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Tariff Plans
============
For importing the data into CGRateS database we are using cvs files. The import
process can be started as many times it is desired with one ore more csv files
and the existing values are overwritten. If the -flush option is used then the
database is cleaned before importing.For more details see the cgr-loader tool
from the tutorial chapter.
The rest of this section we will describe the content of every csv files.
4.2.1. Rates profile
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The rates profile describes the prices to be applied for various calls to
various destinations in various time frames. When a call is made the CGRateS
system will locate the rates to be applied to the call using the rating
profiles.
.. csv-table::
:file: ../data/tariffplans/tutorial/RatingProfiles.csv
:header-rows: 1
Tenant
Used to distinguish between carriers if more than one share the same
database in the CGRates system.
TOR
Type of record specifies the kind of transmission this rate profile applies
to.
Direction
Can be IN or OUT for the INBOUND and OUTBOUND calls.
Subject
The client/user for who this profile is detailing the rates.
RatesFallbackSubject
This specifies another profile to be used in case the call destination will
not be found in the current profile. The same tenant, tor and direction will
be used.
RatesTimingTag
Forwards to a tag described in the rates timing file to be used for this
profile.
ActivationTime
Multiple rates timings/prices can be created for one profile with different
activation times. When a call is made the appropriate profile(s) will be
used to rate the call. So future prices can be defined here and the
activation time can be set as appropriate.
4.2.2. Rating Plans
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This file makes links between a ratings and timings so each of them can be
described once and various combinations are made possible.
.. csv-table::
:file: ../data/tariffplans/tutorial/RatingPlans.csv
:header-rows: 1
Tag
A string by which this rates timing will be referenced in other places by.
RatesTag
The rating tag described in the rates file.
TimingTag
The timing tag described in the timing file
Weight
If multiple timings cab be applied to a call the one with the lower weight
wins. An example here can be the Christmas day: we can have a special timing
for this day but the regular day of the week timing can also be applied to
this day. The weight will differentiate between the two timings.
4.2.3. Rates
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Defines price groups for various destinations which will be associated to
various timings.
.. csv-table::
:file: ../data/tariffplans/tutorial/Rates.csv
:header-rows: 1
Tag
A string by which this rate will be referenced in other places by.
DestinationsTag
The destination tag which these rates apply to.
ConnectFee
The price to be charged once at the beginning of the call to the specified
destination.
Price
The price for the billing unit expressed in cents.
BillingUnit
The billing unit expressed in seconds
4.2.4. Timings
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Describes the time periods that have different rates attached to them.
.. csv-table::
:file: ../data/tariffplans/tutorial/Timings.csv
:header-rows: 1
Tag
A string by which this timing will be referenced in other places by.
Months
Integers from 1=January to 12=December separated by semicolons (;)
specifying the months for this time period.
MonthDays
Integers from 1 to 31 separated by semicolons (;) specifying the month days
for this time period.
WeekDays
Integers from 1=Monday to 7=Sunday separated by semicolons (;) specifying
the week days for this time period.
StartTime
The start time for this time period. \*now will be replaced with the time of
the data importing.
4.2.5. Destinations
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The destinations are binding together various prefixes / caller ids to define a
logical destination group. A prefix can appear in multiple destination groups.
.. csv-table::
:file: ../data/tariffplans/tutorial/Destinations.csv
:header-rows: 1
Tag
A string by which this destination will be referenced in other places by.
Prefix
The prefix or caller id to be added to the specified destination.
4.2.6. Account actions
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Describes the actions to be applied to the clients/users accounts. There are two
kinds of actions: timed and triggered. For the timed actions there is a
scheduler application that reads them from the database and executes them at the
appropriate timings. The triggered actions are executed when the specified
balance counters reach certain thresholds.
The accounts hold the various balances and counters to activate the triggered
actions for each the client.
Balance types are: MONETARY, SMS, INTERNET, INTERNET_TIME, MINUTES.
.. csv-table::
:file: ../data/tariffplans/tutorial/AccountActions.csv
:header-rows: 1
Tenant
Used to distinguish between carriers if more than one share the same
database in the CGRates system.
Account
The identifier for the user's account.
Direction
Can be IN or OUT for the INBOUND and OUTBOUND calls.
ActionTimingsTag
Forwards to a timed action group that will be used on this account.
ActionTriggersTag
Forwards to a triggered action group that will be applied to this account.
4.2.7 Action triggers
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
For each account there are counters that record the activity on various
balances. Action triggers allow when a counter reaches a threshold to activate a
group of actions. After the execution the action trigger is marked as used and
will no longer be evaluated until the triggers are reset. See actions for action
trigger resetting.
.. csv-table::
:file: ../data/tariffplans/tutorial/ActionTriggers.csv
:header-rows: 1
Tag
A string by which this action trigger will be referenced in other places by.
ThresholdType
The threshold type. Can have one of the following:
+ **\*min_counter**: Fire when counter is less than ThresholdValue
+ **\*max_counter**: Fire when counter is greater than ThresholdValue
+ **\*min_balance**: Fire when balance is less than ThresholdValue
+ **\*max_balance**: Fire when balances is greater than ThresholdValue
+ **\*min_asr**: Fire when ASR(Average success Ratio) is less than ThresholdValue
+ **\*max_asr**: Fire when ASR is greater than ThresholdValue
+ **\*min_acd**: Fire when ACD(Average call Duration) is less than ThresholdValue
+ **\*max_acd**: Fire when ACD is greater than ThresholdValue
+ **\*min_acc**: Fire when ACC(Average call cost) is less than ThresholdValue
+ **\*max_acc**: Fire when ACC is greater than ThresholdValue
ThresholdValue
The value of the balance counter that will trigger this action.
