Wholesale Billing Periods
A wholesale billing period groups your carrier costs into a single span of time, usually a month. It makes carrier reconciliation tidier by giving every CDR file and carrier charge a period to sit in.
Overview
Section titled “Overview”Carriers bill you for the traffic and services they provide. To check those costs against what you charge your customers, you need to group everything for a period together. A wholesale billing period does exactly that.
Each period acts as a label. You attach the carrier’s call data files and carrier charges to it, then compare the totals.
What a Period Is For
Section titled “What a Period Is For”- Group CDR files for the period, so all the traffic for a month is in one place. See Carriers.
- Group carrier charges raised against the period. See Carrier Transactions.
- Reconcile carrier costs against customer billing, period by period.
Key Fields
Section titled “Key Fields”Period Details
Section titled “Period Details”Basic information about the wholesale billing period including the period name.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | Descriptive name for this wholesale billing period |
System Information
Section titled “System Information”System-generated information about when this wholesale billing period was created and last modified.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Last Modified | Timestamp of the most recent modification to this wholesale billing period |
| Created | Timestamp when this wholesale billing period was created |
A wholesale billing period is deliberately simple. The period name is the main field. The detail lives in the CDR files and carrier charges you attach to it.
Managing Wholesale Billing Periods
Section titled “Managing Wholesale Billing Periods”Adding a Period
Section titled “Adding a Period”- Open the Wholesale Billing Periods list.
- Click “Add Wholesale Billing Period”.
- Name the period clearly, for example by month and year.
- Save.
Using a Period for Reconciliation
Section titled “Using a Period for Reconciliation”- Attach the carrier CDR files for the period.
- Record carrier charges against the period.
- Compare carrier costs with the matching customer billing for the same span.
Access
Section titled “Access”- Permission: Users need the Billing permission to view or manage wholesale billing periods. This is the same area that controls billing runs.
Related
Section titled “Related”- Carriers: the wholesale providers whose costs you reconcile.
- Carrier Transactions: the charges you group into a period.
- Carrier Transaction Types: how carrier charges are categorised.
- Wholesale Billing Periods API: manage periods programmatically.
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