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Reseller Account

Reseller Account

Using this menu, Reseller can manage the child accounts. The Reseller can enable or disable functionalities like Dynamic Benefit, Custom Tariff for the enterprise.

View Account details

1. On the top menu, click

to view the Account details screen. Refer to the following screen.

Note: All the accounts under Reseller are displayed.

The following account details are displayed on the screen.

Field

Description

MVNO ID

Indicates the unique reference ID of the MVNO.

Customer Name

Indicates the name of the customer. By default, the Customer Name will be displayed in ascending order.

Tier ID

Indicates the Tier ID for each customer. For example, Reseller or Enterprise.

Customer Type

Indicates the type of customer. For example SFT or M2MIC.By default, the Customer Type column is not displayed. You can view the Customer Type column using the show/hide columns (

) button.

Country

Indicates the country of the customer.

Connection Type

Indicates the type of connection. For example Postpaid or Prepaid.

Current Status

Indicates the current status of the account. For example, Active or In-active.

Cost

Indicates the charges for the current month usage.

Balance

Indicates the remaining account balance available.

Details

Click

to view the account details.

Support

Click

to view the corresponding account
Note: Support function is available only if Operational access is enabled for the reseller

Account Email

By default, the Account Email column is not displayed. You can view the Account Email column using the show/hide columns (

) button.
Indicates the email Id of the respective accounts if it is provided while customer onboard.

Note: All the above mentioned fields (except Details and Support fields) can be sorted in ascending and descending order on click of up and down arrow.

View Enterprise Account details

2. On the Reseller account screen, click

displayed against the enterprise. Refer to the following screen.

After clicking the button, the following screen is displayed.

3. After clicking the button for newly onboarded customers, the following screen is displayed.

while onboarding the account, as soon as the plan is attached to the account, platform considers ‘bicsapn’ as a static decision to create APN groups under child account.

To avoid this situation APN selection option is added in provisioning process

  • The attached APNs field will have an option to attach APNs and it will be mandatory to attach APNs before assigning the baseplan.

  • For enterprise customer CRM - Available APNs List window - DEFAULT APN for DEFAULT APN GROUP field will be available for assigning the default APN group.

  • For reseller customer CRM - Available APNs List window - DEFAULT APN for DEFAULT APN GROUP field will not be visible.

If the reseller user is trying to attach a base plan without filling APN information below error message will pop up.

Before attaching baseplan the user can modify the default APN, click on the edit button

to modify the APNs attached and default APN.

Once the baseplan is assigned, the DEFAULT APN for DEFAULT APN GROUP field will be non-editable, only the APNs list can be modified.

4. For an OEM Enabled Enterprise account, after clicking the button the following screen is displayed.

Figure 6 OEM Enterprise's Account Information

While clicking on OEM model toggle button, below screen will be displayed to select Test plan

Select test plan and click on next

Select Inventory plan and SUBMIT

Select Inventory plan and click on SUBMIT

Confirmation message

Success message

5. The following account details are displayed on the screen.

Field

Description

Account ID

Indicates the unique reference ID of the account

Account Name

Indicates the name of the account.
Click

to modify the Account Name.

Account Email

Indicates the Email ID of the account
Click

to modify the Account Email
Note: If required this can be updated as blank, since it is a non-mandatory field.

Status

Indicates the current status of the account.
Click

to modify the status of the account.
Depending on the current status of the account, you can change the account status as below.

If the current status is Active, you can change the account status to Suspend

If the current status is Suspend, you can change the account status to Active or Deactive

Note: After you Deactivate the enterprise account, it cannot be activated again

Type

Indicates the type of customer. For example Trial or Commercial

Customer No.

Indicates the unique customer number given to the enterprise.
Click

to modify the Customer number.

Country/Time Zone

Indicates the country and time zone of the account

Standard UTC timezone along with the city and country details.

Test

Indicates the current OEM test plan of the account.

Inventory

Indicates the current OEM Inventory plan of the account.

Plan

Indicates the current plan of the account.
Click

to modify the plan.

Note: Plan swap is not allowed if the current plan contains Dynamic Benefits.
Note: Current plan is swapped to another plan which has additional network(s)/less network(s), additional services/less services, Explained in Plan Swap with Coverage and Service Change section

Note: Plan Swap is not possible for the customer if MDB is activated.

Note: Plan Swap is not enabled if OEM is enabled.

