Revenue object data model

The following diagram is a high-level view of how key data objects are related to one another within Zuora Revenue.

Revenue objects and descriptions

The following objects are present in the data model. Click the name of each object for more details.

REVENUECALENDAR : Contains the details of the accounting calendar that are configured in Zuora Revenue.

REVENUECONTRACT : Contains the details of distinct revenue contracts (RC) based on the defined RC grouping template.

REVENUECONTRACTACCOUNTINGENTRIES : Contains the accounting entries / journal entries of every transaction based on its performance obligation template.

REVENUECONTRACTACCOUNTINGSEGMENTS : Contains the Accounting segments details for deferring and releasing segments of every accounting entry.

REVENUECONTRACTACCOUNTINGTYPE : Contains the accounting type details of every Accounting entries.

REVENUECONTRACTACTIONS : Contains the details of every revenue contract POB's release and deferral actions thats are taken by both the system and manual operation.

REVENUECONTRACTAPPROVALS : Contains the details of revenue contract approvals and their history.

REVENUECONTRACTBILLSDIMENSIONS : Contains the billing transaction dimensional details, which include transaction types such as INV, CM, CM-R, CM-C, CM-RO, and RORD.

REVENUECONTRACTBILLSFACTS : Contains the billing transaction fact, which includes transaction types such as INV, CM, CM-R, CM-C, CM-RO, and RORD.

REVENUECONTRACTCOSTDIMENSIONS : Contains the cost transaction dimensional details of both standard standard and user-defined cost.

REVENUECONTRACTCOSTFACTS : Contains the cost transaction fact, which includes both standard and user-defined costs.

REVENUECONTRACTHOLDS : Contains the details of revenue contract hold at all the line level, POB level, and Revenue Contract level.

REVENUECONTRACTLINESDIMENSIONS : Contains the sales order transaction dimensional details.

REVENUECONTRACTLINESFACTS : Contains the sales order transaction fact details.

REVENUECONTRACTMJENTRIESDIMENSIONS : Contains the manual journal transaction dimensional details.

REVENUECONTRACTMJENTRIESFACTS : Contains the Manual journal transaction fact details.

REVENUECONTRACTVCDIMENSIONS : Contains the variable consideration (VC) transaction dimensional details of both standard and user-defined VC.

REVENUECONTRACTVCFACTS : Contains the variable consideration transaction fact, which includes both standard and user-defined VC.

REVENUEPERIODS : Contains the open period details.

REVENUECONTRACTNETTINGSTATUS : Contains period-wise contract's asset/liability position of the revenue contract. This is applicable if you are using CA/CL Netting in Zuora Revenue.

REVENUEACCOUNTINGSUMMARY - This object provides the calculated fields such as the opening balance, additions, releases, activity, and ending balances for the various schedule types & account segment values. The balances are maintained period-wise at a Revenue Contract line level. With this object, you can easily create revenue reports in the data warehouse.

RCROLLFORWARDDETAILS - Use this object to access the Roll forward report directly from your data warehouse.

Chronology

RevenueContractMJEEntriesFacts — We have added the below fields:

Until now, the manual journal (MJE) accounting schedules were represented as single-sided (debit) entries that displayed the amount as positive and negative amounts, as shown below.

Starting from this release, note that the MJE accounting schedules will be represented as double-sided entries with debits and credits as shown below.

Creating views based on the data model

The following sample queries show how to create the views that are required for building any use case-specific reports or analytical dashboards.

Line level transactional report sample query

The following sample query shows how to get the line-level transactional report with limited fields including the booking, billing, and accounting details. You can customize the query to add any number of attributes to the line level transaction report.