Recurrent(Boolean)
In case of trigger we can fire recurrent while it's active, or only the
first time.
MinSleep
When Threshold is triggered we can sleep for the time specified.
BalanceTag
Specifies the balance counter by which this action will be triggered. Can
be:
+ **MONETARY**
+ **SMS**
+ **INTERNET**
+ **INTERNET_TIME**
+ **MINUTES**
BalanceType
Specifies the balance type for this action:
+ **\*voice**: units of call minutes
+ **\*sms**: units of SMS
+ **\*data**: units of data
+ **\*monetary**: units of money
BalanceDirection
Can be **\*in** or **\*out** for the INBOUND and OUTBOUND calls.
BalanceCategory
BalanceDestinationTag
BalanceRatingSubject
BalanceSharedGroup
BalanceExpiryTime
BalanceTimingTags
BalanceWeight
StatsMinQueuedItems
ActionsTag
Forwards to an action group to be executed when the threshold is reached.
Weight
Specifies the order for these triggers to be evaluated. If there are
multiple triggers are fired in the same time the ones with the lower weight
will be executed first.
DestinationTag
This field is used only if the balanceTag is MINUTES. If the balance counter
monitors call minutes this field indicates the destination of the calls for
which the minutes are recorded.a
4.2.8. Action Plans
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. csv-table::
:file: ../data/tariffplans/tutorial/ActionPlans.csv
:header-rows: 1
Tag
A string by which this action timing will be referenced in other places by.
ActionsTag
Forwards to an action group to be executed when the timing is right.
TimingTag
A timing (one time or recurrent) at which the action group will be executed
Weight
Specifies the order for these timings to be evaluated. If there are multiple
action timings set to be execute on the same time the ones with the lower
weight will be executed first.
4.2.9. Actions
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. csv-table::
:file: ../data/tariffplans/tutorial/Actions.csv
:header-rows: 1
Tag
A string by which this action will be referenced in other places by.
Action
The action type. Can have one of the following:
+ **CALL_URL_ASYNC**: Send a http request to the following url Asynchronous
+ **CALL_URL**: Send a http request to the following url
+ **CDRLOG**: Log the current action in the storeDB
+ **DEBIT**: Debit account balance.
+ **LOG**: Logs the other action values (for debugging purposes).
+ **MAIL_ASYNC**: Send a email to the direction
+ **RESET_ALL_COUNTERS**: Sets all counters to 0
+ **RESET_COUNTER**: Sets the counter for the BalanceTag to 0
+ **RESET_POSTPAID**: Set account to postpaid, reset all it's balances.
+ **RESET_PREPAID**: Set account to prepaid, reset all it's balances.
+ **RESET_TRIGGERS**: Marks all action triggers as ready to be executed.
+ **SET_POSTPAID**: Sets account to postpaid, maintains it's balances.
+ **SET_PREPAID**: Sets account to prepaid, maintains it's balances. Makes sense after an account was set to POSTPAID and admin wants it back.
+ **TOPUP**: Add account balance. If the specific balance is not defined, define it (example: minutes per destination).
+ **TOPUP_RESET**: Add account balance. If previous balance found of the same type, reset it before adding.
ExtraParameters:
In Extra Parameter field you can define a argument for the action. In case
of call_url Action, extraParameter will be the url action. In case of
mail_async the email that you want to receive.
BalanceTag
The balance on which the action will operate
Units
The units which will be operated on the balance BalanceTag.
BalanceType
Specifies the balance type for this action:
+ **\*voice**: units of call minutes
+ **\*sms**: units of SMS
+ **\*data**: units of data
+ **\*monetary**: units of money
BalanceDirection
Can be **\*in** or **\*out** for the INBOUND and OUTBOUND calls.
DestinationTag
This field is used only if the balanceTag is MINUTES. Specifies the
destination of the minutes to be operated.
RatingSubject
The ratingSubject of the Actions
SharedGroup
In case of the account uses any shared group for the balances.
ExpiryTime
TimingTags
Timming tag when the action can be executed. Default ALL.
Units
Number of units for decrease the balance. Only use if BalanceType is voice.
BalanceWeight
Weight
If there are multiple actions in a group, they will be executed in the order
of their weight (smaller first).
4.2.10. Derived Chargers
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
For each call we can bill more than one time, for that we need to use the
following options:
.. csv-table::
:file: ../data/tariffplans/tutorial/DerivedChargers.csv
:header-rows: 1
In derived charges we have 2 different kind of options, filters, and actions:
Filters: With the following fields we filter the calls that need to run a extra
billing parameter.
+ Direction
+ Tenant
+ Category
+ Account
+ Subject
Actions: In case of the filter options match, platform creates extra runid with
the fields that we want to modify.
+ RunId
+ RunFilter
+ ReqTypeField
+ DirectionField
+ TenantField
+ CategoryField
+ AccountField
+ SubjectField
+ DestinationField
+ SetupTimeField
+ AnswerTimeField
+ UsageField
In the example, all the calls with direction=out, tenant=cgrates.org,
category="call" and account and subject equal 1001. Will be created a new cdr in
the table *rated_cdrs* with the runID derived_run1, and the subject 1002.
This feature it's useful in the case that you want to rated the calls 2 times,
for example rated for different tenants or resellers.