Connection Type

Indicates the connection type. For example Postpaid or Prepaid

Service

Indicates the type of service available under the current plan for the account. For example Data, MO-SMS, or MT-SMS

Expiry Date

Indicates the expiry date of the account. After the expiry date is reached, the account is deactivated.
Click

to modify the expiry date.

Currency

Indicates the currency of the enterprise

User

Indicates the default username of the customer

Attached APN

Indicates the name of the APN group attached to the enterprise.
Click not attached icon to attach APNs, assigning default APN group (for enterprise) after onboarding customer /

to modify the APNs attached.

Custom Tariff

Push-button to enable or disable Custom Tariff for the enterprise.
Note: After Custom Tariff is set to ON, it cannot be changed to OFF state

Cost Current Month

Indicates the current month usage charge

Monthly limit

Indicates the monthly credit limit of the account.
Note: Monthly limit is applicable only for postpaid connection

Available Balance

Indicates the account balance available
Click

to modify the account balance.

Note: Available balance is applicable only for prepaid connection

Launch Date

Indicates the date on which the account will move to Commercial status.
Note: This field is displayed only for the Trial customer. For commercial customer, the field value is NA. Launch date is always considered as a future date.

Dynamic Benefit only

Push-button to make the use of Dynamic Benefits mandatory option should only be applicable for new Endpoint activations.

It should be possible at any point to switch this option to ON for an existing account, even when there are active Endpoints present under the account which are not subscribed to Dynamic Benefits.

OEM Model

Indicates OEM enabled/Disabled

Plan Swap with Coverage and Service Change

When swapping the plan for a reseller or an Enterprise, the system needs to check for all derived destination groups and DEFAULT and CUSTOM roaming profiles (on all levels below - Resellers and/or Enterprises) if in each of them there is at least one network left after the above updates. For DEFAULT roaming profile, if the network(s) present in the destination group of the new plan are barred/removed by the enterprise. the plan swap can result in an empty destination group or roaming profile.

On the Account Information screen, click

displayed against the Plan, Refer to the following screen.

 

After clicking the button, the following screen is displayed

 

If the plan swap results in an empty destination group or roaming profile, on Plan Details screen, after selecting plan, the user gets the following WARNING message:

 

After clicking “Yes” the system will execute the plan swap.

Note:

  • Added networks will be added automatically to the default roaming profile derived from the destination group of the plan (only for Enterprise).

  • Added service will be added automatically to the default service profile of the plan (only for Enterprise).

  • Removed networks will be removed automatically from all destination groups and roaming profiles (default or custom) derived from the destination group of the plan (for Reseller and Enterprise).

  • Removed service will be removed automatically from the plan and respective benefits will be end-dated (for Reseller and Enterprise).

  • All CUSTOM roaming profiles will remain unchanged, nothing should be automatically added. The added network(s) will however be available for the Enterprise to be added manually.

  • When for a Reseller the current plan is swapped to another plan which has additional network(s), no change will happen automatically. The added network(s) will however be available for the Reseller to be added manually.

  • When for a Reseller the current plan is swapped to another plan which has less networks, the removed network(s) will be automatically removed from all destination groups of the Reseller which contain these network(s).

  • When for an Enterprise the current plan is swapped to another plan which has less networks, the removed network(s) will be automatically removed from all roaming profiles (DEFAULT or CUSTOM) of the Enterprise which contain these network(s).

  • When for a Reseller the current plan is swapped to another plan which has additional service, no change will happen automatically. The added service will however be available for the Reseller to be added manually.

  • Plan Swap is not possible for the customer if MDB is activated.

  • Plan Swap is not enabled if OEM is enabled.

PLAN

On the Account details screen, by default, the

Plan tab is displayed. Refer to the following screen

 The following Plan details are displayed on the screen.

Field

Description

Charges

 

Name

Indicates the charges applicable for the enterprise

Type

Indicates the type of charge. For example Recurring or One time

Amount

Indicates the amount for each charge

Benefits

 

Plan Name

Indicates the current base plan name of the enterprise

Benefit Name

Indicates the name of the benefit available for the current plan.

Frequency

Indicates the frequency period of the Benefit. For example, Weekly or monthly, and so on.

Type

Indicates the type of Benefit. For example Recurring or One time

Activation Time

Indicates the Activation time of the Benefit

Expiry/Renewal Time

Indicates the Expiry or next Renewal time of the Benefit

Available Units

Indicates the number of units left and the total units allocated

Rate zone

Indicates the Rate zone to which the benefit is applicable

Benefit Priority

Priority of the pooled Benefits as integer (smallest value = highest priority)

Counters

 

Name

Indicates the counter name

Threshold

Indicates the threshold limit of the Counter. After the threshold limit is reached, the configured action is triggered

Value

Indicates the volume of data consumed.

