Nitrobox Glossary
Nitrobox Wording | Description | Example |
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Client | The client is the owner of the Nitrobox license contract, which is the top-level entity in the Nitrobox system and displays the contractual relationship with Nitrobox. | The client "Digital Car Company AG" has a contract with Nitrobox including two licenses (for the two tenants "Charging GmbH" and "Platform GmbH", see below). |
Tenant | The tenant is the technical entity to use the Nitrobox system and represents a legal entity of the client. A client can have several tenants (multi-tenancy) and each tenant needs its own Nitrobox license. | The Digital Car Company AG has two subunits: the "Charging GmbH" and the "Platform GmbH" which monetize different business models with Nitrobox. Each subunit is operated as a separate tenant in the Nitrobox system and therefore, two Nitrobox licenses are necessary. |
Billing Group | Billing groups bundle items from different contracts, orders or business units of a customer. This allows multiple orders and items created under one customer to be invoiced in one document. | |
Business Segment | A business segment is a subunit of the tenant enabling the client to operate different business models, brands etc. under one tenant. A tenant can have multiple business segments, and each business segment can have its own rules, templates, and reports. | The tenant "Platform GmbH" needs various business segments as the company wants to offer e.g.
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Operating Site | The operating site carries the data of the legal entity that is legally required for billing and accounting, such as company name, address, tax number, commercial register number, and directors. A tenant can have multiple operating sites, as a legal entity can have headquarters as well as non-self-sustaining subsidiaries. The operating sites can also be used as data sources for creating document templates (data for headers and footers) and deriving accounting entries and tax rules. | The legal entity Charging GmbH has its headquarters in Hamburg and a non-self-sustaining subsidiary in Berlin. This is operating site 1: This is operating site 2: |
Customer | The customer is the party that enters into a contract with a tenant. Thus, customers are also the tenant's debtors. | Sarah A. signs a contract with the "Charging GmbH" tenant for a electric charging subscription and becomes a customer of the "Charging GmbH". She receives e.g. an invoice each month she has to settle. |
Debtor | The debtor represents the customer from an accounting point of view and is the place where their purchase activity and balance is recorded. | The debtor "Sarah A." displays Sarah's purchase activitiy in billing documents and lists outstanding receivables, payments and the balance. |
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