The Rating Management screen contains the following tabs:

• Balance Type Cascades

• Charge Periods

• CLI-DN

• Cross Balance Type Cascades

• Discount Periods

• Discount Sets

• Expenditure Plan

• Holiday Tariffs

• Named Event

• Rating Management - Named Event Catalogues

• Rate Tables

• Reservation Config

• Tariff Plan

• Tariff Plan Selector

• Weekly Tariffs

• Dynamic Quota Config

Follow these steps to open the Rating Management screen.

1. Select the Services menu from the SMS main screen.

2. Select Prepaid Charging > Rating Management.

   Result: You see the Rating Management screen.

This table describes the function of each field.

Follow these steps to add a new tariff plan.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. On the Tariff Plan tab, click New.

   Result: You see the New Tariff Plan screen.

3. Configure this record by entering data in the fields on this screen.

   For more information about the fields on this screen, see Tariff Plan fields.

4. Click Save.

Related topic

Tariff Plan

Follow these steps to edit an existing tariff plan.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. In the table on the Tariff Plan tab, select the tariff plan to edit.

3. Click Edit.

   Result: You see the Edit Tariff Plan screen.

4. Make the required changes to the fields.

   For more information on this screen, see Tariff Plan fields.

5. Click Save.

Related topic

Tariff Plan

Follow these steps to delete an existing tariff plan.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. In the table on the Tariff Plan tab, select the tariff plan to delete.

   Tip: You cannot delete a tariff plan which is being used by a tariff plan Selector.

3. Click Delete.

   Result: You see the Delete Confirmation prompt.

4. Click OK to delete the record from the database.

   Result:

   • If the tariff plan is not used by a tariff plan selector, the record is deleted and you see the tariff plans prompt.

   • If the tariff plan is used by a tariff plan selector, you see an error dialog.

     In this case, you first need to change the tariff plan selected on the Edit Tariff Plan Selector screen for the Tariff Plan Selector tab, before you can delete the record.

5. Click OK.

Related topic

Tariff Plan

This table describes the function of each field.

Follow these steps to add a new tariff plan selector.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. On the Tariff Plan Selector tab, click New.

   Result: You see the New Tariff Plan Selector screen.

3. Configure this record by entering data in the fields on this screen.

   For more information about the fields on this screen, see Tariff Plan Selector fields.

4. Click Save.

Related topic

Tariff Plan Selector

Follow these steps to edit an existing tariff plan selector.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. In the table on the Tariff Plan Selector tab, select the record to edit.

3. Click Edit.

   Result: You see the Edit Tariff Plan Selector screen.

4. Edit the details as described in Tariff Plan Selector fields.

5. Click Save.

Related topic

Tariff Plan Selector

Follow these steps to delete an existing tariff plan selector.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. In the table on the Tariff Plan Selector tab, select the record to delete.

3. Click Delete.

   Result: You see the Delete Confirmation prompt.

4. Click OK to delete the record from the database.

   Result: The record will be deleted and you see the Tariff Plan Selector prompt.

5. Click OK.

Related topic

Tariff Plan Selector

You can test your rating configuration by performing a test call at a date and time that you specify in the CCS Call Date profile field. This feature allows you to test key elements of the rating system, such as:

• Time of day tariffs

• Day of week tariffs

• Holiday tariffs

The CCS Call Date profile field is held in temporary storage. You can set it to a specific date and time by using a Set feature node prior to the UATB feature node in your control plan. When set, the current system date and time will be overwritten by the profile field value in message requests sent to the VWS by the UATB feature node.

For more information about the UATB feature node, see the Feature Nodes Reference Guide. For more information about configuring control plans, see Control Plan Editor User's Guide.

This table describes the function of each field.

Follow these steps to add a new rate table.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. On the Rate Tables tab, click New.

   Result: You see the New Rate Table screen.

3. Configure this record by entering data in the fields on this screen.

   For more information about the fields on this screen, see Rate Tables fields.

4. Click Save.

Related topic

Rate Tables

Follow these steps to edit an existing rate table.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. In the table on the Rate Tables tab, select the record to edit.

3. Click Edit.

   Result: You see the Edit Rate Table screen.

4. Edit the details as described in Rate Tables fields.

5. Click Save.

Related topic

Rate Tables

Follow these steps to delete an existing rate table.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. In the table on the Rate Tables tab, select the record that you want to delete.

   Note: You cannot delete a rate table which is associated with a billing period, CLI-DN, discount set, holiday, week, or a tariff plan selector.

3. Click Delete.

   The Delete Confirmation prompt appears.

4. Click OK.

   The rate table is deleted from the database and the prompt appears.

   Note: An error displays if the rate table is associated with any of the following data: a billing period, CLI-DN, discount set, holiday, week, or a tariff plan selector. Remove the associations to the rate table by editing the relevant data on the other tabs in the Rating Management window before attempting to delete the record again.

5. Click OK.

Related topic

Rate Tables

Use the import facility to import the following data from a file:

• New rate tables

• New public data

• Updates to existing public data

When you import rate data, the import file is pre-parsed to check that it conforms to the import file specification.

When there are errors in the import file, the following occurs:

• The import process fails

• Any database changes are rolled back

• Details about the import file lines or sections that contain errors are reported to the user

Warning: You cannot update existing rate tables or delete rate data using this facility.

Follow these steps to import rate data from file.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. On the Rate Tables tab, click Import.

   Result: You see an Import screen.

3. Select the folder which holds the import file.

4. In the File name field, type the import file name.

   Warning: The import file type must be XML.

5. Click Import.

   Result: You see the Rate Table Import Confirmation screen.

6. Click Continue.

   Result: You see the Import successful prompt.

   Note: If there are errors in the XML file, a list of the errors in the XML file will be displayed instead of the Import successful prompt. Correct these errors and click Import to try again.

7. Click OK.

Use the export facility to export a rate table or the public data associated with rate tables to a specified file.

When you export a rate table, the system exports all data that is privately related to the selected rate table, including:

• Name of the geography set being used

• CLI-DN listings and related tariffing details

• Rate table specific charge periods

• Associated weekly and holiday discount sets

When you export public data, the system exports all data that is publicly available to any rate table set up for this service provider, including:

• Public charge periods

• Balance type cascades

• Public discount periods

• Named events

Follow these steps to export a rate table and its related data to file.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. On the Rate Tables tab, select the rate table to export and click Export.

   Result: You see the Export Rate Table or Public Data prompt.

3. Click Rate Table.

   Result: You see an Export screen.

4. Select the folder in which you want to store the export file.

5. In the File name field, type the export file name.

   Warning: The export file type must be set to XML.

