Purchase Order Process for Transacting Partners - Import Order Mode

In this section you will find a step-by-step walk-through of the order process as a transacting partner. In this example, we will select the Import order mode, which will allow you to import existing external sub-billing accounts to CloudBlue.

1. Log in to the Marketplace, search for the Google Cloud Platform service plan and add it to the cart.

   

2. Click the cart icon to see the purchase details.

   

3. Review the cart details and click Next.

   

4. At this point, you need to select the customer for whom the order will be placed. You can select an existing customer or create a new one. In this case, we will select an existing customer.

   

5. Enter the admin user email account of the entity that will be managing the new GCP account. Then, select the Order Mode: New or Import.

   • New: This mode creates a new sub-billing account. Once it is created, a user can either create a new project or transfer an existing project from another sub-billing account into the new sub-billing account. This order mode creates a new sub-billing account under the Distributor's organization.

   • Import: This option benefits Partners following the 1-Tier distribution model, who have external GCP sub-billing accounts which they wish to import to CloudBlue.

   In this case, we will select the Import mode.

   

6. To proceed with the import of an external sub-billing account, it is necessary to provide the corresponding Google Customer ID and the Entitlement ID.

   Note:
   - The sub-billing account to be imported must exist and be active.
   - Importing a sub-billing account is not possible if the connector is configured to work with multiple billing accounts (see the multi_billing_accounts parameter in the Distributor's guide).

   

7. Select the payment method, review the order details and click Buy.

   

8. Once the order process is completed and the subscription is provisioned, you can go to the Google Cloud Platform console to confirm that the new sub-billing account has been created.

   

9. Finally, you can either create a new project in the Google Cloud Platform console or transfer an existing project from an existing sub-billing account. In this example, we will create a new project in the Google Cloud Platform console and we will select the sub-billing account that was provisioned by the connector.