BDS-I Version 57 58 EnhancementsScreens to Update ACOM, AIND, ALEC, ARAT, AJRN, ADES, AEOD & APOP. ACOM From & Thru usage dates may need to be split out for the first month of billing

BDS-I VERSION 57/58 ENHANCEMENTS

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BDS-I VERSION 57 ENHANCEMENTSDonna Anglin

ATRN – When you apply an ADJ and populate the invoice # field with the current invoice you are creating for that months billing.

Previous message

Revised Message

AC0750 – BDT EDIT MODIFICATION

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A request from last year conference – Add ACNA to the AIXC browses.AIXB

AIXX

AIX2

AIXC BROWSES – ACNA FIELD ADDED

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From ACKU, use F18 to transfer to AUSB.It will start the file with the Rate-ID, Prem/Non & USOC fields from ACKU.

ACKU TO AUSO HOT KEY

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From AUSO/AUSB use F18 to transfer back .To ACKU if that was the starting point; otherwise, F18 will transfer to ASPB starting the browse at the first record on file.

ACKU TO AUSO HOT KEY

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ATRN- When no RAC is provided, taxes and surcharges will still be applied.Tax and Surcharge indicator must be set to a Y.

TAXING ATRN ENTRIES WITH NO RAC

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ATRN – TAX, Surcharge, RAC fields.


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ACIC – Drop at Merge, must be populated with a Y.

AUID – Print ACIC Drops, must be populated with a Y.

Merge Dropped Report.

PRINT ACIC DROPS – DAILY USERS ONLY

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BDS-I VERSION 58 ENHANCEMENTS

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Added an alternate browse by USOC.

AUDB – ALTERNATE BROWSE

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Press F2 to toggle between AUDB and AUDX.

AUDB – ALTERNATE BROWSE

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AC0040 IXC ListingAdded RAC code to CSV

AC0260 – Usage Retained in ErrorAdded a CSV as an output for this report

REPORT ENHANCEMENTS

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With each release we provide an Update document with the same information within the User Guide.

Update Document

User Guide

UPDATE DOCUMENT

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Programming also provides a document of all changes.

With the next release we are going to eliminate the Update document.All information can be found in the User Guide by the change bars. We are looking to find a search option within the User Guide to find all updates based on a search field.

UPDATE DOCUMENT

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BDS-I VERSION 57 ENHANCEMENTSSally Magsamen

Per FCC Ruling for Price Cap Companies.

Effective 7/1/2017.

Four scenarios where the LTTST rate element can be applied:

Initial End OfficeSubsequent End OfficeHost to Remote End OfficeAffiliate Owned End Office

Only valid when the end office is set as subsequent

TERMINATING TANDEM SWITCH TRANSPORT

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AEOD Bill Type = Subsequent and Affiliate Owned indicator on AEOD-2 must be set to Y.

New ARAT Rate Element – LTTSTLocal Transport Tandem Switch Transport

This rate element is used for the .0007 rate (or the rate that your tariff mandates) while other local transport rate elements are zero rated.

LTTST: Tandem Terminating MOU multiplied by rate.


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Screens to UpdateACOM, AIND, ALEC, ARAT, AJRN, ADES, AEOD & APOP.

ACOMFrom & Thru usage dates may need to be split out for the first month of billing this new rate if the from date does not match the date you need to begin billing for this Terminating Tandem Switched Transport.


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AIND-2 New Indicator: TST Effective Date

AINDTST Effective Date allows program AC0410 within Step3 to force all other tandem terminating rates being applied for that End Office to process with zero rate no matter how ARAT is populated.

Important that this date matches the effective date of the LTTST rate on ARAT.

LTTST and all the program logic associated with it will only be applied to tandem usage, no direct usage.


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ALEC/ARATFollowing a different Rate ID due to this change? Update the ALEC Rate-ID with the effective date that matches the effective date within the AIND TST effective date field.

