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Restoring Customers

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The Restore Wizard restores a customer account from a suspended, hotlined, or redirected status. The restore methods used to restore customers are similar to the reconnect methods for disconnected customers. To restore individual services, see Restoring Services.

Note

All windows in this wizard provide an Actions button for editing orders, viewing order errors, and viewing pre-order responses. For details see Actions.

To restore a customer:

  1. Use the customer search function to find the customer and open the Customer window.

  2. From the Action menu, select Restore Customer. This displays the Restore Services Criteria window. This window lets you review the services you wish to restore. It contains the following information:

    Service Type

    Type of service, such as Toll Free, Equal Access, and so on.

    Service Number

    Access number used to rate usage.

    Billing Number

    Service number used for billing information.

    Billing Status

    Billing status of the service - Billing or Not Billing.

    Suspend Date

    Date the service was suspended.

    Suspend Type

    Type of suspension.

    Effective Date

    Date the service was established.

    Disconnect Date

    Date the service was disconnected.

    Name

    Name of the user performing the Suspend.

    PIN

    Personal Identification Number associated with the service number; uniquely identifies the user of the service.

    Parent Service Type

    Service type to which the Sub Service is assigned.

    Parent Service Number

    Service number to which the Sub Service is assigned.

    Parent PIN

    PIN of the parent service number.

    Suspend Reason

    Reason for the Suspend; Suspend, Hotline, Redirect.

  3. To mark services to restore, check the corresponding check boxes, or right-click on a service and select from the following submenu options:

    • Check - Select All, Selected Rows, By Service Type, or By Service Parent

    • Uncheck - Select All, Selected Rows, By Service Type and By Service Parent

  4. Ensure that the check boxes are checked for the services you wish to restore.

  5. Click Next. This displays the Restore Order Information window.

  6. Enter the Restore Order Information as described below:

    Order Type

    Order type for the selected order. Defaults to Restore Order.

    Est. Completion

    Estimated date of completion. Defaults to the current date.

    Account Status

    Select the status the account should have, once restored.

    Order Attributes

    Identifies how the selected customer and its associated services are restored.

    Restore Method

    Available restore methods vary depending on recent suspend orders. One or more items may be disabled.

    There are 3 ways to restore the order:

    • Restore this item based on the most recent Suspend order

    • Restore this item and all children

    • Restore this item only

    Review Order Before Submitting

    Check the box to review the order before submitting it.

  7. Click Review Order before Submitting if you wish to view the order.

  8. Click Finish. This displays the Review and Submit Order window.

    The Review and Submit Order window contains the following information.

    Account

    The account and services.

    Order Line Item Detail

    The selected line item details.

  9. Click Finish. This displays the Restore window.

  10. Click OK to close the confirmation window.

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