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Date: | Author: | Version: | Changes: | Completed | Ext. | Int. | Is in Core |
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27 October 2011 | Rida Riaz | 1.0 |
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31 October 2011 | Luca Casarini | 1.1 | Review | No | x |
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31 October 2011 | SD | 1.1 | Checked | Yes | x |
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| 9 May 2014 | Luca Casarini | 2.0 | Reorganized the document, added bundle rating and introduction. | No | x |
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Introduction
CDRatorRator's billing functionality is designed to generate invoice detail lines based on Call Detailed Record (CDR) information received from the network.
Three major steps build up CDRator Rator billing functionality.
| Step | Name | Description |
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| 1 | LOADING | CDR information is loaded into the database and named as billing records. The loading process applies CDRator’s Rator customer validation logic to the CDR files to e.g. discard duplicate information or files which do not comply with the expected format. |
| 2 | MEDIATION | Billing records have the same structure of CDRs, but two additional fields are added by CDRatorRator:
Mediation is the logic that determines these two fields from information available in the billing record. Rating code and rating key are human-readable values that have a great impact on the subsequent phases of the billing process. |
| 3.1 | RATING (standard prices) | The telecommunications market often offers monthly packages which grant a limited amount of traffic (talk time, messages and data) at a fixed monthly fee. Nonetheless, every single minute of talk time, every message and every kbyte of GPRS has a basic or standard price.
The first stage of the rating phase always determines the price of the billing record in terms of basic prices. |
| 3.2 | RATING (campaigns) | After the billing record is rated according to the basic prices, the process searches for exceptions. If a valid campaign/bundle is found, the process continues, and now the campaign/bundle's own logic determines the actual price of the billing record. |
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This document describes the activities in steps 3.1 and 3.2 in the table above, and can be used to trouble shoot rating errors.
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Knowledge of CDRator Rator Product Configuration is a prerequisite of this document. |
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