6. Click Export.

   Result: You see the Export successful prompt.

7. Click OK.

Follow these steps to export public data to file.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. On the Rate Tables tab, click Export.

   Result: If a rate is currently selected on the tab, you see the Export Rate Table or Public Data prompt. Click Public Data.

3. If none of the rates on the tab were selected, or you clicked Public Data, you see an Export screen.

4. Select the folder in which you want to store the export file.

5. In the File name field, type the export file name.

   Warning: The export file type must be set to XML.

6. Click Export.

   Result: You see the Export successful prompt.

7. Click OK.

NCC applies bankers rounding, also known as symmetric rounding, to the calculated cost of a call or data session.

Bankers rounding is a way of performing neutral rounding of higher precision values to lower precision values. When converting floating point values to integers, it works as follows:

• Values with a fractional part above 0.5, round up to the nearest whole number

• Values with a fractional part below 0.5, round down to the nearest whole number

• Values with a fractional part equal to 0.5, round to the nearest even whole number

For example:

• 3.50 will be rounded to 4

• 4.25 will be rounded to 4

• 4.50 will be rounded to 4

• 4.75 will be rounded to 5

• 5.50 will be rounded to 6

Note: Rounding to the nearest even whole number guarantees neutral, or fair, rounding with a large sample.

Ceiling rounding is a form of Round-Towards-Infinity rounding that you can apply to any fractional part.

With ceiling rounding, you can round fractional parts to Unit-Smalls(1s), Deca-Smalls(10s), and Hecto-Smalls(100s).

In ceiling rounding, rounding granularity is determined by a rounding factor, RF, derived from the number of decimal places that you specify.

The Rounding Factor RF is given by the following formula:

10^(MaxDP - DP)

where, MaxDP is the maximum number of decimal places, and DP is the decimal places you specify.

For example, in an installation with a currency base of 10000, you can apply rounding with granularity up to 4 decimal places:

The following table shows the rounding factors for a system currency base of 10000:

RF is used to apply to a number, n, the ceil() function with a potentially higher granularity than simple unit rounding through the following formula:

n' = RF*(ceil(n/RF))

For example, if n = 10001 and RF = 10000, then:

n' = 10000*(ceil(10001/10000))

= 10000*(ceil(1.0001))

= 10000*(2)

= 20000

Commercial rounding rounds positive .5 upwards and negative .5 downwards.

For example:

• -2.5 will be rounded to -3

• -0.5 will be rounded to -1

• +0.5 will be rounded to +1

• +2.5 will be rounded to +3

The following examples illustrate how rounding is applied for a single charge per call. The following conditions apply:

• Mid-session commit (Reservation Configuration) is not configured

• Minimum Call Length: 0 seconds (CLI-DN Tariff)

• Billing Resolution: 1 second (CLI-DN Tariff)

• Rate: 15c/min (Billing Period)

• Duration is 49.1s and cost is 12c

The rating calculation is as follows:

• units to charge = 49.1s

• units rounded up = 50s

• cost (units * rate) = 50 * (15/60) = 50/4 = 12.5c

• cost after bankers rounding = 12c

The following examples illustrate how rounding is applied for a call with multiple charges:

• Mid-session commit - Commit Volume Threshold: 20 seconds (Reservation Configuration)

• Minimum Call Length: 0 seconds (CLI-DN Tariff)

• Billing Resolution: 1 second (CLI-DN Tariff)

• Rate: 15c/min (Billing Period)

• Total duration is 52.1s and cost is 13c

The rating calculation is as follows:

1. Processing first Subsequent Reservation (SR) Request

   • call duration = 29.7s

   • units to charge = 29.7s

   • units rounded up = 30s

   • cost (units * rate) = 30 * (15/60) = 30/4 = 7.5

   • cost after bankers rounding = 8c

2. Processing second SR

   • call duration = 36.5s

   • already charged for 30 seconds, so units to charge = 6.5s

   • 6.5s is less than Commit Threshold of 20s so the units are not committed

3. Processing third SR

   • call duration = 50.6s

   • already charged for 30s, so units to charge = 20.6s

   • units rounded up = 21s

   • cost = 21/4 = 5.25c

   • cost adjustment = 5.25 - 0.5c = 4.75c

   • cost after bankers rounding = 5c

4. Processing Commit Reservation (CR) Request

   • call duration = 52.1s

   • already charged for 51s, so units to charge = 1.1s

   • units rounded up = 2s

   • cost = 2/4 = 0.5c

   • cost adjustment = 0.5c - 0.25c = 0.25c

   • cost after bankers rounding = 0c

Note: When committing funds during the call, an adjustment is made to the subsequent charges for any rounding that has taken place in the previous charge.

The following examples illustrate how rounding is applied for a single charge per call with a rate change during the call:

• Mid-session commit - Commit Volume Threshold: 20 seconds (Reservation Configuration)

• Minimum Call Length: 0 seconds (CLI-DN Tariff)

• Billing Resolution: 1 second (CLI-DN Tariff)

• Rates: 15c/min for first 60s, 10c/min after the first 60s (Billing Period)

• Total duration is 110.1s and cost is 24c

The rating calculation is as follows:

• Processing Commit Reservation (CR) Request

• call duration = 110.1s

• units rounded up = 111s

The charge for the first 60s is calculated as:

• units to charge = 60s

• cost (units * rate) = 60 * (15/60) = 60/4 = 15c

The charge for the remaining duration is calculated as:

• already charged for 60s so units to charge is 51s

• cost (units * rate) = 51 * (10/60) = 51/6 = 8.5c

The total charge = 15 + 8.5 = 23.5c

• cost after bankers rounding = 24c

This table describes the function of each field.

Follow these steps to add a new discount set.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. On the Discount Sets tab, select, from the Rate Table drop down box, the rate with which to associate a discount set.

3. Click New.

   Result: You see the New Discount Set screen.

   The Rate Table field displays the rate table selected in step 2.

4. Configure this record by entering data in the fields on this screen.

   For more information about the fields on this screen, see Discount Sets fields.

5. Click Save.

Related topic

Discount Sets

Follow these steps to edit an existing discount set.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. In the table on the Discount Sets tab, select the discount set to edit.

3. Click Edit.

   Result: You see the Edit Discount Set screen.

4. Edit the details as described in Discount Sets fields.

5. Click Save.

Related topic

Discount Sets

Follow these steps to delete an existing discount set.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. In the table on the Discount Sets tab, select the discount set to delete.

3. Click Delete.

   Result: You see the Delete Confirmation prompt.

4. Click OK to delete the record from the database.

   Result: The record is deleted and you see the Discount Sets prompt.

