Tariscope 4.x. Administrator's guide
Chapter 3. Tariscope configuration
3.6. Rate plans
In Tariscope a rate plan (tariff plan) means a set of rates from one or more telecommunications service providers, which are applied to one or group of customers (subscribers) to charge the cost of calls, telecommunications services and Internet traffic. A rate can be included in more than one rate plan.
At the simplest case and primarily for users of the Tariscope Enterprise edition, a single rate plan can be used for all subscribers of a single telephone system or data device.
To select a rate plan, click on the Rate plans branch of the configuration tree. As a result, the Rate plans configuration page is opened as shown in Figure 3.6.1.
Figure 3.6.1
By default, the Tariscope installation includes two rate plans: Base and Discounted. The administrator can change these names or deletes the rate plans. A name of a rate plan can be arbitrary and comprehensible for the Tariscope administrator.
As mentioned above, usually the Base rate plan suffices for a configuration of the Tariscope Enterprise edition. Other rate plans are not necessary in this case.
Primarily this configuration page is necessary for telecommunications service providers.
To create a new name of rate plan you should click on the Add icon on the toolbar or right-click on the list of rate plans and select the Add item in the appeared menu. As a result, the New rate plan name appears in the table of rate plans.
Change this name on any other one and double-click on this line or click on the Edit icon on the toolbar. The Edit plan window appears as shown in Figure 3.6.2.
Figure 3.6.2
You can change the name in the Name box and type a description of rate plan in the Description box. The description is an optional parameter but it helps the administrator to quickly understand a purpose of a rate plan.
In the Attribute box you can enter any attributes that can be used for the rate plan. For example, these can be attributes of RADIUS server to set restrictions for subscribers, in case Tariscope interacts with the RADIUS server.
If a rate plan must include the fixed services, for example, the monthly subscriber charge, you should add these services into the rate plan. Click Add (Figure 3.6.2). The Service window appears as shown in Figure 3.6.3.
Figure 3.6.3
In the Service type list, select the required service name. If the required service is absent in the list, type the service name. How to create a new service see in the appropriate section of the documentation.
In the Amount box, type the amount of services. By default, value "1" is set.
In the Description box you can type a description of the service.
In the Active from and To boxes you can set dates when the service will be used. If these dates aren't set, it is considered that the service is used permanently.
Click OK. The service will add to list of services (Figure 3.6.2).
After entering the data for all services, click OK in the Edit plan window.
