# Automatic Line Item Formatting ### Overview Line items on invoices follow a predetermined format when generated by the Paigo. In this chapter, we take a deep dive into how line items are constructed in invoices. The line items automatic formatting also applies to the automatic invoices generated by Paigo. Off-cycle invoices with line items manually entered will be not formatted by Paigo. ### Line Item Format Format for line items are determined by properties of dimensions and offerings: * Offering Name * Dimension Name * Consumption Unit * Usage Increment A standard line item follows the following structure: ``` ${Dimension Name} - ${Converted Unit} - ${Offering Name} ``` The element `${Converted Unit}` is automatically determined by Paigo. It is based on the consumption unit and usage increment. For definitions of these two properties, see [product-items](https://docs.paigo.tech/saas-pricing/pricing-basics/product-items "mention"). As a quick example, when the consumption unit is `Byte` and usage increment is `1024`, the converted unit becomes `Kilobyte`. So the invoice will show `Kilobyte` for ease of understand and better user experience. ### More Examples We are providing a more detailed example regarding line item formatting. Assume a SaaS business that wants to bill customers on two dimensions `Queries` and `CPU Hours` for an offering called **Professional Plan**. The dimensions are defined as below. * **Seats** Usage Increment: 1000 and Consumption Unit: Count * **Process Time** Usage Increment: 1 and Consumption Unit: Hour An invoice is generated for the following usage amount: * **Seats** 400,000 Seats * **Process Time** 72 Hours The sample invoice is shown below.

The explanation of line items: * Line item `Seats` is shown in thousands because the usage increment is 1,000. Therefore, the quantity is showing 400, and the line item name is showing as `Seats - Thousand - Professional Plan`. * Line item `CPU Hours` is shown in its original terms `Hour` because the usage increment is 1. ### Unit Conversion Reference Below is a table reference for the different automated conversion units. #### Time Units

Unit	Usage Increment to Next Level
Second	60
Minute	60
Hour	24
Day

#### Data Units

Unit	Usage Increment to Next Level
Byte	1024
Kilobyte	1024
Megabyte	1024
Gigabyte

#### Count-based Units / Custom Units

Unit	Usage Increment to Next Level
The original consumption unit	1000
Thousand	1000
Million	1000
Billion