Enter the LTTST Rate within ARAT with the same effective date as you used in ALEC.

AJRN/ADESAdd the LTTST Rate element .


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AEOD and APOPIf the EO POP Tandem field equals zero, then billing takes place as usual.

If the EO POP Tandem field does not equal zero, the terminating rates for all other Local Transport rate elements will be forced to zero and only the LTTST terminating rate will be billed for terminating traffic.


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AC0510 within Step3 has been modified to clean up unused ABAL entries differently.

No longer look at the ACOM-2 Zero Rated Journal indicator.

Change needed when the Zero Rate Journal indicator was set to Y for additional reasons other than to zero rate journals.

INACTIVE ABAL - CLEANUP

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AUID Screen ChangesAdded a new indicator: Del Inactive ABAL


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New Indicator on ABAL-2


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New AUID indicator was initialized depending on how the ACOM-2 Zero Rated Journal Indicator was set.

If ACOM-2 Zero Rated Journal was set to Y, AUID will be set to N.

When initialized all companies were looked at to determine if any Zero Rated Journal indicators were set to Y.

Nothing will change with how your inactive ABALs are cleaned up unless you change the AUID and/or the ABAL delete indicator.


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AC0510 within Step3 will check AUID first.

If AUID indicator is set to Y, we proceed to check ABAL to determine if ABAL should be deleted.

ACOM-3 Inactive #Months indicator will continue to determine when an inactive ABAL will be cleaned up.


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AC0510 report will continue to be created within Step3 to show you any inactive balance due entries that were deleted during the bill run.


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When the following programs add new ABAL entries, the delete inactive ABAL-2 indicator will default to Y:

MergeStep1ATRN Screen/FeedASPL Screen/Feed


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BDS-I ENHANCEMENTS VERSION 58

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ADAI – Corporate Code moved to a sub-file.

Allow unlimited number of Corp Codes for a discount plan.

ADAI now has three screens.ADAI-3 contains only Corporate Codes.

CORPORATE CODE - ADAI

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Unlimited number of corporate codes can be added to ADAI-3. Once page 1 is full, additional corporate codes will be added to the 2nd page automatically.

F7 & F8 allows you to view additional pages.

ADAI-1 will show the first nine corporate codes, then a plus (+) sign will appear indicating additional corporate codes exist.

*ALL* is still valid to indicate all corporate codes are valid for the discount plan.


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Reports updated for this change:AC0092ACPLN100ACPLN110ACPLN120ACPLN210

When more than one corporate code appears within ADAI-3, (MULTIPLE) will appear within the Corp Code column.

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HELPFUL HINTS

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Do you run the check job today? If not, you should!

The check job could prevent your billing from cancelling.

The check job could let you know if your database might be set up incorrectly.

You get both a text and csv output.

Use the check job as a reference.

CHECK JOB

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Rate IDs are listed on the check job report.

Reference when doing rate changes.

Both switched & specials.

ADRI Rate IDs are listed on the check job.

CHECK JOB

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CHECK JOB

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A few checks pulled from the System Manual.

Are you using any alternate view browse screens within BDS-I?AIXB

AIXX – By IXC Name

AIX2 – By IXC

ALTERNATE VIEWS

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ABABABAX – By BAN#

ALTERNATE VIEWS

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ACLBACLX – By NPA/NXX

ALTERNATE VIEWS

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ALTERNATE VIEWSAADX Address by IXCABAX Balance Due by Billing #ACIX ACIC by CICACLX CLLI by NPA/NXXACSX NC/COS by COSADAX Discount Plan by Tariff PlanADEX Description of GL by DescriptionADSX Dispute by IXCAEOX End Office by CLLIAINX Invoice by From CompanyAIXX AIXC by IXC NameAIX2 AIXC by IXC