5. Click OK.

Related topic

Discount Sets

The following table shows the links that are available for mapping calls.

The following table shows the links mapping DN (Destination Numbers).

The following table shows the links mapping CLI (Calling Line Identifiers).

A call made from Crewe to Maidstone does not have a direct link mapped. Failing to find a link to Maidstone, the system will search for the most direct link. An attempt is made at each location along the same branch as Maidstone. The DNs on the Maidstone branch of the geography tree are Kent and South East England. There are no direct links from Crewe to either of these destinations.

The following table shows the destination significant entries on the geography tree. A destination significant entry is a destination or the parent entry of a destination, or any parent entry of any destination significant entry.

The system then searches from the next CLI along the same branch as Crewe, in an attempt to make a direct link.

The CLIs on the Crewe branch of the geography tree are Cheshire and North West England. There is no direct link from Cheshire to Kent, but there is a link from Cheshire to South East England (see Destination geography map). There is then no need to search for any links from North West England. The system will charge the call using Cheshire to South East England as the CLI-DN Tariff.

The following table shows the calling significant entries on the geography tree. A calling significant entry is a CLI (calling location) or the parent entry of a CLI, or any parent entry of any calling significant entry.

Follow these steps to search for the CLI-DN tariffs for a selected rate table.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. On the CLI-DN tab, select the Rate Table to search from the drop down list.

   Result: You see the geography set for the selected rate table in the top half of the screen.

3. If required, select the CLI to search on from the list and click Set.

4. If required, select the DN to search on from the list and click Set.

5. Click Search.

   Result: The CLI-DN tariffs that have be defined for the rate table and that match the search criteria are displayed in the table. Only the first 1000 matching records are returned.

   Notes:

   • If you leave both the CLI and DN fields empty when specifying your search criteria then all the configured CLI-DN tariffs will be returned for the rate table.

   • If you select either a CLI or a DN to search on, then the results will be restricted to the CLI-DN tariffs which exactly match the selected CLI or DN.

   • If you select a CLI and a DN to search on, the results will only include CLI-DN tariffs which exactly match both the selected CLI and the selected DN.

You use the CLI-DN tab to search for, and configure CLI-DN tariffs.

The tab operates as a split screen. In the top half of the screen you see:

• The selected rate table.

• A tree structure showing the geographical areas assigned to the rate table.

• The CLI and DN search fields.

In the bottom half of the screen you see a table for the search results. The CLI-DN tariffs that match the search criteria and that have been configured for the selected rate table are listed in the table.

You can expand either half of the screen to fill more of the tab by clicking on the up and down arrows between the two halves:

• To expand the top half of the screen to see more geographical areas, click the down arrow.

• To expand the bottom half of the screen to see more CLI-DN tariffs, click the up arrow.

Multi-tariff CLI-DNs provide the facility to split the CLI-DN tariff into its different revenue components. Each revenue component is identified by a specific service id and the tariff charging details are associated with it.

Whenever an EDR is generated from the CLI-DN tariff, it will include the revenue details for each service ID. This information can then be used for accounting purposes.

You use the New CLI-DN Tariff screen to configure new:

• Single tariff CLI-DNs

• Multi-tariff CLI-DNs

Follow these steps to access the New CLI-DN Tariff screen.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. On the CLI-DN tab, select the rate table from the drop down list for which you want to configure a CLI-DN tariff.

   Result: You see a tree structure in the top half of the screen. It shows the geography set for the rate table and the list of all the available geographical areas.

3. Click New.

   Result: You see the New CLI-DN Tariff screen.

4. To configure a single tariff CLI-DN, see Adding a single tariff CLI-DN.

5. To configure a multi-tariff CLI-DN, see Adding a multi-tariff CLI-DN.

6. Click Save.

This table describes the function of each field.

You use the New and Edit CLI-DN Tariff screen to add new CLI-DN tariffs and edit existing ones.

Like the CLI-DN tab these screens are split into two halves. In the top half of the screen you see:

• The rate table for the CLI-DN

• A tree structure showing the geographical areas assigned to the rate table

• The CLI and DN fields

In the bottom half of the screen you see details of the CLI-DN tariff configuration.

You can expand the view of either half to fill the screen by clicking on the up and down arrows between the two halves:

• To expand the top half of the screen to see more geographical areas, click the down arrow.

• To expand the bottom half of the screen, click the up arrow.

When you add or edit a CLI-DN tariff and your cursor hovers over one of the following fields for two or three seconds, SMS displays the current configuration for the field in a popup window. This alleviates the need to obtain the information from other screens while configuring a CLI-DN tariff:

• Free Call Distribution

• Expenditure Plan

• Cross Balance Type Cascade

• Tariff Code

• Low-Credit Notification Config

• Tax Plan

• Reservation Config

• Balance Type Cascade

• Charge Period

• Discount Set

Related topic

Configuring CLI-DN Tariffs

Follow these steps to add a new single tariff CLI-DN.

Tip: For more information about a particular field in the New CLI-DN Tariff screen, see CLI-DN tariff fields.

1. In the New CLI-DN Tariff screen, with the bottom half of the screen in single-tariff mode, select the CLI area for the tariff from the geography set in the top half of the screen and click Set.

2. Select the free DN area for the tariff from the geography set and click Set.

3. Configure this record by entering data in the rest of the fields on this screen.

   For more information about the fields on this screen, see CLI-DN tariff fields.

4. Click Save.

Related topic

Configuring CLI-DN Tariffs

Follow these steps to edit an existing single tariff CLI-DN.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. On the CLI-DN tab, search for the record to edit. See Finding CLI-DN tariffs for details.

3. Select the CLI-DN tariff in the table in the bottom half of the screen and click Edit.

   Result: You see the Edit CLI-DN Tariff screen, with the bottom half of the screen in single-tariff mode.

4. Edit the fields to reflect the changes you need to make.

   For more information about the fields in this screen, see CLI-DN tariff fields.

5. Click Save.

Related topic

Configuring CLI-DN Tariffs

Follow these steps to add a new multi-tariff CLI-DN.

Tip: For more information about a particular field in the New CLI-DN Tariff screen, see CLI-DN tariff fields.

1. In the New CLI-DN Tariff screen, from the geography set in the top half of the screen, select the CLI area for the tariff and click Set.

2. From the geography set select the free DN area for the tariff and click Set.

3. Specify values for the rest of the CLI-DN fields as described in Adding a single tariff CLI-DN.

   Note: You must enter the Service Id for the CLI-DN tariff.

4. Click More.

   Note: The More button becomes enabled when you enter the service Id.

   Result: You see the New CLI-DN Tariff screen re-displayed in multi-tariff mode. The tariff details you have just entered appear in the first row in the table at the bottom of the screen.

