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Rates Generator is a tool aimed at making rates management more flexible and versatile by allowing setting up specific rules that will be applied to codes and rate tables in general. Additionally, it allows both generating a new rate table for vendors or updating new ones. The section is presented in a the form of a table with the following columns:

Screenshot: Rates Generator form

Column	Description
ID	Identification number of a rates generator
Name	Name of a rates generator
Company	Name of a reseller, whom a rates generator belongs to
Description	Additional information about a rates generator

Functional buttons/icons, presented in the section, are as follows:

Button/Icon	Description
Image Modified	Allows creating a new rates generator
Image Modified	Allows deleting a rates generator from the system

Creating New Rates Generator

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Description

Simplify Mode

It allows applying the same price for all codes inside the same code name by using three options:

min

minimum available price.

max

maximum available price.

avg

average price of all available.

Example

For instance, if the USA code name consists of 3 codes with 1, 5, and 6 USD rates, respectively, depending on a chosen option, the results will be:

Code

Source Rate

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Result Rate for min

Result Rate for max

Result Rate for avg

1201

1

6

4

1202

5

1

6

4

1203

6

1

6

4

Codes Optimization checkbox

This option allows compressing an imported code range. For example, 4400-4409 will be shortened to 440. At the same time, 4400-4491 will be shortened to 440, ..., 448, 4490, 4491.

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Field

Description

Tag

Specify a tag that will be applied to new rates, if such were created by a rates generator. Let's leave the default @ tag

Policy

Select the policy (regular or additive) that will be applied to a code(s), presented in a code deck, but not in a source rate table. For example, Regular policy

Rate

Define a rate for codes, which are present in a code deck but missing in a rule's source rate table. For example, 7.5 USD

Setup Fee

Define a setup fee for a new rate(s). For example, 8 USD

Min Volume

Indicate minimum volume for a new rate(s). 6 sec, for instance

Interval

Specify the interval for a new rate(s). For example, 2 sec

Grace Volume

Determine grace volume for those rates. For example, 2 sec

Time Profile

Define a time profile for a new rate(s). For instance, leave the default all time profile

Example

Let's say our DEFAULT code deck contains 5 codes: 1201, 1202, 1203, 1204, 1205. But our source rate table has 4: 1201, 1202, 1203, and 1205. If in the Adjust Results you specify the above-mentioned fields with respective parameters, a new rate table, created by a rates generator, will consist of 5 codes: 1201,1202, 1203, 1205 with their original parameters and a new 1204 code with the following ones:

Field	Value
Code	1204
Code Name	According to DEFAULT code deck
Rate	7.5
Setup Fee	8
Min Volume	6
Interval	2
Grace Volume	2
Time Profile	all time
Tag	@
Policy	Regular

If a source rate table misses more than 1 code from the selected code deck, all added codes will have identical parameters, specified in the respective fields above.

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Field

Description

Detect Fake

Enable detection of fake rates if at least a specified number of rates is present in all source rate table, specified in generator rules.

Skip Distance

A percentage value of the difference between the average rate value and a particular rate from all rates, used for the Detect Fake operation.

Rate Position

Define what rate from a total amount of rates left after Detect Fake operation will be used for a certain code.

Rates are ordered from the cheapest to the most expensive. Thus, if you specify 1, The system will use the cheapest rate, if 2 - the second cheapest, and so on.

Example

Let's say we have 4 rules in our rates generator, each with a different source rate table. Each rate table has a rate for the 1201 code, but with different prices in USD:

Rate Table Name	Rate
RT 1	0.98
RT 2	0.2
RT 3	1.1
RT 4	1.7

In Advanced Options of rates generator settings, we've specified values, seen on in the screenshot above. It means that the system will pick all 4 rates for the 1201 code and execute the following actions:

Count an average rate for all 4 rates that equals 0.99 USD.
Count the interval of 15% for an average rate of 0.99 USD that is between 0.85 USD and 1.13 USD. Then, the system will compare all rates and skip 1.7 USD rate from RT 4 and 0.2. USD rate from RT 2.
Since the Rate position field value is 2, the system will pick the second cheapest rate for this code that is 1.1 from RT 3 and apply it as a basic rate for 1201 code in a new rate table, created by a rates generator.

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Field

Description

Analyze Period

Define a number of hours to analyze the Summary Report for. For example, 24 hours

Code Min Volume

Define a minimum event volume for a certain code. For example, 60 min for the Calls service

Unmatched Price

Define a price for all codes that do not satisfy quality parameters (Code Min Volume value). For example, 100 USD

Example

For example, you created a new rates generator and set up 3 rules for the following codes: 1201, 1202, 1205 with 1.5, 2.5, and 5.5 USD rates, respectively. In the Quality options, the respective parameters are the same as indicated in an example (see screenshot above). If you click Create Rate Table or Update Rate Table buttons on May 16th, at, i.e., 3:25 PM, the rates generator will run a Summary Report with the following parameters:

Field	Value
Period	May 15, 15.25 PM - May 16, 3:25 PM
Code	1201, 1202, 1205
Total Volume	60

Subsequently, a report showed that the billed volume for 1201 code is 79 mins, 1202 - 49 mins, and 1205 - 61 mins. As a result, a newly generated rate table will contain the following data:

Code

Old Rate

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New Rate

1201

1.5

1202

2.5

100

1205

5.5

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Attention

If you want to use Quality Options for Rates Generator, you have to define a Terminator as a Source for a Rates Generator's rule.

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When your rates generator has been created, you need to specify its rules. The Rules List tab consists of all rules, created for a target rates generator and is presented in a the form of a table with the following columns:

Screenshot: Rules List Tab

Columns	Description
Rates Filter	Code or Code Name, used in this rule
Sources	Rate Tables or Terminators Names that serve as sources for this rule
Margins	Amount of margin that will be applied to a rate if specified margin parameters are met
Force Rates Settings	Additional information on a rate: *Setup Fee, Grace Volume,* etc.

List of functional buttons, presented in the tab, includes:

Button/Icon	Description
Image Modified	Allows creating new generator rules
Image Modified	Allows creating a new rate table with data from respective rules that will be added to the Rate Tables section
Image Modified	Allows updating a target rate table(s) with data from respective rules

You can change an order of rules with the help of theicon. Simply click on it and drag-and-drop it to a the desired place.

Creating New Rules

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Tip

Section rules abide by the following priority: the top placed rule is picked first, and if some of the lower priority rules are able to provide the same codes, those codes will be ignored.

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Versions Compared

Old Version 11

New Version 12

Key

Creating New Rates Generator

Creating New Rules