Dup Detector

Mode

Enter what you want the system to do with the duplicated records the system found.

Valid entries:

• Detect: Only detects duplicate usage records and writes a message with the number of duplicate records found to the RateBill Request log.

• Delete: Detects and deletes all duplicated usage records and retains only the original record in the usage file.

• Move: Detects duplicate usage records and moves the extra records to the duplicates data

File Format

Enter the format of the working files used during duplicate detection.

Max Duplicates

Enter the maximum number of duplicate usage records to be detected during one pass before the system stops the detection process.

Files per Merge

Enter the maximum number of duplicate files to merge together. The duplicate detector merges working files into one file to compare the records for duplicates.

Records Per File

Enter the number of records per working file.

Clear Database

Checked: Empties the duplicates database before adding the new duplicates to the database.

Unchecked: Adds new duplicates to those already in the duplicates database.

Fields

Enter the criteria you want used to determine duplicate records. The choices are Call Start Time, Customer ID, Actual Duration, Product ID, Usage Type ID, Terminating Number, Originating Number, Service Number.

Allow Dup Crit Select

Checked: The duplicate criteria is selected in the RateBill Request Wizard to determine duplicate records.

Unchecked: The system uses the criteria entered in Fields to determine duplicate records.