New MIN Block Wizard

The New MIN Block Wizard guides you through the steps required to add new MIN blocks to your MIN inventory. In order to add a new MIN block, the following permission must be enabled in your Permission Profile - Application > CostGuard Client > Inventory Management > MIN Inventory > MIN Blocks > New.

To add a new MIN block to your MIN inventory:

1. From the Applications menu, select Inventory Management > MIN Inventories > MIN Blocks. This displays the MIN Blocks window.  

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2. Right-click anywhere in the MIN Blocks window and select New. The New MIN Block Wizard is launched and the MIN Block Information page is displayed.  

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   The MIN Block Information page provides the following input fields:

   MBI	Enter the 6-digit MIN Block Identifier received from the MIN block pooling administrator. Identifies the first six digits (NPA-NXX) of the MIN numbers in this block. Note This field is required. 6 digits must be entered.
   Block Status	Select the desired block status from the drop-down list Available or Not Available. Default = Available.
   Implementation Date	Select the date by which you must start using the MINs in this MIN block. The MIN block pooling administrator may take this MIN block back, if it is not used by this date. Default = Current date.
   Notes	Additional information about the MIN block.

3. Enter the desired information and click Next. This displays the MIN Information page.  

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   The MIN Information page provides the following input fields:

   MSN From (Required)	If you are adding multiple MINs in a sequential range, enter the last four digits of the first MSN (Moblie Subscriber Number) in that range. If you are adding just one MIN, enter the last four digits.
   MSN To (Required)	If you are adding multiple MINs in a sequential range, enter the last four digits of the last MIN in that range. If you are adding just one MIN, enter the last four digits.
   Inventory Status	Select the desired inventory status for the new MINs from the drop-down list - Available and Not Available. Default = Available.
   Available Date	If the selected Inventory Status is Available, this field defaults to the current date and you cannot modify this field. If the selected Inventory Status is Not Available, select the date the MINs in this MIN block are available for assignment. If you do not select a date, an Available Date is not assigned to the MINs in this MIN block.
   Notes	Additional information and/or comments regarding this new MIN block.

4. Click Next. This displays the Select Inventories page.  

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5. Select the MIN inventories you want to add the new MIN block to.

   Note

   You can select one or more MIN inventories. For example, you could have a separate MIN inventory for each service type, such as wireless, paging, and wireless PDA inventories. If you are adding a MIN block that could be used by all of these service types, you can add that MIN block to each service type's inventory. This enables the different service types to use the MINs from the same MIN block.

6. Click Next. This displays the Select Inventory Groups page.  

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   The top portion of the Select Inventory Groups page lists all of the inventory groups that are defined in the system. The bottom portion of the window is empty.

7. Select the inventory group you want to add the new MIN block to.

8. Click Add. The selected inventory group(s) are removed from the top portion of the page and added to the bottom portion of the page.  

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   To unselect an inventory group:

   1. In the bottom portion of the window, Select the desired inventory group(s).

   2. Click Remove. The selected inventory group(s) are removed from the bottom portion of the window and added to the top portion of the window.

9. Once the desired inventory groups are selected and appear in the bottom portion of the window, click Next to continue.

   If no inventory groups are selected, a confirmation message is displayed:

   1. Click No to return to the Select Inventory Groups window and select the desired inventory group(s).

   2. Click Yes to continue, without selecting an inventory group.

   The Confirm New MINs page is displayed.  

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10. Verify the information that is displayed on the Confirm New MINs page.

    Note

    If you are only adding one MIN in the new MIN block, that MIN is displayed in the MIN From and MIN To fields.

    If the displayed information is not correct, click < Back to move back through the windows and enter the correct information.

11. If the displayed information is correct, click Finish to submit your request.

    The wizard closes and the new MIN block is added to each of the inventories selected earlier in the wizard, on the Select Inventory Groups page.

    A MIN Search Results window is displayed, that lists the MIN inventory information for each MIN/inventory group combination you just added.  

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    Note

    See Searching MIN Inventories for more information regarding the functionality provided by this window.