Backoffice Settings

Back Office Settings determine many of the defaults used in Billing, Rating and Aux Info Management.

To access a back office settings form:

1. Under Business Rules > Backoffice Settings, select the applicable node:

   Billing	Settings related to the billing engine.
   Discounting	Lets you determine whether to include inactive services in an Associative discount.
   Dup Detector	Lets you check for duplicate usage records to avoid double-billing a customer.
   Summaries	Sets the length of time before the database connection times out.
   Tax Audit	Lets you verify that the tax values assigned to customers are correct.
   Taxing	Default settings in the RateBill Request Wizard for Taxing.
   CostGuard Misc	Debug Messages and Memory Threshold settings.
   Rating	Lets you determine which rating techniques are used during the rating of usage.
   Front Ends	Configure front end settings.
   Loading	Lets you determine which rating techniques are used during the loading of usage.
   Tracing	Lets you select the tracing options to be performed during rating and billing operations.
   Paths	Tells the system where to find and place various files.