ALEX ALEC by OCNAOCX OCCs by EC Circuit IDAOTX Override Tax by GeocodeAPCX PICC by ISDN/TNAPHX Phrase Code by DescriptionAPIX PIU by IXCAPOX POP by TGN/RPI/TSCAPX2 PIU by IXC/Traffic TypeASPX Circuit by EC IDASP2 Circuit by IC IDATDX TET by DescriptionAVSX VSN by File Name

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All function keys are listed at the bottom of the screenF2 – toggles you between the browse screen and the first alternate browse screen.F14 (shift F2) – when more than one alternate browse for a screen, shift F2 toggles you between the 2nd alternate browse and the original browse screen.F3 – toggles you from the detail screen to the browse screen. F15 (shift F3) – when in the detail screen, shift F3 toggles you to the alternate index browse screen.

ALTERNATE VIEWS

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BROWSE SCREEN SEARCHESJohn Payne

HMMM…WHERE’S MY DATA?

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Currently there are limited search capabilities on some screens with the VIEW function.

ABAB/ABAX – IXC (e.g. 0288)AHTB – All entries, Adjustment or OC&Cs APIB/APIX/APX2 – All Traffic types or VOIP onlyARTB – Element (e.g. EOLS2)ASPB/ASPX/ASP2 – All, Live or Disconnected circuitsAUSB – USOC (e.g. VGCMF)AVAB – All, Step2 data or Step3 data

BROWSE SCREEN SEARCHES

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Have you used the VIEW function?

If so, have you ever thought, "If I could select on one more field, I’d have what I’m looking for.” Instead, you manually scroll through the data until you find the exact record(s).

Do you run a job to get a CSV, then filter on the fields to get the data that you are looking for?

With the new SEARCH capabilities, you might have everything you need right on the browse!


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CDG has started to modify the browse screens to allow the user to search on multiple fields.

We’ve added a new Position/Search FUNC field in the upper right corner of the browse screens.

P = “Position to” function (default), continues to allow the user to reposition & reload the screen on the key fields, but they must be populated continuously.

S = “Search” function, allows the user to search and reload the screen on any of the detail fields.


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Most fields that appear on a browse, are available for the search criteria to find the data the user wants to look at.

A math operator field has been added before each detail field, and will be edited for: =, N (not equal), < or >. If the operator field is left blank, it will be defaulted to “=”.

If a detail field is left blank, then the field will be ignored in the search.

Allows the user to filter the data on the browse quickly!


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This returns the same results as the old VIEW function.


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The user can search on one or many data fields.

The search criteria is kept if you go into a detail record, and then return back to the browse (ABAB to ABAL to ABAB).

The search criteria is kept if you switch to an alternate view of the related screens (ABAB to ABAX).

However, the search criteria is lost if you hot-key to other screens (ABAB to ABAL to AADB).


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The user will be able to do partial data lookups!

The detail fields can be entered with a wildcard character of “+”. This can be entered anywhere within the field and the search will take place with the remaining data found before the “+”.

Only a single “+” is required within the field. If the “+” is in the first position of the field, it will be defaulted to spaces.

This can be done in alphanumeric fields only.


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Examples:EC Circuit ID= 18.LGGS

Will return the single circuit with the exact match of “18.LGGS”

EC Circuit ID= 19.LGGS+Will return all circuits beginning with “19.LGGS”

EC Circuit ID= 20.+GGS+ Will return all circuits beginning with “20.”, everything past the first “+” is ignored and wiped out


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Examples:CLLI = CHMPIL+

Will return everything for Champaign Illinois

CLLI = +, in first positionWill be defaulted to spaces for the user

NPA = 21+Will return all NPAs beginning with 21

NPA = 2++Will return all NPAs beginning with 2, again everything past the first “+” is ignored and wiped out


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Wild-carding date fields:

1. Dates can be entered as specific date.07/01/2017

2. Dates can be entered by wild-carding the day only.07/++/2017

3. Dates can be entered by wild-carding the month & day.++/++/2017


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Numeric fields:PercentagesDollarsMinutesMessages

Any signed numeric field, we have to make the data be in the correct format, so wildcards are not permitted.


