What's New
The tables below describe the functions released in each Billing Center version and corresponding documentation updates. New features will be successively launched in each region.
June 2024
No. |
Feature |
Description |
Phase |
Document |
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1 |
Automatic Order Cancellation Is Optimized |
Huawei Cloud will automatically cancel an order if it cannot be paid in one of the following scenarios.
Customers can view the reasons in the prompts of their canceled orders. |
Commercial use |
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2 |
Rule of Calculating the Fixed Price for Specification Upgrade Is Optimized |
The new rule is as follows: Specification upgrade fee = (Price of the new configuration x Remaining duration – Price of the old configuration x Remaining duration) x (Fixed price of the new configuration/List price with the same subscription term) |
Commercial use |
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3 |
Resource Filtering Is Optimized on the Renewals Page |
On the Renewals page, the two filtering items, renewal status and expiration time, are combined, and the number of resources in each status is displayed. |
Commercial use |
May 2024
No. |
Feature |
Description |
Phase |
Document |
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1 |
Billing Mode Can Be Changed to Pay-per-Use and Specifications Can Be Downgraded for Invoiced Resources |
Customers can change the billing mode of the Huawei Cloud products to Pay-per-Use or downgrade their specifications, although invoices have been issued for these products. |
Commercial use |
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2 |
Auto-Renewal Period Keeps the Same as Manual Renewal Period |
On Renewals of Orders in the Billing Center:
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Commercial use |
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3 |
Latest News Are Added to the Overview Page in the Billing Center |
Latest News is added to the Overview page of the Billing Center to display the latest announcements. Customers can click the > icon to go to What's New to view all announcements. |
Commercial use |
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4 |
Optimizations Have Been Made on the Export Function of the Resource Packages Page |
On the Resource Packages page of the Billing Center, after a customer clicks Export, the Export dialog box is displayed. In the dialog box, a message is added. |
Commercial use |
April 2024
No. |
Feature |
Description |
Phase |
Document |
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1 |
Default Auto-Renewal Period of Resource Packages Is Adjusted |
When a customer purchases a resource package with auto-renewal enabled, the auto-renewal period is equal to the minimum subscription term of the product, 1 month for monthly product or 1 year for yearly product generally. |
Commercial use |
March 2024
No. |
Feature |
Description |
Phase |
Document |
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1 |
Operation Prompts Are Added to Resources for Which Change to Pay-per-Use Upon Expiration or Cancel Renewal Upon Expiration Is Configured |
When customers renew or change the resources for which Change to Pay-per-Use Upon Expiration or Cancel Renewal Upon Expiration is configured, the Billing Center displays prompts like "You have configured Cancel Renewal for the following resources. To renew them, Enable Manual Renewal." or "The billing mode of the following resources will be changed to pay-per-use after X days." |
Commercial use |
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2 |
Area of Entering a Sales Personnel Account Is Removed from the Renewals Page for KooGallery Products |
The area of Enter a sales personnel account is not displayed on the Renewal page for KooGallery products. |
Commercial use |
-- |
February 2024
No. |
Feature |
Description |
Phase |
Document |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Resource Information Cannot Be Updated to the Historical Yearly/Monthly Product Orders |
For a yearly/monthly product, if a customer updates the resource name and resource tag on the cloud service console, the new name and tag will not be updated to the resources which have expired in the bill. Example:
Result:
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Commercial use |
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2 |
Optimizations Have Been Made on Setting a Renewal Date |
On Renewals of Orders in the Billing Center: On the Manual Renewals and Auto Renewals tab page, Set Renewal Date is grayed out if no resource is selected. After customers select resources and click Renewal Date. The Renewal Date page is displayed. Customers can click |
Commercial use |
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3 |
Start Time and End Time of Resources in Order Details Are Optimized |
On Orders in the Billing Center: The start time and end time of the resources in the orders cannot be displayed until the orders are complete. The orders include those for new purchase, changing the billing mode from pay-per-use to yearly/month, adding sub-resources, and trial use. |
Commercial use |
January 2024
No. |
Feature |
Description |
Phase |
Document |
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1 |
Unpaid Orders Page Displays 30 Orders By Default |
The Unpaid Orders page displays 30 orders by default, and customers can select all 30 orders on the page for combined payment. |
Commercial use |
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2 |
Messages Are Added Indicating That the Coupons Are Not Returned In Some Scenarios |
Coupons will not be returned when customers unsubscribe from resources in use, downgrade specifications, and change the billing mode immediately to pay-per-use.
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Commercial use |
Unsubscribing from In-Use Resources Changing the Billing Mode From Yearly/Monthly to Pay-per-Use Immediately |
3 |
Renewal Reminders Are Optimized |
Renewal notifications will not be sent for auto-renewed resources. If a resource enters the grace period or retention period after the automatical renewal failed due to insufficient account balance, the system continues to send renewal notifications. |
Commercial use |
-- |
November 2023
No. |
Feature |
Description |
Phase |
Document |
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1 |
Failed Resources and Failure Reasons Are Listed in Batch Operations, and the Details of Failed Resources Can Be Exported |
On My Orders of Orders on the Billing Center. When a customer combines orders to pay in a batch, a dialog box is displayed, listing the orders that cannot be operated if there are any. On Renewals of Orders in the Billing Center: When a customer performs the operations in a batch (such as enabling auto-renewal, changing the billing mode to pay-per-use upon expiration, and stopping renewal upon expiration), a dialog box is displayed, listing the resources that cannot be operated and their failure reasons if there are any. In addition, the listed data can be exported. |
Commercial use |
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2 |
Recommendations on the Renewal Duration of Expired Resources Are Provided |
If a resource has expired less than 15 days, the customer will be recommended to renew the resources for one more month. |
Commercial use |
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3 |
Validity Period Is Optimized to Show the Detailed Processing Policy Upon Expiration |
On the Renewal or Unsubscriptions page of the Billing Center: The validity period column is optimized.
