# Creating or Editing a Group Subscription

This screen is used for creating a new Group Subscription, as well as for editing an existing one. The only difference is that when editing an existing subscription, you can only view—not change—the information in the Usage Cycle Configuration section.

## Group Subscription Properties

The Corporate Account and Product Offering you selected in the previous screens (Group Subscriptions and Selecting a Product Offering respectively) are displayed here: to change either of these, hit Cancel and re-select them.

Name/Description: You must enter a name and description for the Group Subscription in the appropriate fields.

Effective Dates: You must enter an effective start date for the Group Subscription: this is the date it will be available. Optionally, you can also enter an end date.

Discount and Aggregate Rates Participation: You can choose to have members share both rates and aggregates (counters), or only rates. For details, see About Group Subscriptions.

## Usage Cycle Configuration

If you're editing an existing Group Subscription, you can only view the billing cycle details. If you're creating a new subscription, you can may be able to configure the cycle in either of two ways:

- Use cycle from corporate account template: choosing this radio button assures that all group subscriptions for a corporate hierarchy use the same billing cycle. While this is certainly the simplest way to configure subscriptions, it is fairly constraining, and is not appropriate for all circumstances. If there is no corporate account template, this choice will be unavailable. See About Account Templates for details on Account Templates.

- Specify Other: depending on the Product Offering, this choice lets you set up a custom billing cycle for this subscription. Under some circumstances, this choice will be unavailable.

For details, see Group Subscription Billing Cycles.