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License Change Logs (LCL) are central to the way Work 365 functions; they are used as a form of audit for all the license changes requested by the customer and are central to the way invoicing works. Having issues with the LCLs will affect invoicing.

License Change Logs should not be deleted and/or modified unless there are specific manual adjustments that need to made to a client’s subscription. However, at ALL times, the sum of all LCL quantities must match the parent Subscription quantity.

Finding out if you have an issue

License ChangeLogs are generated by the system and in most cases do not require any further action (other than change Provisioning Status for Manual providers). However, there may be instances where someone might have accidentally deleted the change logs or errors in a failed installation.

Run the “License Change Log Mismatch Report” to view a list of subscriptions where the LCLs are out of sync. (Work 365 > Reports > (License Change Log Mismatch)

If the “License Change Log Mismatch Report” shows data, then action must be taken asap to fix those issues. The immediate next step would be to fix subscriptions where the issues have occurred, followed by addressing the root cause of the issue, to prevent further issues.

Fixing the Subscriptions

The objective of this exercise is to maintain a correct audit history of subscription changes and ensure the integrity of Work 365 subscription data.  At the end of this exercise, the quantity of subscription should be equal to the sum of the quantity of LCL’s it – the “License Change Log Mismatch Report” should not display any data.

You’ll need to add a record for each change that the customer has requested. If this information isn’t available, add as much detail as you can; noting that the final sum of LCL quantities should match the parent subscription quantity. For each change that needs to be logged, follow the procedure below.

  1. Open the subscription record where the issue has been reported
  2. Click on the “+” on the “Licence Change Log” subgrid.
  3. Fill in the values as below
Field

Value
Comments
Name

[same as subscription]
 
Subscription

[unchanged]

This should be auto-populated. Do not change!
Provisioning Status
  • Not Applicable – for subscriptions associated with a “Do Nothing Provider” type.
  • Awaiting Provisioning – if the change is not yet provisioned
  • Provisioned – if the change was already provisioned.
  
Invoice
  • If this change was already invoiced, select the appropriate invoice where this change was invoiced.
  • If this change is yet to be invoiced, leave blank.
  
Status Reason
  • Archived: Indicates the LCL has already been invoiced and marked as archived.
  • Active: The LCL status has not yet been invoiced.
 
Effective Date

If this is the first LCL, then set the Effective Date to the effective date of the parent subscription; otherwise, set it to when the change was requested by the customer.
 
Quantity

If the report indicates the total sum of LCLs are less then the total quantity on the subscription, the quantity of the new LCL needs to make up the difference. See the report example below.

If the report indicates the total sum of the LCLs is more than the total quantity on the subscription, the quantity of the new LCL needs to reduce the count to subtract the difference. See the report example below.

(ie. subscription quantity is 10 and LCL sum is 6, then the added LCL should have a quantity of 4 to make up the difference). 

(ie. subscription quantity is 10 and LCL sum is 16, then the added LCL should have a quantity of -4 to subtract the difference).

Subscription

Event
  • Create – if this is the first LCL record.
  • Update – If this is not the first LCL record.
  

Unit Selling

Price

 The unit selling price at which the customer is charged  

Unit Cost

Price

  The unit cost price a Partner incurs on the subscription.  

Order

Reference

 Reference of the order (if any) that resulted in this change.  
 

 

Sub Qty. > LCL Qty.

LCL Qty > Sub Qty