SELECT 
  rcld.revenuecontractlineid, 
  rcld.revenueorganizationname, 
  rcld.revenuebookname, 
  rcld.revenuecontractid, 
  rcld.salesordernumber, 
  rcld.salesorderlinenumber, 
  rcld.itemnumber, 
  rcld.customernumber, 
  rcld.productcategory, 
  rcld.productfamily, 
  rcld.businessunit, 
  SUM(rclf.extendedsellprice) extendedsellprice, 
  SUM(rclf.carveadjustment) carveadjustment, 
  SUM(rclf.allocatedextendedprice) allocatedextendedprice, 
  SUM(rclf.unreleasedrevenue) unreleasedrevenue,
  SUM(rclf.releasedrevenue) releasedrevenue,
  SUM(rcbf.billingextendedsellprice) billingextendedseliprice, 
  SUM(rcbf.billingdeferedamount) billingunreleasedrevenue, 
  SUM(rcbf.billingrecognizedamount) billingreleasedrevenue, 
  SUM(rcae.transactioncreditamount) transactionalnetrevenue, 
  SUM(rcae.transactionbilledcreditamount) transactionalbilledrevenue, 
  SUM(rcae.transactionunbilledcreditamount) transactionalunbilledrevenue, 
  SUM(rcae.transactioncarveadjustmentamount) transactionaladjustmentrevenue 
FROM RevenueContractLinesDimensions rcld, 
     RevenueContractLinesFacts rclf, 
     (SELECT /* Billings details */
      rcbf.revenuecontractlineid, 
      rcbf.revenueorganizationcode, 
      rcbf.revenueclientid, 
      rcbf.revenuebookid, 
      SUM(rcbf.billingextendedsellprice) billingextendedsellprice, 
      SUM(rcbf.deferedamount) billingdeferedamount, 
      SUM(rcbf.recognizedamount) billingrecognizedamount 
      FROM RevenueContractBillsFacts rcbf 
      GROUP BY 
      rcbf.revenuecontractlineid, 
      rcbf.revenueorganizationcode, 
      rcbf.revenueclientid, 
      rcbf.revenuebookid) rcbf, 
     (SELECT /* Revenue Accounting details */
      revenuecontractlineid, 
      revenueorganizationcode, 
      revenueclientid, 
      revenuebookid, 
      SUM(transactioncreditamount) transactioncreditamount,
      SUM(CASE WHEN accountingtypeid = 'R' AND unbilled_flag = 'N' THEN transactioncreditamount ELSE 0 END) transactionbilledcreditamount,
      SUM(CASE WHEN accountingtypeid = 'R' AND unbilled_flag = 'Y' THEN transactioncreditamount ELSE 0 END) transactionunbilledcreditamount,
      SUM(CASE WHEN accountingtypeid = 'X' THEN transactioncreditamount ELSE 0 END) transactioncarveadjustmentamount
      FROM RevenueContractAccountingEntries 
      WHERE accountingtypeid IN (SELECT revenueaccounttypeid 
                                 FROM RevenueContractAccountingType 
                                 WHERE wf_summ_type = 'Net Revenue') 
      GROUP BY 
      revenuecontractlineid, 
      revenueorganizationcode, 
      revenueclientid, 
      revenuebookid) rcae 
WHERE 
  rcld.revenuecontractlineid = rclf.revenuecontractlineid 
  AND rcld.revenueorganizationcode = rclf.revenueorganizationcode 
  AND rcld.revenueclientid = rclf.revenueclientid 
  AND rcld.revenuebookid = rclf.revenuebookid 
  AND rcld.revenuecontractlineid = rcbf.revenuecontractlineid (+) 
  AND rcld.revenueorganizationcode = rcbf.revenueorganizationcode (+) 
  AND rcld.revenueclientid = rcbf.revenueclientid (+) 
  AND rcld.revenuebookid = rcbf.revenuebookid (+) 
  AND rcae.revenuecontractlineid (+) = rcld.revenuecontractlineid 
  AND rcae.revenueorganizationcode (+) = rcld.revenueorganizationcode 
  AND rcae.revenueclientid (+) = rcld.revenueclientid 
  AND rcae.revenuebookid (+) = rcld.revenuebookid 
GROUP BY 
  rcld.revenuecontractlineid, 
  rcld.revenueorganizationname, 
  rcld.revenuebookname, 
  rcld.revenuecontractid, 
  rcld.salesordernumber, 
  rcld.salesorderlinenumber, 
  rcld.itemnumber, 
  rcld.customernumber, 
  rcld.productcategory, 
  rcld.productfamily, 
  rcld.businessunit;

Waterfall sample query

The following sample query shows how to get the waterfall report.

SELECT C.ACCOUNTINGPERIODID AS ASOFPERIODID,
       S.REVENUESCHEDULEID ,
       S.REVENUECONTRACTLINEID,
       S.ROOTREVENUECONTRACTLINEID,
       S.SCHEDULEDPERIODID,
       S.POSTINGPERIODID,
       S.REVENUEORGANIZATIONCODE,
       S.REVENUEBOOKID,
       S.REVENUECLIENTID,
       S.ACCOUNTINGSEGMENT,
       S.ACCOUNTINGTYPEID,
       S.NETTING_ENTRY_FLAG,
       S.SCHD_TYPE_FLAG,
       (S.TRANSACTIONDEBITAMOUNT + S.TRANSACTIONCREDITAMOUNT) AS TACTIVITY,
       (S.FUNCTIONALDEBITAMOUNT + S.FUNCTIONALCREDITAMOUNT) AS FACTIVITY,
       (S.REPORTINGDEBITAMOUNT + S.REPORTINGCREDITAMOUNT) AS RACTIVITY,
       S.CREATEDACCOUNTINGPERIOD,
       S.CREATEDDATE,
       S.CREATEDBY,
       S.UPDATEDDATE,
       S.UPDATEBY,
       S.INCREMENTALREFESHDATE
  FROM REVENUECONTRACTACCOUNTINGENTRIES S,
       REVENUECALENDAR C,
       REVENUECONTRACTACCOUNTINGTYPE A
 WHERE S.CREATEDACCOUNTINGPERIOD <= C.ACCOUNTINGPERIODID 
   AND S.SCHEDULEDPERIODID >= C.ACCOUNTINGPERIODID
   AND S.ACCOUNTINGTYPEID = A.REVENUEACCOUNTTYPEID
   AND A.WATERFALL_FLAG = 'Y'
   and C.ACCOUNTINGPERIODNAME = '<PERIOD NAME>';