General properties
Accessing the tariff editor
To access the tariff table, click on the
tab from the menu bar, as shown below:
Selecting a tariff table
To select a tariff table, expand the drop-down list on the left-hand side of the screen and choose from the available options, as shown below:
Once a tariff has been selected, the following screen will be displayed:
Tariff properties
To configure the general properties of your tariff table, click on the
button, as shown below:
A new window will open where you can configure the properties of your tariff table. Each field in this window is described in the table below:
Field name | Description |
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Tariff title | The name of the tariff table. |
Minimum dialled digits | The minimum number of dialled digits required for the call to be logged. |
Minimum search digits | The minimum number of search digits required to start allocating a charge to a call. TIM Plus starts from 10 digits and works backwards in order to find the closest tariff match. |
International digits | The digits used to dial internationally, e.g. all international calls made from UK begin with 00. |
Weekday rates | The weekday rates you want to apply to calls for each hour of the day. For example, in the table below rate 2 applies from midnight to 7:59 and from 18:00 to 23:59, and rate 1 applies from 8:00 to 17:59. To see the rates in more detail, click on the button to expand, as shown below: |
Saturday rates | The Saturday rates you want to apply to calls for each hour of the day. For example, in the table below rate 3 applies at all times. To see the rates in more detail, click on the button to expand, as shown below: |
Sunday rates | The Sunday rates you want to apply to calls for each hour of the day. For example, in the table below rate 3 applies at all times. To see the rates in more detail, click on the button to expand, as shown below: |
Rounding | This option allows you to select whether you want to round decimal places up or down. |
Localising the tariff table
To inform TIM Plus which calls should be treated as local by your tariff table, click on the
tab, as shown below:
Enter your local dial code in the field provided and click on the
button. The surrounding area codes will be listed automatically. Click on the button at the bottom-right corner of the window to localise your tariff.
Recosting calls
TIM Plus allows you to apply different rates to your already-logged calls, by re-running your data using a different tariff table. To recost calls, click on the
button, as shown below:
A new window will open, allowing you to select the tariff table and the period you want to recost calls for. If you want to recost all calls currently in the database, select the All calls option.
The recosting procedure entails removing the selected calls from the database and re-running the data using different rates. If this procedure is interrupted, you may lose calls. |
Tariff settings
To check the status of a tariff table, click on the
button, as shown below:
A new window will open, where you can update your current tariff table or download one that has not been installed by default.
The Call count column will show the current number of calls that have been processed under the selected tariff.