|
Commercial use |
-- |
4 |
Service Type Column in the Order List on the Pay Page Is Optimized |
The Service Type/Combination Type column in the order list on the Pay page is renamed Service Type. For a combined order, all service types in the combined order are displayed. |
Commercial use |
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5 |
Order Management and Search Are Optimized |
On My Orders of Orders in the Billing Center:
On Renewals of Orders in the Billing Center:
On My Orders of Orders in the Billing Center:
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Commercial use |
-- |
6 |
Layout of the Renewals Page Is Optimized |
On Renewals of Orders in the Billing Center:
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Commercial use |
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7 |
Unsubscription Type Field on the Unsubscription Page Are Optimized |
The unsubscription type on the pages for unsubscriptions, unsubscription details, and changing the billing mode to pay-per-use are optimized. |
Commercial use |
-- |
8 |
Optimization Has Been Made on the Function of Saving Bills of an Enterprise Master Account to OBS in the Unified Accounting Mode |
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Commercial use |
October 2023
No. |
Feature |
Description |
Phase |
Document |
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1 |
Payer Information Is Added to the Order Details |
On My Orders of Orders on the Billing Center. The payer information is added to the order details page. If the payer of the order is an IAM user, the user information is displayed. |
Commercial use |
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2 |
Functions of Managing and Exporting Orders Pending Payment Are Optimized |
On My Orders of Orders on the Billing Center.
On Renewals of Orders on the Billing Center:
|
Commercial use |
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3 |
Messages Displayed on the Pay Page Are Optimized |
If customers need to pay the bills through bank transfer, Huawei Cloud prompted the customer to contact their account managers, instead of providing the payment guidance to customers. |
Commercial use |
September 2023
No. |
Feature |
Description |
Phase |
Document |
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1 |
Function of Exporting Orders or Exporting Renewed Resources Are Optimized |
The information of orders and renewed resources can be exported by cloud service. In the exported file, the association between instances and sub-resources is displayed. In addition, the export of the earlier version is compatible. On Unpaid Others or My Orders under Orders of the Billing Center: The order information is exported using the new template by default, and a message is displayed on the page, indicating that the order information can be still exported in the old format. On Renewals of Orders on the Billing Center: The renewed resource information is exported in the table, which contains two sheets, one using the new template and the other using the old template, by default. |
Commercial use |
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2 |
User Experience for Renewals Is Optimized |
On Renewals of Orders in the Billing Center:
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Commercial use |
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3 |
Payment Information Is Added to the Order Details |
Payment information is added to the order details page to display the order amount and discount details.The payment channel is displayed in the net amount area in completed orders. |
Commercial use |
-- |
4 |
New Huawei Cloud Visual Style Is Used for the Order Payment and Payment Result Page |
The payment and payment result pages are refreshed in the new Huawei Cloud visual style. |
Commercial use |
-- |
5 |
Messages Displayed for Unsubscriptions Are Optimized |
The messages on the top of the Unsubscriptions page are optimized and changed to:
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Commercial use |
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6 |
Card Adding Page Is Optimized |
1. Partners can add credit cards. 2. The card adding page is optimized. The card display is changed to a credit card list. 3. The card brand is displayed. 4. One of valid credit cards can be set to the default card used for payments. The default card cannot be deleted. To delete the card, change it to a non-default card. All valid cards and expired cards can be edited. |
Commercial use |
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7 |
Rules of Sending Notifications Before Resource Packages Are Optimized |
Commercial use |
-- |
August 2023
No. |
Feature |
Description |
Phase |
Document |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Renewal Is Optimized to Improve User Experience |
On Renewals of Orders on the Billing Center:
On the Renewal Operation page:
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Commercial use |
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2 |
Resource Package Renewal Is Optimized |
On Renewals of Orders on the Billing Center:
On the Renewal Operation page:
|
Commercial use |
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3 |
Intelligent Recommendation Is Added |
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Commercial use |
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4 |
FAQ Is Added to Explain Why the Remaining Resource Is Not Calculated in Real Time |
On the Resource Packages page of the Billing Center, the FAQ "Why is the Remaining Resource Not Calculated in Real Time" is added to the User Guide. |
Commercial use |
July 2023
No. |
Feature |
Description |
Phase |
Document |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Order Management Page Displays the Resource Provisioning/Expiration Time |
|
Commercial use |
-- |
2 |
Coupon Usage Rules Are Optimized |
|
Commercial use |
-- |
3 |
Savings Plans Related Fields Are Added to Bills |
On the Bills page in Billing Center, the following optimizations have been made on the Overview tab:
On the Bills page in Billing Center, the following optimization has been made on the Bill Details tab: The expenditure details of saving plans are displayed, including the upfront fee, recurring fee, and deduction information. |
Commercial use |
June 2023
No. |
Feature |
Description |
Phase |
Document |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Orders of Enterprise Member Accounts Can Be Filtered |
On Unpaid Others or Member Account under Orders of the Billing Center:
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Commercial use |
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