Incollect Files

The IDI Clearinghouse Service processes Incollect files to create loadable files from files received from your Roaming Partners via the ARP. These files are processed by the Rating & Billing application to create usage that is charged to your company's subscribers.

• Once an Incollect file has been processed, you can choose to View File Summary, View Details, or Reprocess the file through Clearinghouse Management.

  Viewing Incollect Files (CIBER)

  To view a list of Incollect Files:

  1. From the Applications menu, select Clearinghouse Management > CIBER > Incollects. A list of incollect files is displayed in the Files - Incollects data table.

     

     The Files - Incollects data table contains the following information.

     File name	The name of the Incollect file that was processed by the IDI Clearinghouse Service.
     Process Date	The date the Incollect file was processed by the IDI Clearinghouse Service.
     File Type	The type of file: Incollect
     Records	The total number of records in the file (not including the headers and trailers).
     Amount	The total monetary value contained in the records.
     Duration	The total duration of usage in the file.
     # Batches	The number of different batches in the file.

  Viewing Incollect File Summary (CIBER)

  You can view a high level summary of the incollect files that were processed.

  1. From the Files - Incollects data table, right-click on the incollect file and select View File Summary. The data table containing a summary of each of the files created from the incollect file by the IDI Clearinghouse Service is displayed.

     

     The incollects summary data table contains the following information.

     File name	The name of the file that was created by the IDI Clearinghouse Service.
     Process Date	The date the file was created by the IDI Clearinghouse Service.
     File Type	The type of file that was created by the IDI Clearinghouse Service: Loadable Incollect, Company Return, Original File, or Error File.
     Records	The total number of records in the file (not including the headers and trailers).
     Amount	The total monetary value contained in the records.
     Duration	The total duration of usage in the file.
     # Batches	The number of different batches in the file.

  Viewing Incollect Details (CIBER)

  You can view details of the files that were created by the IDI Clearinghouse Service for Incollects.

  1. From the Files - Incollects data table, right-click on the file and select View Details. A data table containing a summary of the batches in the file is displayed.

     

     The Incollects Detail data table includes the following information.

     Home SID	For an Initial Incollect, this is the Company SID. For Outcollects, Returns, or Rejects, this is the Partner SID.
     Serving SID	For an Initial Incollect, this is the Partner SID. For Outcollects, Returned Outcollects, or Rejected Outcollects, this is the Company SID.
     Sequence #	The sequence number of the batch that is in the CIBER header record (001 - 999)
     Record Count	The number of records in the batch as noted in the CIBER trailer record.
     Duration	The total Chargeable Time of all the records in the batch.
     Amount	The total amount of charges in the batch, excluding taxes.
     Creation Date	The date the batch was created as noted in the CIBER header record.
     Settlement Period	This field is supplied by the ARP.

  Viewing Incollect Files (TAP)

  To view a list of Incollect Files in TAP format:

  1. From the Applications menu, select Clearinghouse Management > TAP > Incollects. This displays the TAP Search Criteria window for Incollects.

     

     The TAP Search Criteria files - Incollects window displays the following information:

     Sender	TADIG code associated with a PMN (except a company PMN)
     Recipient	TADIG code associated with a company PMN
     From Date To Date	Range of dates for the files you want to be displayed.

  2. Fill in the appropriate information and click Search to display the Incollects that you want to see.

     

     For details on the displayed fields, see Viewing Outcollect Files (TAP).

  Reprocessing Incollects

  You may want to reprocess an incollect if too many return records were created. One of the reasons this might happen is if there is an error in the effective dates of a Roaming Agreement. Reprocessing incollects also reprocesses any Company Returns that had been created.

  To reprocess an incollect file the following applies:

  • If a return had been created, it must not have been sent. If the file were reprocessed after it was sent, it would create a duplicate file which the ARP would reject.

  • The return file must exist in the Company Returns directory. See Configuring Directories.

  • Any Rate/Bill files created for the incollect file must exist in the Incollects Done directory.

  • The original incollect file must exist in the Original directory for incollects.

    To reprocess an incollect file:

  1. From the Files - Incollects data table, right-click on the incollect file and select Reprocess. The IDI Clearinghouse Service processes the file as follows:

     • Deletes the return file from the Company Return directory.

     • Deletes the Rate/Bill file in the Done directory.

     • Deletes the summary information for the Incollect, Rate/Bill, and Return files.

     • Processes the Incollect file again ignoring any batch sequence errors.