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# External Billing Attributes

| Name | Type | Description |
| - | - | - |
| object | string | Value is “ExternalBilling” |
| vid | string | A Globally Unique Identifier (GUID) for this object. This field is created by Subscribe. |
| bill\_receiver | string | The payment provider. In this case the payment provider is one of the Amdocs Billing systems.—CES, Ensemble, or Optima. *Currently CES is the only billing system implemented in the integration.* |
| payment\_channel | string | The customer paymentChannelId in the billing system. Best practice is to set this the same as the [Payment Method](Payment_Methods) **id**. |
| financial\_account | string | The customer financial account ID in the billing system. |

**Parent topic:**[External Billing](../topics/External_Billing)


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