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THE DATA HAS BEEN FOUND!!

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This new process looks at each record, and if the search criteria matches, the record will be loaded to the screen.

At CDG, most of our searches are done in 1 or 2 seconds.

However, the more records you have on file, the longer it might take to find records to load.

On CDG’s CLLI file, we have over 400,000 records and depending on the search criteria, at the most, it has taken 15-20 seconds to return the data.


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The VIEW function has been kept on the following:

AHTB – History Transaction BrowseThe VIEW is on the TRANSID, which isn’t listed on the browse screen.

ASPB/ASPX/ASP2 – Special BrowsesThe VIEW is actually set by the user from ACOMscreen 2, option 14 “Hide Outed Circuits.”


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List of browses that have been changed to date:

AADB/AADX AEOB/AEOX AMBB ATOBABAB/ABAX AEXB ANEB ATRB/ATRUABDB AFEB AOCB/AOCX AUDB/AUDXABIB AHTB APIB/APIX/APX2 AUNBACCB AIDB APOB/APOX AUSBACIB/ACIX AIPB APTB AVABACLB/ACLX AISB ARMB AWEBACOB AIXB/AIXX/AIX2 ARTBACTB AJRB ASPB/ASPX/ASP2ADAB/ADAX ALEB/ALEX ASUBADPB ALPB ATABADTB ALTB ATEB


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BUSINESS DATA SERVICES (BDS) REFORMMike Carson

Pursuant to the FCC order on BDS reform, price cap companies must determine whether circuit charges should be billed at a competitive or non-competitive rate.

BDS reform rating rules apply when all of the following conditions are met:

ILEC is subject to price cap regulation.Interstate services, as well as intrastate services that mirror the interstate tariff.Special access - DS3 level services and below.Specific USOCs based on your tariff.

BDS REFORM

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BDS REFORMACOM – Price Cap

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BDS REFORMACOM – Price Cap

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Determines whether this company is a price cap company. If set to Y, BDS rating rules apply, and this company can make use of competitive/non-competitive rates for special access billing.

Valid values are Y or N. The default is N.

If ACOM Price Cap equals N, everything is considered non-competitive. No additional lookups are performed, and all competitive/non-competitive indicators are set to N on ACKU.

BDS REFORMACLI – Competitive/Non

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BDS REFORMACLI – Competitive/Non

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Per FCC order, competitive/non-competitive is determined by wire center within a county.

CDG uses LERG7 and LERG8 LOC tables to tie back to the FCC county listing to accomplish this for service bureau and online clients.

Determines which rates to apply on circuits for price cap companies. Valid values are C for Competitive, and N for Non-competitive.

BDS REFORMALEC – Apply BDS Rating

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BDS REFORMALEC – Apply BDS Rating

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Apply BDS Rating A/E and A/A indicators must be set to Y on ALEC-3 if your intrastate tariff mirrors the interstate tariff.

Valid values are Y or N. The default is N.

BDS REFORMAUDF – Apply BDS Rating

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Added User ID to AUDF key.

This allows BDS rules to be applied to USOCs by UID.

Class of Service definitions use asterisks in the UID field.


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Y - Apply BDS rating rules based on ACLI competitive/non-competitive indicators for your Z location.

E - Apply BDS rating rules based on ACLI competitive/non-competitive indicators for your A and Z locations.

P - Apply BDS rating rules to both the A and Z locations. Both are considered competitive.

N - Do not apply BDS rating rules. Everything is considered non-competitive.

BDS REFORMAUSO – CN

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1-byte Competitive/Non-competitive indicator.

Valid values are:C - CompetitiveN - Non-competitive

BDS REFORMAEOD - CN

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BDS REFORMAEOD - CN

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Protected Competitive/Non-competitive indicator pulled from ACLI.

