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Rate groups are used to contain one or more rates. Rate groups are added to rate plans and those rate plans are then attached to packages and other system entities in order to specify the rates that apply to usage (for a complete list of entities that rate plans can be attached to see the rate plans screen help). If you are only rating usage using a few rates or a single rate (for example, data usage may be billed at a singular rate) then your rates may be best organized into a single rate group. If you are rating calls, airtime, messaging or other types of usage with rates that differ by location/carrier then multiple rate groups will be needed.
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Icon | Description |
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 | Retires the selected rate group |
 | Clones the selected rate group |
 | Deletes the selected rate group if not in useand all rates configured on the rate group |
 | Adds a new rate group |
The Usage Rate Groups List
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Name: a unique and meaningful name for the rate group (data rates, international rates, etc.)
Display Name: an optional field which allows you to specify a user friendly rate group description that can be presented on invoices or reports if desired
Start: the date and time when the rate group is available for use
Use For Cost: configures the rate group as a 'cost' rate group. Rates added to a for cost rate group will be considered 'cost' rates and referenced when a rate in an adjacent rate group within the same rate plan has a 'Rate Type' of 'Markup'. For example, if a SMS mobile originating rate with a 'Markup' rate type exists in a rate group, then when rating occurs the charge for this rate will be determined by looking for a 'Use For Cost' rate group within the same rate plan. If the for cost rate group exists with a SMS-MO class rate then that cost rate will be marked up to determine the rate to charge. If no matching 'for cost' rate group with the appropriate rate is found then a rating exception will occur when attempting to calculate the markup rate
Currency: allows you set the currency the rates within the group will be converted to. The rate group will be used when the account the usage charges relate to is configured with the same currency as the rate group. For instance, if a rate group currency is set to 'Euro' and the account the usage belongs to is set to Euro currency, then rating will execute converting the usage charges into Euros. If the account the usage belongs to is configured to use USD as its currency and there is no United States Dollar currency rate group in the same rate plan then a rating exception will occur
Aggregate Rates: if enabled the rate group will be configured to contain aggregated (tiered) rates. When rates are setup they will only display tiering configuration options only if they are connected to a rate group that has this Aggregate Rates setting enabled. Aggregated rates are rated at the end of a billing period instead of rating the usage as it is processed (fed into the system). Tiering configuration options are displayed on aggregated rates, allowing you to adjust the rate applied based on the amount of usage (e.g. $1.00 per GB for the first 10 GB of usage, followed by $0.75 per GB for all usage beyond 10GB). Aggregated rates can only be configured using either the Rated or the Rated Markup rate types
Time Period: an optional field which allows you to select a time period where rates in this rate group will be applicable (e.g. evenings, weekends). You can define time periods on the time period screen
Pass Through Rating: allows usage charges to be passed through the system so that another application can handle rating activities. When this option is enabled rating will not occur in LogiSense Billing, the usage will simply be mapped to the appropriate account. The following rate values will be null for pass through rates: Amount, Additional, UsageRoundingID, GeoTreeLocationID (Any rates that use the GeoTree rater will default their location to /Everywhere), GeoTreeLocationGroupID, MinimumCharge, UsageUnit and UsageRateCalculationTypeID
Amount Precision: the number of digits to round the amount to after the decimal place. This rounding occurs during rating. If this value is left empty the rate plan will use the amount precision configured under the owner's mediation & rating configuration. A maximum precision length of eleven digits is supported
Amount Rounding Type: allows you to specify how to round the amount during rating. The options are Round Half Up and Round Up. Round Half Up is midpoint rounding, meaning a value of 5 or more is required to round up when rounding the amount to the configured amount precision. Round up will round any value greater than zero up. If a legacy rate group exists without this setting specified then the Amount Rounding Type value set on the Owner screen under the Mediation & Rating tab will be used
Rates
The Rates tab shows you the rates that are assigned to the current group. Rates are added to groups when rates are configured.
Plans
The Plans tab shows you the rate plans that the current rate group is assigned to. Rate groups are added to rate plans when rate plans are configured.
Conditions
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Once a rate group has been setup you can associate rates with the group on the ratesUsage Rates configuration screen.