User manuals

Collection plans details

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Overview of Collection Plan details

When a user clicks on a Collection Plan from the listing page, they are redirected to a dedicated details page that provides a full view of the dunning lifecycle associated with the selected customer or invoice.

This page presents:

  • The paying account link allows direct access to its detail page (in Dunning Customer mode).

  • The invoice link allows direct access to the invoice detail page (in Dunning Invoice mode).

  • The billing account link allows direct access to its detail page (in Dunning Invoice mode).

  • All instantiated levels of the dunning policy.

  • Associated actions (email, letter, call, script, etc.) for each level.

  • Execution status and planned dates for both levels and actions.

✏️ Level Controls

Each dunning level represents a stage in the recovery process. For each level, the following actions are available:

  • Edit Level: Change the execution date.

  • Delete Level: Permanently remove the level and all associated actions.

  • Add New Level: Insert a custom level into the collection plan if needed.

💡 This is useful for dynamic cases where additional intervention steps are required beyond the original policy design.

⚙️ Action Controls

Each action corresponds to a task to be performed (automatically or manually) at a given level. For each action, the following operations can be performed:

  • Edit Action: Modify action parameters, such as action result, status, or assigned users.

  • Delete Action: Remove an action from the level.

  • Execute Action (Manual Actions Only): Launch the action immediately, for example:

    • Validate a phone call

    • 📩 Send an email

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    • 🧾 Generate a letter

    • 🔁 Retry a failed payment

    • 🖥️ Run a script

⚙️ Actions Available (via Actions menu)

You can interact with each collection plan directly from the list view using the action menu. The following actions are supported:

⛔ STOP Collection Plan

Purpose: Permanently terminate a collection plan.

  • All non-executed levels and actions are marked as IGNORED.

  • The CP is moved to a final status: STOPPED.

  • No further actions or status changes are allowed on this CP.

  • Typical use cases:

    • Manual override by the dunning manager.

    • Customer issue resolved outside of system workflow.

🟠 Once stopped, the CP cannot be resumed or edited.

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⏸️ PAUSE Collection Plan

Purpose: Temporarily suspend the execution of a CP.

  • The user selects a resume date.

  • All remaining levels and actions are postponed by the duration of the pause.

  • While paused:

    • The CP enters PAUSED status.

    • No actions can be executed (manually or automatically).

  • The pause ensures sensitive cases can be held without losing scheduling accuracy.

🔄 Execution resumes via user action or the ResumeDunningCollectionPlan_Job.

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▶️ RESUME Collection Plan

Purpose: Restart a paused collection plan.

  • Execution dates of all pending levels and actions are recalculated from the resume date.

  • If resumed before the scheduled resume date:

    • Execution starts from current date.

    • All remaining levels/actions are shifted accordingly.

  • The CP re-enters ONGOING status.

✅ Ideal for re-engaging with the customer once the pause reason has been resolved.

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🔁 SWITCH Collection Plan

Purpose: Replace the current policy with a different dunning policy.

  • The user selects:

    • A new dunning policy.

    • A start level within the new policy.

  • Once confirmed:

    • The current CP is stopped, and its remaining levels/actions are ignored.

    • A new CP is created using the selected policy and level.

  • This allows adapting the dunning strategy mid-course:

    • Escalating to a more aggressive policy.

    • Switching to a softer approach for VIP customers.

⚙️ This action provides strategic flexibility without losing historical traceability.

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✅ Summary Table of Actions

Action

Description

Resulting Status

Notes

STOP

Ends the CP permanently and ignores all remaining steps

STOPPED (final)

Cannot be resumed

PAUSE

Freezes the CP temporarily until a chosen resume date

PAUSED

All pending steps postponed by the pause duration

RESUME

Reactivates a paused CP and recalculates all remaining execution dates

ONGOING

Can be triggered manually or by scheduled job

SWITCH

Ends current CP and starts a new one using a different policy and start step

OLD = STOPPED / NEW = ONGOING

Keeps full audit history & improves policy agility