5. Click New.

   Result: You see the New Multi-Tariff Charge screen.

6. Add a new charge. For details, see Adding a new multi-tariff charge.

7. Repeat steps 5 and 6 until all the charges required to complete the configuration for the multi-tariff CLI-DN have been added.

8. Click Save.

   Note: The Save button only becomes enabled when all the required fields for the CLI-DN have been entered correctly.

Related topic

Configuring CLI-DN Tariffs

Follow these steps to add a new multi-tariff charge to a CLI-DN tariff.

Tip: For more information about a particular field, see CLI-DN tariff fields.

1. In the New Multi-Tariff Charge screen, set the Billing Resolution for the charge.

   Note: The minimum length and low credit warning field values specified for the CLI-DN tariff must be multiples of the billing resolution value.

2. Select the Cascade for the charge from the drop down list.

3. Select the Charge Period for the charge from the drop down list.

4. Select the Discount Set for the charge from the drop down list.

5. Type in the Service Id for the charge.

   Note: This is a required field.

6. If you want to set this charge to be the master discount charge, select the Master Discount check box..

7. Click Save.

Follow these steps to edit an existing multi-tariff CLI-DN.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. On the CLI-DN tab, search for the record you want to edit. See Finding CLI-DN tariffs for details.

3. Select the multi-tariff CLI-DN in the table in the bottom half of the screen and click Edit.

   Tip: A multi-tariff CLI-DN is indicated in the table by a tick in the Multi-Tariffs column.

   Result: You see the Edit CLI-DN Tariff screen in multi-tariff mode.

4. Edit the following fields as required:

   • Free Call Disposition

   • Maximum Charge

   • Minimum Length

   • Low Credit Notification Config

   • Charge On Reservation Timeout

   • Expenditure Plan

   • Cross Balance Type Cascade

   • Tariff Code

   • Tax Plan

   • Mid-call Tariff Change

   • Reservation Config

   For more information about a particular field, see CLI-DN tariff fields.

   Tip: You can also reset the CLI and DN fields if required.

5. Add additional multi-tariff charges and edit existing multi-tariff charges as required:

   • To add an additional charge, click New.

     Result: You see the New Multi-Tariff Charge screen.

   • To edit an existing charge, select it in the table at the bottom of the screen, and click Edit.

     Result: You see the Edit Multi-Tariff Charge screen.

6. In the New/Edit Multi-Tariff Charge screen, specify the multi-tariff charge details as described in Adding a new multi-tariff charge.

7. Delete any multi-tariff charges that are no longer required:

   • To delete a charge, select it in the table and click Delete.

8. Click Save.

Related topic

Configuring CLI-DN Tariffs

Follow these steps to delete an existing CLI-DN.

Warning: When you delete a multi-tariff CLI-DN, then all the multi-tariff charges defined for the CLI-DN are also deleted.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. On the CLI-DN tab, search for the record to delete. See Finding CLI-DN tariffs for details.

3. In the table in the bottom half of the screen, select the record to delete.

4. Click Delete.

   Result: You see the Delete Confirmation prompt.

5. Click OK to delete the record from the database.

   Result: The record is deleted and you see the CLI-DN Tariff prompt.

6. Click OK.

Related topic

Configuring CLI-DN Tariffs

This table describes the function of each field.

Follow these steps to add a new weekly tariff.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. On the Weekly tab, click New.

   Result: You see the New Weekly Tariff screen relevant to the billing indicator.

3. Configure this record by entering data in the fields on this screen.

   For more information about the fields on this screen, see Weekly Tariffs fields.

4. Click Save.

Related topic

Weekly Tariffs

Follow these steps to edit an existing weekly tariff.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. In the table on the Weekly tab, select the record you want to edit.

3. Click Edit.

   Result: You see the Edit Weekly Tariff screen relevant to the billing indicator.

4. Edit the fields to reflect the changes you need to make.

   For more information about the fields in this screen, see Weekly Tariffs fields.

   Note: The Rate Table field is grayed out and cannot be changed.

5. Click Save.

Related topic

Weekly Tariffs

Follow these steps to delete an existing weekly tariff.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. In the table on the Weekly tab, select the record to delete.

3. Click Delete.

   Result: You see the Delete Confirmation prompt.

4. Click OK to delete the record from the database.

   Result: The record is deleted and you see the weekly tariff prompt.

5. Click OK.

Related topic

Weekly Tariffs

This table describes the fields in the New Holiday Tariff and Edit Holiday Tariff dialogs.

Follow these steps to add a new holiday tariff.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. On the Holiday tab, click New.

   The New Holiday Tariff Dialog opens. For information about the holiday tariff fields, see Holiday Tariffs fields.

3. Select the rate table, discount set, and holiday set for this tariff.

4. Do one of the following:

   • To configure a daily tariff for the holiday, select Every Day. The Every Day option is automatically selected for holidays that are for only one day, and cannot be changed.

   • To configure a tariff for a specific date range, deselect Every Day and select the date range for the holiday tariff from the lists in the Start Month, Start Day, End Month and End Day fields.

5. Select the time period during which this tariff will apply from the lists in the Start Time (GMT) and End Time (GMT) fields.

6. Complete the tariff configuration by performing the following steps:

   1. Select the holiday discount to apply from the Discount Periods list.

   2. If required, enter values for the maximum charge, minimum length, and billing resolution for this tariff.

   3. Select the low credit warning notifications to send from the Low Credit Config list.

   4. Select the balance type cascade to use from the Cascade list.

   5. If you want to send SCI or FCI charging information, select the tariff code to use from the Tariff Code list.

7. (Optional) If you want to configure additional time periods for this holiday tariff, perform the following steps for each additional period:

   1. Click Apply.

   2. Repeat steps 5 and 6.

   The configured periods display in the Defined periods list.

   Important: You must ensure that periods do not overlap when configuring multiple discount periods for a holiday tariff.

8. Click Save.

Related topic

Holiday Tariffs

Follow these steps to edit an existing holiday tariff.

Note: To configure additional time periods for an existing holiday tariff, see Adding Multiple Time Periods to an Existing Holiday Tariff.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. On the Holiday tab, select the record you want to edit.

3. Click Edit.

   The Edit Holiday Tariff dialog displays.

4. Edit the fields to reflect the changes you need to make.

   For more information about the fields in this screen, see Holiday Tariffs fields.

   Note: The Rate Table field is grayed out and cannot be changed.

5. Click Save.

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Holiday Tariffs

Follow these steps to add one or more time periods to an existing holiday tariff.

