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Configuration of a share plan occurs at the catalog level where the administrator defines the various attributes listed above. The administrator also chooses the participating services or service type that can participate in the share plan. Service types are useful when the intent is to enable sharing for all services of a certain category – for instance any type of SMS service can participate in the share plan. Once the share plan is defined and saved, the administrator can then define the share plan buckets and set contribution rules.
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Multiple bucket allocations can be associated with each share plan. When multiple buckets are configured, the bucket precedence rules come into effect. Fixed size buckets do not grow as more participating services are added to the pool. However, if a bucket is of a variable size, the bucket will grow based on how many participating services or service types have been added. Each service can grow the bucket by a prescribed amount specified by its contribution value. It is possible for service A to grow a bucket by 100 min and service B to grow a bucket by 150 min even though they are part of the same share plan. An administrator may wish to set up the system in this manner for operational and reporting purposes.
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