Tariscope 4.6. Administrator's guide
Chapter 4 Tariscope configuration
4.4 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, create or edit a rate plan, click on the Rate plans item of the Tariscope menu. As a result, the Rate plans page is opened. An example of the page is shown in Figure 4.4.1.
Figure 4.4.1
By default, the Tariscope installation includes two rate plans: Base and Preferential. 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 to configure 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 rate plan, you should click on the Add icon on the toolbar. As a result, the New rate plan page appears as shown in Figure 4.4.2.
Figure 4.4.2
In the Name box, enter the rate plan name.
In the Description box, you can enter a description of the rate plan. This is an optional field.
If your new rate plan has some attributes, enter them in the Attribute box. For example, such attributes can be attributes of RADIUS server to set restrictions for subscribers, in the case Tariscope interacts with the RADIUS server.
If a rate plan must include the fixed services, for example, the monthly subscriber fee, you should add these services into the rate plan. Click Add icon on the toolbar of the Services section. The Add window appears as shown in Figure 4.4.3.
Figure 4.4.3
In the Service list, select the desired service. If the required service is absent in the list, create the service. How to create a new service see in the appropriate section of the documentation.
In the Description box, you can type a description of the service. This is an optional field.
In the Quantity box, type the quantity of the service that the rate plan will include. By default, the value is 1.
In the From date and To date calendar boxes you can set a period when the service will be applied. If these dates aren't set, it is considered that the service is applied permanently.
Click Save. The service will add to list of services (Figure 4.4.2).
If you need to edit a service from the rate plan, select a row with this service (Figure 4.4.2) and click on the Edit icon on the toolbar.
To delete a server from the rate plan, select a row with this service (Figure 4.4.2) and click on the Delete icon on the toolbar.
To save the rate plan parameters, click Save.
