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# Working with Parent/Child Accounts

You can create *Child Accounts* for a main or *Parent Account* in m3ter. You might want to do this if your Organization has end customers with multiple Accounts and instead of issuing multiple Bills to the end customer, you want to provide them with a Bill for a single Parent Account that pools usage data across multiple Child Accounts.

How Bills are calculated and compiled for Parent/Child Accounts depends upon:

* The *Account Plan location* - whether it is on the Parent or Child Accounts.
* The *billing mode settings* you use when you attach a priced Plan to Parent/Child Accounts to create Account Plans for the Accounts.

For more details on the configuration options available for controlling billing for Parent/Child Accounts, see [Billing Hierarchy Modes for Parent/Child Accounts](/guides/end-customer-accounts/creating-and-working-with-child-accounts/billing-for-parent-child-accounts).

This topic explains how to create a Child Account and how to review and work with Child Accounts and their Parent Accounts in the Console:

* [Creating Child Accounts](/guides/end-customer-accounts/creating-and-working-with-child-accounts#creating-child-accounts)
* [Reviewing Parent/Child Accounts](/guides/end-customer-accounts/creating-and-working-with-child-accounts#reviewing-parentchild-accounts)
* [Recalculating and Running Billing for Parent/Child Accounts](/guides/end-customer-accounts/creating-and-working-with-child-accounts#recalculating-and-running-billing-for-parentchild-accounts)

<Warning>
  **Important!**

  * **Parent/Child billing for Recurring Charges not supported**. If you price a Plan using a Counter to apply unit-based pricing for recurring subscription charges and attach the Plan to Parent or Child Accounts, Parent/Child billing is not supported for the recurring charges.
  * **Limit on Child Accounts.** A Parent Account can have a maximum of 999 Child Accounts.
  * **Grandparent Account Creation is Blocked.** To prevent circular reference, if you try to create a Parent for an Account that has a Child Account, the request will be blocked.
</Warning>

## Creating Child Accounts

You can define an Account as a Child Account either when you first create it or by updating an existing Account. See [Creating and Managing Accounts](/guides/end-customer-accounts/creating-an-account).

## Reviewing Parent/Child Accounts

When you have created a Parent Account for one or more Child Accounts, you can go to the *Account Overview* page of the Parent Account and review its Child Accounts.

<Tip>
  **Tip: Is an Account a Child or a Parent?** If you want to check whether or not an Account is linked to another Account as Child or Parent, then open the Account - only Parent Accounts or Accounts that have *not been designated* as **Child Accounts** will have a **Child Accounts** tab.
</Tip>

**To review Child Accounts:**

1. Select **Accounts**. The **Accounts** page opens.
2. Select the **Name** text of the Parent Account. The **Account** page opens with the **Overview** tab selected.
3. Select the **Child accounts** tab. The **Child accounts** panel lists any Accounts that are defined as children:

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/m3ter/SdDv9oj-Va1Koc1o/images/1761297764-childacct19b.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=SdDv9oj-Va1Koc1o&q=85&s=6297ad63dd0c7660bd175db09e4f2b38" style={{ maxWidth: 'min(800px, 100%)' }} width="1112" height="375" data-path="images/1761297764-childacct19b.png" />

4. If you want to review the details of a Child Account, select its **Name** text. The Account page for the selected Child Account opens with the **Overview** tab selected and you can review any **Bills**, **Prepayments**, **Plans**, or **Contracts** for the Child Account:

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/m3ter/SdDv9oj-Va1Koc1o/images/1761298065-childacct21c.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=SdDv9oj-Va1Koc1o&q=85&s=51437037b4571067871b862b3e49b220" style={{ maxWidth: 'min(950px, 100%)' }} width="1435" height="702" data-path="images/1761298065-childacct21c.png" />

<Tip>
  **Tip: Child Accounts don't have Child Accounts tab?** Since a Child Account cannot also be a Parent Account, the Child Account page doesn't carry a **Child Accounts** tab.
</Tip>

5. If you want to return to the Parent Account, on the **Account details** panel, select the hotlink text under **Parent account**. You are returned to the Parent **Account** page.
6. If you want to remove the Child Account from the Parent Account, select **Remove child account**. You'll receive a confirmation message that the Child has been removed.
7. If you want to review the details of any of the Parent Account's other Child Accounts, repeat steps 4 and 5.

## Recalculating and Running Billing for Parent/Child Accounts

<Warning>
  **Warning: Billing does not run for Child Accounts separately!**

  * **Recalculating Parent/Child Account Bills:** Only when you recalculate a Parent Account will its Child Accounts be recalculated. See [Reviewing and Recalculating Bills for an Account](/guides/end-customer-accounts/reviewing-bills-for-an-account).
  * **Running billing for Parent/Child Accounts:** Only when you run billing for a Parent Account will billing run for its Child Accounts. See [Running Bills Manually](/guides/billing-and-usage-data/running-viewing-and-managing-bills/running-bills-and-viewing-bill-details#running-bills-manually).
</Warning>