Understand Backdated Usage for Metered Products

Backdated Usage for metered Products lets you control when usage-based Invoices are issued in Maxio. Instead of issuing Invoices automatically at billing cycle close, you can hold Invoices that include metered usage or Maxio Metered charges in a Pending state for review.

This workflow gives Finance and Accounting teams time to validate usage, reconcile charges, and reduce Invoice corrections before Invoices are sent to Customers.

Backdated Usage for metered Products helps your team:

• Control when usage-based Invoices are issued.
• Reduce billing corrections and rework.
• Validate usage data before Invoices are sent.
• Use the existing Pending Invoice workflow.
• Preserve existing usage collection, rating, and pricing logic.

What invoices are affected

This feature applies only to Invoices that include one or more of the following:

• Metered usage Products
• Maxio Metered Products

Invoices that contain only quantity-based Products are not affected and always issue automatically.

What happens when invoices are held

When enabled, usage-based Invoices can enter the Pending state instead of issuing immediately.

While an Invoice is Pending:

• The Invoice is finalized but not issued.
• Usage, rating, and totals are locked.
• The Invoice must be manually issued by an Admin.

Related information

For step-by-step instructions to enable this feature and manage Pending Invoices, see Configure Backdated Usage.