1. On the Holiday tab, click New.

   The New Holiday Tariff Dialog opens. For information about the holiday tariff fields, see Holiday Tariffs fields.

2. Select the rate table, discount set, holiday set, and holiday dates for the existing holiday tariff.

   The holiday periods that are already defined for the holiday tariff display in the Defined periods list.

3. Select the time period that you want to add to this tariff from the lists in the Start Time (GMT) and End Time (GMT) fields. Ensure that the time period does not overlap an existing time period.

4. Complete the tariff configuration by performing the following steps:

   1. Select the holiday discount to apply from the Discount Periods list.

   2. If required, enter values for the maximum charge, minimum length, and billing resolution for this tariff.

   3. Select the low credit warning notifications to send from the Low Credit Config list.

   4. Select the balance type cascade to use from the Cascade list.

   5. If you want to send SCI or FCI charging information, select the tariff code to use from the Tariff Code list.

5. (Optional) For each additional time period that you want to configure, perform the following steps:

   1. Click Apply.

   2. Repeat steps 3 and 4.

   The configured periods display in the Defined periods list.

   Important: You must ensure that periods do not overlap when configuring multiple discount periods for a holiday tariff.

6. Click Save.

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Holiday Tariffs

Follow these steps to delete an existing holiday tariff.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. In the table on the Holiday tab, select the record to delete.

3. Click Delete.

   You see the Delete Confirmation prompt.

4. Click OK to delete the record from the database.

   The record is deleted and you see the Holiday Tariffs prompt.

5. Click OK.

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Holiday Tariffs

A named event catalogue event subscription is a named event that allows a subscriber to ‘subscribe’ to an unlimited use of a particular service without being charged during the subscribed period.

As such it will be possible to define a subscribable named event that is charged on first use and sets up a subscription to allow future uses in the subscription period to be charge free.

When this named event is used, an automatic subscription to the service is created which will then follow a normal life cycle.

If the subscription is already active, the user will not pay for the named event until the subscription expires.

Note: Event Subscription is not available if the UBE domain does not have ‘Charging Management’ configured or when there is no UBE domain configured.

Events can be configured to be billed across multiple balance types in a pro-rata fashion.

Example: If the Cash cost for an event is $10 and the Time cost is 120 seconds, and you only have a cash balance of $5, then the event would use your remaining $5, and then 60 seconds to pay for the rest of the event.

This table describes the content of each table column on the Named Event tab.

Follow these steps to add a new named event set.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. On the Named Event tab, click New Set.

   Result: The New Named Event Set screen appears.

3. In the Name field, type the name of the new named event set.

4. Click Save.

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Named Event

Follow these steps to edit an existing named event set.

1. On the Named Event tab, select the named event to edit from the Event Set drop down box.

2. Click Edit Set.

3. Modify the Name as required.

4. Click Save.

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Named Event

Follow these steps to delete an existing named event set.

1. On the Named Event tab, select the named event set to delete from the Event Set drop down box.

2. Click Delete Set.

   Result: You see the Delete Confirmation prompt.

3. Click OK to delete the record from the database.

   Result: The record is deleted and you see the Named Events prompt.

4. Click OK.

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Named Event

Follow these steps to add a new named event to a named event set.

1. On the Named Event tab, select the required Event Set from the drop down box.

2. Click New.

3. Configure this record by entering data in the fields on this screen.

4. Click Save.

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Named Event

Follow these steps to edit an individual named event in a selected named event set.

1. On the Named Event tab, select the Event Set from the drop down box.

2. In the table on the tab, select the record to edit.

3. Click Edit.

4. Edit the details as required.

5. Click Save.

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Named Event

Follow these steps to delete an existing named event.

Note: When you delete a named event, the named event is automatically removed from any named event catalogues to which it has been allocated.

1. On the Named Event tab, select the Event Set from the drop down box.

2. Select the record to delete.

3. Click Delete.

   Result: You see the Delete Confirmation prompt.

4. Click OK to delete the record from the database.

   Result: You see record deleted confirmation message.

5. Click OK.

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Named Event

Follow these steps to add a new discount period set.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. On the Discount Periods tab, click New Set.

   Result: You see the New Discount Period Set screen.

3. In the Name field, type the name of the new discount period set.

4. Click Save.

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Discount Periods

Follow these steps to edit an existing discount period set.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. On the Discount Periods tab, select the discount period set to edit from the Discount Period drop down box.

3. Click Edit Set.

   Result: You see the Edit Discount Period Set screen.

4. Modify the Name as required.

5. Click Save.

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Discount Periods

Follow these steps to delete an existing discount period set.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. On the Discount Periods tab, select the discount period set to delete from the Discount Period drop down box.

3. Click Delete Set.

   Result: You see the Delete Confirmation prompt.

4. Click OK to delete the record from the database.

   Result: The record is deleted and you see the Discount Periods prompt.

5. Click OK.

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Discount Periods

Follow these steps to add a new discount period to a discount period set.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. On the Discount Periods tab, select the Discount Period Set from the Discount Period drop down box.

3. Click New.

   Result: You see the New Discount Period screen.

   The Period field will display the amount of time before the charge is initiated.

   Note: This will already have been populated and cannot be changed. The period will increase by 1 for each new record.

4. In the Percentage Discount field, enter the numeric percentage of the discount to be applied to the charge period.

5. Click Save.

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Discount Periods

Follow these steps to edit an individual discount period in an existing discount set.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. On the Discount Periods tab, select the Discount Period set to edit from the drop down box.

3. In the table, select the record to edit.

4. Click Edit.

   Result: You see the Edit Discount Period.

5. Type a new value for the Percentage Discount to be applied to the charge period.

   Note: The Period field cannot be edited after the discount period is first saved.

6. Click Save.

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Discount Periods

Follow these steps to delete an existing discount period from a discount set.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. On the Discount Periods tab, select the Discount Period set from the drop down box.

3. Select the record to delete in the table on the tab.

4. Click Delete.

   Result: You see the Delete Confirmation prompt.

5. Click OK to delete the record from the database.

   Result: The record is deleted and you see the Discount Periods prompt.

6. Click OK.

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Discount Periods

Charge period loops repeat selected charge periods from the set, after the call has been through the normal charge period set. All the charge periods from the set can be included in the loop, however each charge period may only appear in it once.

To define a charge period loop, designate the last charge period in the set as a special 'Loop Period'. You can then:

• Select which charge periods to include in the loop

• Specify the order to apply them in

When you set up a charge period loop, the Length In Loop field for each of the included charge periods defines how long each charge period will last during loop processing. If you leave this field blank when defining a new charge period, then the length in loop defaults to the charge period length (that is, the difference between the charge period start time and the start time of the next charge period).