BDS REFORMACLS – Apply BDS Rating

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Protected Apply BDS Rating indicator pulled from AUDF.

BDS REFORMACLS – Apply BDS Rating

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BDS REFORMASPL - CN

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BDS REFORMASPL - CN

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Protected Competitive/Non-competitive indicator pulled from ACLI.

BDS REFORMACKB – CN

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BDS REFORMACKU – Comp/Non

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Protected Competitive/Non-competitive indicator pulled from AUSO.

BDS REFORMACKU – Comp/Non

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AC0010 – LEC ListingAC0011 – NC/Class of Service ReportAC0012 – AUDF USOC Definition Listing (CSV only)AC0015 – USOC ListingAC0025 – Other Charges & CreditsAC0080 – Company Master FileAC0120 – CLLI Listing

BDS REFORMUpdated Reports

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ETHERNET ENHANCEMENTSMike Carson

Growing Ethernet services demand and deploymentTransporting data from video, wireless traffic, voice, etc.

Could changes be made to BDS-I?Make the system more efficientIncrease accuracyEliminate the need to ‘make up’ data to satisfy current system requirements

ETHERNET TASK FORCE OBJECTIVES

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ASPL-1 UPDATED

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ASPL-1 UPDATED

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RUID1 & RUID2Related UNI Identifier.28 bytes each, alphanumeric.Identifies the provider’s related circuit ID for a UNI (User Network Interface) or ENNI (External Network NetworkInterface) against which the order is requested.

ASPL-1 UPDATEDRUID and EVCSP fields added

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EVCSP1 & EVCSP2Ethernet Virtual Connection Switch Point.11 bytes, alphanumeric (CLLI Code).Identifies the Ethernet switching point, in CLLI code format, at the UNI/ENNI termination.

ASPL-1 UPDATEDRUID and EVCSP fields added

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ASPL-1 UPDATED

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LOSLevel of Service.20 bytes, alphanumeric.Identifies a name for a provider defined level of service performance associated with the Ethernet product offering.

SPECService and Product Enhancement Code.7 bytes, alphanumeric.Identifies a specific product or service offering.

ASPL-1 UPDATEDLOS, SPEC, and BDW fields added

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BDWBandwidth.7 bytes, alphanumeric.Identifies the average rate in bits per second of ingress service frames up to which the network delivers service frames and meets the performance objectives defined by the LOS service attribute.

ASPL-1 UPDATEDLOS, SPEC, and BDW fields added

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Metro Ethernet Circuits will be determined by the first two bytes of the NC Code being equal to ‘VL.’

EVC circuits are not subject to muxing/ratcheting between special and switched access. The SW Ratch% is not applicable.

ASPL-1 UPDATED

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NEW ACOM-3 INDICATOR

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Determines when an APOP record is required for EVC circuits. When not required, system will use the end office CLLI location for the POP location.

Initialize to Y. Default to Y. Edited for Y/N. When = ‘Y’, mileage type USOCs are not valid (Designator B, Q, F & T).

NEW ACOM-3 INDICATOR73. APOP for EVC Ckt

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MOVES FROM ASPL-1 TO ASPL-3

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To make room for the new Ethernet specific fields on ASPL-1, the following fields were moved to ASPL-3:

MOVES FROM ASPL-1 TO ASPL-3

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DSLDSL CountVOIPFCC Filer IDService Priority

ASGSBANBANDTERETS

AC0020 – New fields added to ASPL-1, moved fields to ASPL-3.

AC0080 – Added option 73. APOP for EVC Ckt.

AC0650 – Removed ratchet% calculations for Ethernet circuits.

UPDATED REPORTS

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Documents

BDS-I Version 57 58 EnhancementsScreens to Update ACOM, AIND, ALEC, ARAT, AJRN, ADES, AEOD & APOP. ACOM From & Thru usage dates may need to be split out for the first month of billing