Rating

Call Time Range

Enter the call duration range (in seconds) between which usage records will be processed.

Min Charge

The minimum monetary amount a rated usage must be in order for the record to be stored in a usage database. For example, if the minimum value is 1, usage records with a charge less than 1 are recycled.

Max Charge

The maximum monetary amount a rated usage must be in order for the record to be stored in a usage database. For example, if the maximum value is 99999, usage records with a charge of 100,000 or more are recycled.

Use Billed Duration

Checked: The system counts billed duration for Minute rating.

Unchecked: The system counts actual duration for Minute rating.

Ignore Bad NPANXX

Checked: Does not perform the NPANXX validations for each usage record against the NPANXX V&H tables.

Unchecked: Performs the NPANXX validations for each usage record against the NPANXX V&H tables.

RPD Effective Dates

Checked: Checks the effective date noted in the Rate Plan when calculating the rate of the usage record. This MUST be checked if you want to use the effective date rating capability.

Unchecked: Ignores the effective date noted in the Rate Plan when calculating the rate of the usage record.

Grace Period - Start

Contains the number of days that usage records for a service number are allowed to be charged BEFORE the provisioned date of the service number. Maximum Grace Period is 999 days.

Grace Period - End

Contains the number of days that usage records for a service number are allowed to be charged after the specified date of disconnection. Maximum Grace Period is 999 days.

Point-To-Point

Checked: Uses Local Calling Area rating method for applicable local calls. This method requires information imported from CCMI.

Unchecked: Uses other rating methods as defined in rate plan details.

Write Skipped CDR

Checked: Writes usage records to the bypass file location when a usage record is skipped, if supported by your front end.

Unchecked: Does not store information from the usage records if the rating engine bypasses the rating of the usage detail record.

Add Usage to Super Summary

Checked: Usage detail is added to the Super Summary database. Choosing this option will increase the size of the Super Summary database.

Unchecked: Only summary information is stored in the Super Summary database.

Update Summaries

Checked: Summary information is automatically added after you stop the rating/loading process. This does not update tiered rates.

Unchecked: You must choose to update summaries or add to the super summary as a separate RateBill operation.

Update Super Summary

Checked: The Super Summary information is automatically added after you stop the rating/loading process. Update Summaries must also be selected.

Unchecked: You must choose to Add to Super Summary as a separate RateBill operation.

Time Groups

Checked: The rating engine uses time groups (in addition to service number, service type, effective date, and usage type) to aggregate minute- or occurrence-based usage records.

Unchecked: The rating engine uses only service number, service type, effective date, and usage type to aggregate minute- or occurrence-based usage records.

Recycle Batch File Age

Enter the number days to display only the batch files created within that number of specified days. This field can also be updated in the RateBill Request Wizard.

Enable use of InterLATA distance type

Checked: Uses the interLATA distance type for an interLATA call that originates and terminates in the same LATA, but that crosses state boundaries.

Unchecked: The interLATA type does not get used for those calls.

Enable Pass-Through OCN

Checked: If the OCN is in the UDR, the system uses that OCN when applying OCN Tier to Tier rating.

Unchecked: The system uses the OCN from the NPANXX table when applying OCN Tier to Tier rating.

Use Pricing Plan Groups

Checked: The system uses the pricing plan groups and their associated processing order to determine the usage charges.

Unchecked: The system uses pricing plan categories to determine the usage charges.

Fill City Names

Checked: The system includes the city name, if found.

Unchecked: The system only includes the name of the city if it is in the usage record detail.

Bypass Rating

Checked: If an incoming record has a cost attached, the system does not compute the charge, but accepts the charge from the UDR. Also, the system does not compute the charge on reload or re-rate.

Unchecked: If an incoming record has a cost attached, the system computes the charge according to the pricing plan associated with that service number.

Disable Distance Hunting

Checked: Checks only the distance type of the usage record for a rating method match. If none is found, the usage record recycles.

Unchecked: Follows the hunting sequence within the rate plan.

Thread Pool

Enter the maximum number of threads when loading usage records.

Delete Thread pool

Enter the maximum number of threads when deleting usage records.

Modify Effective Date

Checked: Ignores the Grace Period of a discontinued service number when it is reassigned.

Unchecked: Usage records are loaded to the discontinued service number until the Grace Period has been met, even if the service number has been reassigned.

Bypass Carib Call Type Change

Checked: If the terminating location is the Caribbean, Domestic 1+, Payphone, Directory Assistance and Roaming calls are changed to International calls.

Unchecked: Caribbean calls are rated as Domestic calls.

Don't Hunt Through User Defined Service Types

Checked: The system only looks for the user-defined service type, not for the service type that it was based on.

Unchecked: If the system cannot find the user-defined service type, it searches through the base service type.

Disable Service Number Hunt

Checked: If a service number is Equal Access (Local and Long Distance), 800 Dedicated, or EA Dedicated and is not found, the usage record recycles immediately.

Unchecked: If a service number is not found, the system then searches further. For Equal Access the hunt sequence is Equal Access then Pay phone; Equal Access Dedicated then Pay phone then Equal Access; 800 Dedicated then 800.

Note

The hunt sequences for Wireless, Pay phone, and Dedicated are not affected by this setting.

Enable Total Occurrences Rating

Checked: The system collects the occurrence-based duration field amounts (Total Occurrence Rating method) to rate.

Unchecked: Total Occurrence Rating method cannot be used to rate.

Bypass Program Hunting For Local

Checked: Local calls (Usage Type 11, Local) will rate with the Local Override Pricing Plan, if possible. If not possible, the system will hunt to the Default Pricing Plan to rate.

Unchecked: Local calls (Usage Type 11, Local) will hunt as follows: Local > IntraLata > Default.

Recycle Pt to Pt without Pt to Pt RPD

Checked: If a call is a Pt-to-Pt call, but the rate plan detail does not use the Pt-to-Pt rate method, the call recycles for Recycle Reason 2600.

Unchecked: If a call is a Pt-to-Pt call, but the rate plan detail does not use the Pt-to-Pt rating method, the call is rated with the default rating method.

Treat US Territories as States

Checked: Puerto Rico, American Virgin Islands, Guam, and the North Mariana Islands are treated as States for rating purposes. That is, they are treated as though they were actual US states.

Unchecked: Puerto Rico, American Virgin Islands, Guam, and the North Mariana Islands calls are treated as International calls.

Default TimeZone ID

Enter your local time zone ID. See the Time Zone Reference Table below

Server TimeZone ID

Enter the time zone ID corresponding to the location of your server. For IDI Billing Solutions' ASP customers, enter 7.