When you edit the start time for a charge period in a charge period loop, the Length In Loop field is not automatically updated to reflect the new start time. To change this value, you must edit it manually in the Edit Charge Period screen.

See Adding a loop period and Defining a charge period loop.

Follow these steps to add a new charge period set.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. On the Charge Periods tab, click New Set.

   Result: You see the New Charge Period Set screen.

3. In the Name field, type the name of the new charge period set.

4. If required, select the rate table to use for the charge period from the drop down list.

   Tip: The rate tables list is populated by the entries made on the Rate Tables tab.

5. If available, select the required Billing Indicator:

   • Time - for duration billing rates

   • Data - for volume billing rates

   Note: This can only be done if a rate table is not selected. If a rate table is selected then that rate tables billing indicator is applied and these options are unavailable.

6. Click Save.

   Note: Charge periods that do not have a rate table associated with them are global.

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Charge Periods

Follow these steps to edit an existing charge period set.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. On the Charge Periods tab, select the charge period set to edit from the list displayed in the table.

3. Click Edit Set.

   Result: You see the Edit Charge Period Set screen.

4. Modify the Name as required.

5. If available, select the required Billing Indicator:

   • Time - for duration billing rates

   • Data - for volume billing rates

   Note: This can only be done if a rate table is not selected. If a rate table is selected then that rate tables billing indicator is applied and these options are unavailable.

6. Click Save.

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Charge Periods

Follow these steps to delete an existing charge period set.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. On the Charge Periods tab, select the charge period set to delete from the list displayed in the table.

3. Click Delete Set.

   Result: You see the Delete Confirmation prompt.

4. Click OK to delete the record from the database.

   Result: The record is deleted and you see the charge period prompt.

   Tip: The charge period set may only be deleted if there are no CLI-DN tariffs that use this set.

5. Click OK.

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Charge Periods

This table describes the function of each field.

Follow these steps to add a new charge period to a charge period set.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. On the Charge Periods tab, select the charge period set to add a new charge period to from the list displayed in the table.

3. Click New.

   Result: You see the New Charge Period screen for the relevant billing indicator.

4. Configure this record by entering data in the fields on this screen.

   For more information about the fields on this screen, see Charge period fields.

   Note: Ensure Loop Period is not selected.

5. Click Save.

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Charge Periods

Follow these steps to add a loop period to a charge period.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. On the Charge Periods tab, select the charge period set to add a loop period to from the list displayed in the table.

3. Click New.

   Result: You see the New Charge Period screen for the billing indicator of the charge period set.

4. For time charging:

   • In the Period Start (secs) field, enter the start time for the loop period

   • This must be after the start time for all other periods in the set

   For data charging:

   • The Volume Start (data units) field defaults to zero

5. Select the Loop Period check box.

6. Click Save.

Follow these steps to edit an individual charge period within an existing charge period set.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. On the Charge Periods tab, select the charge period set that contains the charge period to edit from the list displayed in the table.

3. In the table at the bottom of the Charge Periods tab, select the record to edit.

4. Click Edit.

   Result: You see the Edit Charge Period screen relevant to the billing indicator.

5. Edit the fields to reflect the changes you need to make.

   For more information about the fields in this screen, see Charge period fields.

   Notes:

   • The Period/Volume Start field cannot be edited in the first charge period created.

   • The Length In Loop value will be unaffected by any changes to the charge period start time. For more information, see Charge period loops.

6. Click Save.

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Charge Periods

Follow these steps to delete an existing charge period from a charge set.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. On the Charge Periods tab, select the charge period set that contains the charge period to edit from the list displayed in the table.

3. In the table at the bottom of the Charge Periods tab, select the record to delete from the table.

4. Click Delete.

   Result: You see the Delete Confirmation prompt.

5. Click OK to delete the record from the database.

   Result: The record is deleted and you see the Charge Periods prompt.

6. Click OK.

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Charge Periods

Follow these steps to define a charge period loop for a charge period set.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. On the Charge Periods tab, select the charge period set.

3. Define a loop period for the charge period set as described in Adding a loop period.

4. Click Define Loop.

   Result: You see the Charge Period Loop screen.

5. In the Selected Periods list, specify the charge periods to be in the loop. To:

   • Add a period to the list, select it in the Available Periods list and click Add.

   • Remove a period from the list, select it in the Selected Periods list and click Remove.

6. Use the Up and Down buttons to set the order in which the selected charge periods will be processed in the loop.

7. Click Save.

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Charge Periods

This table describes the function of each field.

Follow these steps to add a new balance type cascade.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. On the Balance Type Cascades tab, click New.

   Result: You see the New Balance Cascade screen.

3. Configure this record by entering data in the fields on this screen.

   For more information about the fields on this screen, see Balance Type Cascade fields.

4. Click Save.

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Balance Type Cascades

Follow these steps to edit an existing balance type cascade.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. In the grid on the Balance Type Cascades tab, select the record to edit.

3. Click Edit.

   Result: You see the Edit Balance Cascade screen.

4. Edit the fields to reflect the required changes.

   For more information about the fields on this screen, see Balance Type Cascade fields.

5. Click Save.

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Balance Type Cascades

Follow these steps to delete an existing balance type cascade.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. In the table on the Balance Type Cascades tab, select the record to delete.

3. Click Delete.

   Result: You see the Delete Confirmation prompt.

4. Click OK.

   Result: The record is deleted from the database.

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Balance Type Cascades

This table describes the function of each field.

Follow these steps to add a new expenditure plan.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. On the Expenditure Plan tab, click New.

   Result: You see the New Expenditure Plan screen.

3. Configure this record by entering data in the fields on this screen.

   For more information about the fields on this screen, see Expenditure Plan fields.

4. Click Save.

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Expenditure Plan

Follow these steps to edit an existing expenditure plan.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. In the table on the Expenditure Plan tab, select the record to edit.

3. Click Edit.

   Result: You see the Edit Expenditure Plan screen.

4. Edit the fields to reflect the changes you need to make.

   For more information about the fields in this screen, see Expenditure Plan fields.

5. Click Save.

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Expenditure Plan

Follow these steps to delete an existing expenditure plan.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. In the table on the Expenditure Plan tab, select the record to delete.

3. Click Delete.

   Result: You see the Delete Confirmation prompt.

4. Click OK to delete the record from the database.

   Result: You see the expenditure plans record successfully deleted prompt.

5. Click OK.

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Expenditure Plan

During a call, the balance types in the cross balance type cascade are debited according to the following rules:

1. If the first cross balance type to be debited is neither cash nor time, it will be debited by one. There will be no further processing of the cross balance type cascade and no further discounting will be applied.

