Billing Application Controls

The Billing Application Controls object is a child of the Billing object. It specifies the contents and format of information that is recorded in billing data files.


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Description
Sensor type code Change Inactive Specifies the type of sensor that generated or formatted each billing record (as in GR-1100 table 2). This value, written as part of each billing record, identifies the sensor type as a MetaSwitch NE.
Sensor identification Change Inactive Specifies the instance of this sensor type that generated or formatted each billing record (as in GR-1100 table 3). This value, written as part of each billing record, identifies a particular NE in your network.
Recording office type code Change Inactive Specifies the type of recording office that wrote each billing record to a physical medium (as in GR-1100 table 4). This value, written as part of each billing record, identifies the recording office type as a MetaSwitch NE.
Recording office identification Change Inactive Specifies the instance of this recording office type that wrote each billing record to a physical medium (as in GR-1100 table 5). This value, written as part of each billing record, identifies a particular NE in your network.
Generation time of long duration record (hour) Change Inactive The hour past midnight at which long duration records are generated. Range: 0 - 23. The default is 0.
Generation time of long duration record (min) Change Inactive The minutes past the hour at which long duration records are generated. Range: 0 - 59. The default is 0.
Generation time of long duration record (sec) Change Inactive The seconds past the minute at which long duration records are generated. Range: 0 - 59. The default is 0.
Generation time of daily continuation record (hour) Change Inactive The hour past midnight at which daily continuation records are generated. Range: 0 - 23. The default is 0.
Generation time of daily continuation record (min) Change Inactive The minutes past the hour at which daily continuation records are generated. Range: 0 - 59. The default is 0.
Generation time of daily continuation record (sec) Change Inactive The seconds past the minute at which daily continuation records are generated. Range: 0 - 59. The default is 0.
Produce BAF records for ANI test calls Change Inactive Specifies whether BAF records are produced for ANI test calls. Values:
  • True
  • False (default)
Hourly count of originating calls Read only The hourly count of originating calls. This count is reported in a BAF record and an audit log, and is reset every hour on the hour.
Daily count of originating calls Read only The daily count of originating calls. This count is reported in an audit log, and is reset every day at midnight.
Hourly count of terminating calls Read only The hourly count of terminating calls. This count is reported in a BAF record and an audit log, and is reset every hour on the hour.
Daily count of terminating calls Read only The daily count of terminating calls. This count is reported in an audit log, and is reset every day at midnight.
Hourly count of outgoing calls Read only The hourly count of outgoing calls. This count is reported in a BAF record and an audit log, and is reset every hour on the hour.
Daily count of outgoing calls Read only The daily count of outgoing calls. This count is reported in an audit log, and is reset every day at midnight.
Generate records for Call Barring Change Inactive Specifies whether BAF records are produced when Call Barring is activated or deactivated. Values:
  • True
  • False (default)
Feature code for Call Barring BAF daily continuation records Change Inactive The feature code used when writing BAF Daily continuation records for Call Barring. This value is used to fill in BAF table 415 of the billing record BAF structure, as described in GR-1100. It must not match any value already defined in this table.
Feature code for Call Barring activation BAF records Change Inactive The feature code used when writing BAF records for activation of Call Barring. This value is used to fill in BAF table 415 of the billing record BAF structure, as described in GR-1100. It must not match any value already defined in this table.
Feature code for Call Barring deactivation BAF records Change Inactive The feature code used when writing BAF records for deactivation of Call Barring. This value is used to fill in BAF table 415 of the billing record BAF structure, as described in GR-1100. It must not match any value already defined in this table.
Billing Event Attention Required alarms Read only The total number of Billing Events associated with this Billing Application Controls object that are in Attention Required state.
Billing Event Attention Required alarm events Read only / Reset The total number of times that the alarm state for a Billing Event child object has gone to Attention Required.
Summary child alarm state Read only Summarizes the alarm status for all children of this object. Values:
  • Clear
    No alarms are currently raised.
  • Attention Required
    Attention Required - one or more child objects are not operating normally, and need operator intervention.
  • Attend To Dependent
    Attention Required elsewhere - another object on which one or more child objects depend is not operating normally.
Requested status Read only Specifies whether an administrator has attempted to enable the Billing Application Controls. Values:
  • Enabled
    The object has been enabled.
  • Disabled
    The object has not been enabled or has been disabled.
Actual status Read only Specifies the current status of the Billing Application Controls. Values:
  • Enabled
    The object is enabled.
  • Disabled
    The object has not been enabled or has been disabled.