A renewable offer grants a resource for a fixed period, such as one month. Once the resource is consumed, it automatically renews according to predefined settings, provided that automatic renewals are enabled in the PDC. For more information, see "Automatically Renewing Granted Allowances" in PDC Creating Product Offerings.

ECE manages the automatic renewal of granted allowances using the following process:

1. PDC shares the validity of renewalResource and replicates it across other impacts for renewable tiers.

2. When you create the pricing tier in PDC, ensure that each tier is set to renew automatically. See “Automatically Renewing Granted Allowances” in PDC Online Help and “Configuring the Automatic Renewal of Allowances" in PDC Creating Product Offerings for more information.

3. When a customer purchases a package that includes an automatically renewable allowance, ECE creates a tracker balance for the current cycle. This tracker balance includes the following:

   • The granted amount: This is the amount the user must consume before receiving a new allowance, such as 10 GB.

   • The renewal tracker amount: This indicates the number of times the allowance can be granted to the customer, such as three times.

4. During the charging process, ECE checks if the following conditions apply:

   • The allowance is configured for automatic renewal.

   • The customer consumed the granted amount during the session.

   • The allowance can be granted to the customer again.

5. If all are true, ECE automatically renews the granted allowance to the customer.

   Note:

   When a customer consumes the maximum amount at the end of a session, ECE does not grant a new allowance during the session. Instead, it grants the allowance at the start of the next session.

   For example, ECE grants 10 MB of data if a user's consumption exceeds 1 GB in a day. If the user's consumption is 2 GB, ECE grants 10 MB of data. The 1 GB consumption is a one-time threshold for the day and is not applicable every time 1 GB is consumed.