2. If a cash or a time cross balance type currently being debited becomes exhausted and the next cross balance type in the cascade is neither cash nor time, then this next cross balance type will not be debited. There will be no further processing of the cross balance type cascade and no further discounting will be applied.

3. If a cash or a time cross balance type currently being debited becomes exhausted and it is the last cross balance type in the cascade or all the remaining cross balance types are also exhausted, then there will be no further processing of the cross balance type cascade. No further discounting will be applied.

This table describes the function of each field.

Follow these steps to add a new cross balance type cascade.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. On the Cross Balance Type Cascades tab, click New.

   Result: You see the New Cross Balance Cascade screen.

3. Configure this record by entering data in the fields on this screen.

   For more information about the fields on this screen, see Cross Balance Type fields.

4. Click Save.

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Cross Balance Type Cascades

Follow these steps to edit an existing cross balance type cascade.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. In the table on the Cross Balance Type Cascades tab, select the record to edit.

3. Click Edit.

   Result: You see the Edit Cross Balance Cascade screen.

4. Edit the fields to reflect the required changes.

   For more information about the fields in this screen, see Cross Balance Type fields.

5. Click Save.

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Cross Balance Type Cascades

Follow these steps to delete a cross balance type cascade.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. In the table on the Cross Balance Type Cascades tab, select the record to delete.

3. Click Delete.

   Result: You see the Delete Confirmation prompt.

4. Click OK.

   Result: The record is deleted from the database

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Cross Balance Type Cascades

This example shows Adaptive Reservations for a subscriber with varying usage rates during a single data session. The subscriber has sufficient resources for the entire session. Not all configuration fields are shown in this example.

The following table shows the reservation configuration for this example.

Each row in the following table shows the subscriber's usage during the session and the resulting Adaptive Reservations behavior.

Rate = Units Consumed / Time to Consume
                                        Units

0 units/sec = 0 units / 300 sec

0.1 units/sec = 1 unit / 10 sec

Additional Units = Rate X Active Validity
                                        Time

3 units = 0.1 units/sec X 30 seconds

3 units/sec = 3 units / 1 sec

90 units = 3 units/sec X 30 sec

You can disable continuous time rating by de-selecting Continuous-Time Rating check box in Reservation Config screen. Once continuous time rating is disabled, rating based on Tariff Time Change (TTC) is activated. This will ensure that any change that would affect the charging that takes place during an ongoing session is considered when consumed units are charged.

• TTC based charging ensures that a time of change in tariff (TTC) is sent out via DCA in CCA (credit-control-answer) messages as applicable.

• When a TTC is sent in CCA messages, it expects before TTC and after TTC usage in CCR-U/CCR-T messages.

• For handling TTC based rating and charging properly, appropriate eserv.config configurations should be present in DIAMETER section. For more information, see Diameter Control Agent Technical Guide.

When Continuous-Time Rating is disabled, TTC will be sent out or not is based on the following criteria:

• Favorable: If the rate is going to decrease during an ongoing session, TTC will be sent as the epoch time when the rate change will occur.

• Adverse: If the rate is going to increase during an ongoing session, TTC will not be sent.

• Neutral: If there is no rate change during an ongoing session, TTC will not be sent.

For detecting a change in the rate, following are treated as TTC boundaries:

• Charge Period Change

• Discount (Weekly / Holiday)

• Balance Type Cascade Change

• Balance Bucket Expiry

Note: TTC boundaries are not applicable for cross balance cascade change. Normal slab based rating is performed in case of cross balance cascade change.

You can use the following options to control how partial EDRs are generated:

• You can configure to generate partial EDRs by volume.

• You can configure a time interval to generate partial EDRs. For example, you can create a partial EDR every hour. A partial EDR is created even if no volume has been consumed.

• You can configure to generate a partial EDR at a specified time of day based on a configured time zone. For example, an EDR could be generated at midnight. A partial EDR is created even if no volume has been consumed.

Note: This option can result in an increased load on system resources at the designated time.

These configuration options can be used in combination; for example:

• You can create partial EDRs at 100-MB intervals and once a day for the same session.

• You can create partial EDRs based on a time interval and a specified time of day. If both time-based intervals occur at the same time, only one partial EDR is created.

You can apply different rating rounding methods to Cash Chargeable Balances and Cash Cross Balances.

The rounding methods that you can apply are:

• Bankers

• Ceiling

• Commercial

By default, Bankers rounding is applied. For detailed information about rating rounding, see Rounding During Rating Calculations.

This table describes the function of the reservation configuration fields.

Follow these steps to add a reservation config.

1. On the Reservation Config tab, click New.

   Result: The New Reservation Config screen appears.

2. Fill in the fields, as described in Reservation Config fields.

3. Click Save.

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Reservation Config

Follow these steps to edit a reservation config.

1. In the table on the Reservation Config tab, select the record to edit.

2. Click Edit or Double-click on the record.

   Result: The Edit Reservation Config screen appears.

3. Edit the details as described in Reservation Config fields.

4. Click Save.

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Reservation Config

Follow these steps to delete an existing Reservation config.

1. In the table in the Reservation Config tab, select the record to delete.

2. Click Delete.

   Result: You see the Delete Confirmation prompt.

3. Click OK to delete the record from the database.

   Result: The record is deleted and you see the Reservation Config success message.

4. Click OK.

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Reservation Config

This table describes the function of each field.

Follow these steps to add a low credit notification item.

1. In the Rating Management screen, select the Service Provider from the drop down box.

2. Select the Low Credit Notification Config tab and click New.

   Result: You see the New Low Credit Notification Config screen.

3. Configure this record by entering data in the fields or selecting from the drop down lists on this screen.

   For more information about the fields on this screen, see Low Credit Notification Config fields.

   Note: The Suppress DAP list becomes available when a DAP operation is selected.

4. Click Save.

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Low Credit Notification Config

Follow these steps to edit a low credit notification item.

1. In the Rating Management screen, select the Service Provider from the drop down box.

2. Select the Low Credit Notification Config tab.

3. Select a config record and click Edit or double-click on a config record.

   Result: You see the Edit Low Credit Notification Config screen.

4. Edit the details as described in Low Credit Notification Config fields.

   Note: The Suppress DAP list becomes available when a DAP operation is selected.

5. Click Save.

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Low Credit Notification Config

Follow these steps to delete an existing Low Credit Notification Config.

1. In the table in the Low Credit Notification Config tab, select the record to delete.

2. Click Delete.

   Result: You see the Delete Confirmation prompt.

3. Click OK to delete the record from the database.

   Result: The record is deleted and you see the Low Credit Notification Config success message.

