shows that there is an active subscription downgrade request. Select View request.

A pop-up window contains all the details of the downgrade request:

• Submitted by - The storefront user (reseller) who made the request

• Submission Date - The date and time that the downgrade request was created

• Downgrade - The product the reseller wants to downgrade to

• Downgrade Instructions - The extra information that the reseller included in their request

• Send Confirmation Email - If this is enabled, one of the related system notifications will be sent to the reseller, informing them of the result of their request.

In the next pop-up, specify the date when the upgrade should take effect, and select Save. The product will be provisioned to the reseller automatically and a Downgrade Request Completed notification email will be sent.

Downgrade via BSS

Downgrade a reseller’s subscription to any downgrade option by selecting Downgrade in the Shortcuts menu in the subscription view. The process is identical to Upgrading.

To downgrade a selected number of licenses via the BSS, specify the quantity before selecting Downgrade.

Email Notifications for Upgrade/ Downgrade Requests

When a downgrade request or a subscription upgrade is created in the Storefront by a reseller, a system notification email is sent automatically to the recipients you have set. 

All the available system notifications related to the downgrade request or subscription upgrade, can be found under BSS → Setup → Administration → Notifications → Customer Notifications → Subscriptions.

The available notifications are the following:

• 1. Downgrade Request - Sent to the customer's account manager when a customer has submitted a downgrade request.

• 4. Downgrade Request Completed - Sent to the customer when the downgrade request they have submitted has been completed

• 7. Downgrade Request Cancelled - Sent internally when a customer cancels their downgrade request

• Subscription Upgrade - Sent when a subscription is upgraded

Price Protection & Upgrades

Price Protection will remain as set for the initial subscription.

Upon renewal, the subscription will inherit the proration and price protection options of the upgraded product.

Please see the table below, which shows all possible scenarios with examples:

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