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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. Section The section is presented in a the form of a table with the following columns:
Screenshot: Rates Generator form
Column | Description |
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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 |
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Allows creating |
a new rates generator | |
Allows deleting a rates generator from the system |
Creating New Rates Generator
In order to To create a new rates generator, you need to press click the New Rates Generator button and a pop-up creation form will appear. It consists of of general settings and additional ones settings. The list of general settings include includes the following fields:
Screenshot: General settings
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Name | Specify the name of a new rates generator |
Reseller | Select the reseller, to whom a newly created rates generator should belong |
Service | Choose the service to be applied for the respective rates generator (calls, smsSMSs, data, etc.). |
Dst Code Deck | Select the code deck that will be used to name destination codes in a new price list if the Adjust Results option is checkedenabled |
Currency | Specify the currency of rates in a new price list |
Description | Additional information about a current rates generator |
To refine your results, you can use the following additional criteria:
Optimization Options
ScreenshotScreenshot: Rates Rates Generator form/ Optimization sub-panelcheckbox
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Simple OptimizationSimplify Mode | It allows applying the same price for all codes inside the same code name by using three options.: | |||||||||||||||||||||
| minimal minimum available price. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| maximal maximum available price. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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:
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Codes | VerticalOptimization checkbox | This option allows replacing longer codes by the shorter ones within a Code Name. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Target < Parent | If a current rate is less of an entered percent, then it will be optimized. The longest codes will be merged to shorter codes within the same code name. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Target > Parent | If a current rate price is above an entered percent, then it will be optimized. The longest codes will be merged to shorter codes within the same code name. | Example | For instance, you have USA code name that consists of 5 following codes: 120, 1201, 1202, 120345, 120456 with 1, 1.05, 0.98, 1.5, 0.6 USD rates, respectively.Source Code | Source Rate | Target < Parent | Target > Parent | Result Code | Result Rate | 120 | 1 | 120 | 1 | ||||||||||
1201 | 1.05 | |||||||||||||||||||||
1202 | 0.98 | |||||||||||||||||||||
120345 | 1.5 | 120345 | 1.5 | |||||||||||||||||||
120456 | 0.6 | 120456 | 0.6 | |||||||||||||||||||
Horizontal Optimization | This option allows applying the same rate to codes of same lengths within a Code Name. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Target < Parent | If a current rate price is less of an entered percent, then it will be optimized. The price will be set for all codes with the same length within a respective code name. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Target > Parent | If a current rate price is above an entered percent, then it will be optimized. The price will be set for all codes with the same length within a respective code name. | Example | For instance, you have USA code name that consists of 5 following codes: 120,120345,120456 with 1, 14, 15 rates, respectively.Source Code | Source Rate | Target < Parent | Target > Parent | Result Code | Result Rate | 120 | 1 | 120 | 1 | ||||||||||
120345 | 14 | 120345 | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||
120456 | 15 | 120456 | 14 |
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Attention Please be advised that we don't recommend to use all types of optimization within one rates generator. Simple optimization is designed to work solely, thus, no other type will work, if simple optimization is enabled. However, you can enable verical and horizontal optmization within the same rates generator. Nevertheless, we recommend to enable only type of optimization per rates generator. |
Adjust Options
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. |
Adjust Options
The Adjust Results section enables results adjusting by data from a Adjust Results checkbox enables results adjusting by data from currently selected Code Deck. It means that the number of codes in your source rate table (specified in rules after a new rates generator is created) must be equal to the number of codes in your Code Deck. If your Code Deck has only 5 codes, but a rate table has 10, those extra codes, that are not specified in a selected Code Deck, will be removed from a generated rate table. On the other hand, if your Code Deck has 15 codes, but a rate table has only 5, 10 extra codes will be added to a generated rate table with parameters, specified in this information block. A detailed example is provided in the table below.
Screenshot: Adjust Results information block
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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 code(s), present presented in a code deck, but not in a source rate table. For example, Regular policy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Rate | Define a rate for code(s) 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 comprises of has 4 codes: 1201, 1202, 1203, and 1205. If you enable in the Adjust Results and you specify the above-mentioned fields with respective parameters, a new rate rabletable, 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 (see screenshot above):
If a source rate table misses more than 1 code from the selected code deck, all added codes will havethe identical parameters, specified in the respective fields above. |
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Attention Please note, if you enable Adjust Results option but don'y t specify the Rate field in the Adjust Results option, new rates for missing codes won't be added to a new rate table |
Advanced & Quality Options
Screenshot: Advanced and Quality Options information block
The Advanced Options information block is designed to resolve cases when rates generator rules are created for different source rate tables that share certain identical codes. By specifying the following fields, you can configure what will the rate system will use for these codes:
Screenshot: Advanced Options information block
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Detect fakeFake | 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 distanceDistance | 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 positionPosition | Define what rate from a total amount of rates left after Detect Fake operation will be used for a certain code. Rate Rates are ordered from the chepaest cheapest to the most expensive. Thus, 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 difference different prices in USD:
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:
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The Quality Options
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Quality Options information block contains additional parameters for a more precise rate generation, based on the Summary Report. System The system will analyze the report taking into account a specified time interval, specified in a report, minimum event value for codes, specified in generator rules, as well replace rate values for unmatched codes, and will generate a new rate table or update an exisiting one existing one including these parameters. Information The information block consists of the following fields:
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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 |
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:
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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:
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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. |
Rules List Tab
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 |
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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 |
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Allows creating new generator rules |
Allows creating a new rate table with data from respective rules that will be added to the Rate Tables section | |
Allows updating a target rate table(s) with data from respective rules |
You can 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
In order to To create a new rule, you need to pressclick the Add Rule button. In the opened creation form (see screenshot below) specified , specify the respective fields and click OK. A new rule will be added at the top of the Rules List tab:
Screenshot: New rule creation form
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Rates Filter | Basic parameters of a new rule | |||||||||||
| Indicate a code for a current rule. Use the * (asterisk) symbol for all codes. If a code is specified, the Code Name field is inactive and vice versa | |||||||||||
| Specify a respective Code Name for this rule | |||||||||||
| Select a time profile for codes that will be picked from sources | |||||||||||
| Specify a tag for a current code of a rule | |||||||||||
| Choose a respective policy (regular/additive) | |||||||||||
Quality Filter | Set quality parameters of your rule here
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| Specify ASR ranges for target code that are checked in a Summary Report by the rates generator | |||||||||||
| Specify ASR ACD ranges for target code that are checked in a Summary Report by the rates generator | |||||||||||
Force Rates Settings | Specify additional parameters that must be noted when picking destinations from sources:
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Sources | Select one or multiple sources for picking data for a new price list | |||||||||||
| Specify source rate tables | |||||||||||
| Specify a vendors (termination clients) for this rule | |||||||||||
| Specify vendors' tags for this rule | |||||||||||
Margins | By clicking on the icon, you can add a margin to a respective rate. If the rate for indicate an indicated code is within the ranges range of rates, defined in the Rate> and Rate≤ fields, a margin (specified in respective currency or %) will be applied to this rate. Add the % symbol to the Add Margin field value to indicate that a margin is in percent. |
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Tip Attention Rates Generator generates stashed rates that must be confirmed. When you confirm rates and there are duplicate active rates, it changes the status of an active rate to stashed and a new confirmed rate (created by rates generator) becomes active. You can confirm rates in the Rate Tables sectionSection 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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