4. Click OK.

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Low Credit Notification Config

Currently, tax can be applied at three points during the charging transaction:

• Session rating

• Named event rating

• Redemption - voucher or promotional

Tax information is reported in the corresponding EDR and a tax report is made available indicating the tax liability for the platform.

Session rating (such as voice calls) use the CLI-DN rating tables. A single tax plan can be optionally associated with each CLI-DN mapping. This tax plan applies to all the tariffs of a multi-tariff CLI-DN. For mid-tariff moment changes, the tax plan associated with each of the CLI-DN mappings applies only to that part of the cost.

Example:

If after 10 minutes of a 15 minute call, the tariff plan changes from T1 to T2, the tax plan for T1 will only apply to the cash costs for the first 10 minutes, while the tax plan associated with T2 will apply for the last five minutes.

Note: Tax is calculated only for cash balance types of CLI-DN mappings.

Named event rating for SMSes or one-off charges use the named event rating tables. A single tax plan can be optionally associated with each named event base definition.

This tax plan applies only to the cash cost of a named event.

Each tax plan can to be configured to calculate the associated tax definitions using one of the following methods:

• Compound

• Cumulative

This table describes the function of each field.

Follow these steps to add a new tax plan.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. On the Tax Plan tab, click New.

   Result: You see the New Tax Plan screen.

3. Configure this record by entering data in the fields on this screen.

   For more information about the fields on this screen, see Tax Plan fields.

   To add tax definitions to the plan, see Adding tax definitions.

4. Click Save.

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Tax Plan

Follow these steps to edit an existing Tax Plan.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. In the table on the Tax Plan tab, select the record to edit.

3. Click Edit.

   Result: You see the Edit Tax Plan screen.

4. Configure this record by entering data in the fields on this screen.

   For more information about the fields on this screen, see Tax Plan fields.

   To add tax definitions to the plan, see Editing tax definitions.

5. Click Save.

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Tax Plan

Follow these steps to remove a tax plan.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. In the table on the Tax Plan tab, select the record to delete and click Delete.

   Result: You see the Delete Confirmation prompt.

3. Click OK to delete the record from the database.

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Tax Plan

Follow these steps to add a new tax definition.

1. On the New or the Edit Tax Plan screen, click New.

   Result: You see the New Tax Definition screen.

2. Configure this record by entering data in the fields on this screen.

   For more information about the fields on this screen, see Tax plan definition fields.

3. Click Save.

   Result: You will be returned to the Tax Plan screen and the new record will be displayed in the Tax Definitions table.

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Tax Plan

Tax definitions define the actual percentage of the tax to be applied. The final amount of tax payable is dependent on the calculation method defined in the tax plan and the available account balances. The tax is only applied to cash balances and costs.

A tax plan can have multiple tax definitions associated to it.

This table describes the function of each field.

Note: All fields are mandatory.

Follow these steps to edit an existing tax definition.

1. In the New or the Edit Tax Plan screen, select the tax plan in the table and click Edit.

   Result: You see the Edit Tax Definition screen.

2. Configure this record by entering data in the fields on this screen.

   For more information about the fields on this screen, see Tax plan definition fields.

3. Click Save.

   Result: You will be returned to the Edit Tax Plan screen and the new record will be displayed in the Tax Definitions table.

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Tax Plan

Follow these steps to delete an existing tax definition.

1. In the New or the Edit Tax Plan screen, select the tax plan in the table and click Delete.

   Result: You see the Delete Confirmation prompt.

2. Click OK to delete the record from the database.

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Tax Plan

Follow these steps to add a new dynamic quota set.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. On the Dynamic Quota Config tab, click New Set.

   Result: You see the New Dynamic Quota Set screen.

3. In the Name field, type the name of the new dynamic quota set.

4. Select the reservation configuration from the Res Config drop down list.

   Tip: The Res Config shows only those Reservation Configurations for which dynamic quota is enabled and there are no dynamic quota already created for it.

5. In the Validity Time (Secs) field, enter the validity time.

   Tip: This validity time is used in all outgoing CCA messages, when dynamic quota is enabled.

   If TTC (charging based on Tariff Time Change) modifies validity time, then same is sent out and this configuration is not used.

6. In the Quota Holding Time (Secs) field, enter the quota holding time.

   Note: If this field is left blank, then QHT will not be sent in the outgoing messages.

7. Click Save.

   Note: Dynamic quota that do not have a reservation config associated with them are global.

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Follow these steps to edit an existing dynamic quota set.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. On the Dynamic Quota Config tab, select the dynamic quota set to edit from the list displayed in the table.

3. Click Edit Set.

   Result: You see the Edit Dynamic Quota Set screen.

4. Modify the Name as required.

5. Modify the Validity Time (Secs) as required.

6. Modify the Quota Holding Time (Secs) as required.

7. Click Save.

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Follow these steps to delete an existing Dynamic Quota set.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. On the Dynamic Quota Config tab, select the dynamic quota set to delete from the list displayed in the table.

3. Click Delete Set.

   Result: You see the Delete Confirmation prompt.

4. Click OK to delete the record from the database.

   Result: The record is deleted and you see the Dynamic Quota prompt.

5. Click OK.

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This table describes the function of each field.

Follow these steps to add a new Dynamic Quota..

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. On the Dynamic Quota Config tab, select a dynamic quota set from the list displayed in the table to add a new dynamic quota to.

3. Click New.

   Result: You see the New Dynamic Quota screen for the relevant dynamic quota set.

4. Configure this record by entering data in the fields on this screen.

   For more information about the fields on this screen, see Dynamic Quota fields.

5. Click Save.

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Follow these steps to edit an existing Dynamic Quota..

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. On the Dynamic Quota Config tab, select the dynamic quota set that contains the dynamic quota to edit from the list displayed in the table.

3. In the table at the bottom of the Dynamic Quota Config tab, select the record to edit.

4. Click Edit.

   Result: You see the Edit Dynamic Quota screen corresponding to the dynamic quota set.

5. Edit the fields to reflect the changes you need to make.

   For more information about the fields in this screen, see Dynamic Quota fields.

6. Click Save.

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Follow these steps to delete an existing dynamic quota.

1. In the Rating Management window, select the service provider from the Service Provider list.

2. On the Dynamic Quota Config tab, select the dynamic quota set that contains the dynamic quota to delete from the list displayed in the table.

3. In the table at the bottom of the Dynamic Quota Config tab, select the record to delete.

4. Click Delete.

   Result: You see the Delete Confirmation prompt.

5. Click OK to delete the record from the database.

   Result: The record is deleted and you see the Dynamic Quota prompt.

6. Click OK.

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