Add-Ons

 

Plan Name

Indicates the current Addon plan of the enterprise

Frequency

Indicates the frequency of the Add-on plan. For example, Daily, Weekly or monthly

Recurring

By default, the charge type is recurring for Add-on

Usage

Indicates the volume of data or the SMS consumed from the Add-on plan

Activation Time

Indicates the activation time and date of the Add-on plan

Expiry Time

Indicates the expiry time and date of the Add-on plan

Action

Indicates the action to be taken on the Addon. For example, Activate or Deactivate.
Note: Only Reseller or MVNE can Activate or Deactivate an Addon for Enterprise

Dynamic Benefits

 

Name

Provisioned Name

Category

In this story “Pooled” or “Non-pooled”

SIM & Benefit Fee

Value with currency symbol

SIM Activation Fee

Value with currency symbol

Activated By

Selected Activated By

Mode

Selected Mode

Validity

Provisioned Factor + selected Validity

MDB Priority

Priority of the Dynamic Benefits as integer (smallest value = highest priority)

No. of Times Active

Activated MDB count

Benefit

Selected Benefit, one subline per benefit included in the MDB (Data/NB-IoT)

Ratezone

Selected Ratezone with a link, one subline per benefit included in the MDB

Benefits Priority

Priority of the Benefits as integer (smallest value = highest priority)

Value

Provisioned Value with “MB”/”Count”, one subline per benefit included in the MDB

Overage Tariff

Provisioned Overage Tariff with currency symbol + ”/MB” or “/Count” dependent on the selected Benefit, one subline per benefit included in the MDB

Dynamic benefit table added filter box to “Select Category” above this table with the option to select only “Pooled” or “Non-Pooled”.

 

Addon Subscription and Deactivation

On the account details screen, click Addon Subscription. Refer to the following screen

After clicking the button, the following screen is displayed.

  • Click Subscribe to subscribe for the Addon plan

  • On the account details screen, click Deactivate button for deactivate the Addon plan. Refer to the following screen.

Figure 10 Transactions

After clicking DEACTIVATE, a confirmation message is displayed indicating Addon is successfully deactivated.

Transaction Details

To view the transaction details, click the Transactions tab. Refer to the following screen.

The following Transaction details are displayed on the screen.

Field

Description

Time

Indicates the date and time of the transaction

Service

Indicates the type of service. For example Data or SMS or NB-IoT.
NOTE: SMSMO will increase by A2P SMS

Initiator

Indicates the MSISDN of the endpoint under any of the enterprise from where the transaction is initiated.

Volume (MB)/Count

If the service type is data, the volume of data consumed in Megabytes (MB) during the transaction is displayed. The value shall be displayed with 3 decimals.

If the service type is SMS, usage count for SMS is always 1

Charges

Indicates the charges for the transaction. The value shall be displayed with 3 decimals.

Currency

Indicates the currency of the enterprise.

Status

Indicates the status of the transaction. For example, Success or Failure

Network

Indicates the network used for the transaction. For example, Proximus.

View

Click the

icon to view the quick description of the transaction.

On the Transactions screen, click

to view the quick description of the transaction. Refer to the following screen. All transactions including charges, Dynamic benefits and usage.

After clicking the button, the following screen is displayed

Click

to minimize the transaction details screen.

Click

to maximize the transaction details screen.

Click

to close the transaction details screen.

The following transaction details are displayed on the screen.

Field

Description

Addon 1 Expiry Date

Indicates the expiry date of the Add-on 1

Bucket1 Name

Indicates the name of the Bucket

Bucket1 Unit Type

Indicates the unit type of the bucket

Feature Usage Type

Indicates the unique feature usage type code for the transaction

Org Country

Indicates the originating country of the transaction

Post-Event Subscriber State

Indicates the status of the subscriber after the event

Service

Indicates the service type charged. For example, Service Fee, Subscription Service Renewal, and so on.

Subscription Charge

Indicates the charge for the subscription. The value shall be displayed with 3 decimals.

Transaction Time

Indicates the date and time of the transaction

Add-on1 Name

Indicates the name of the add-on1 plan

Bucket1 Post-Balance

Indicates the remaining data balance in the bucket after the event

Currency

Indicates the currency of the enterprise

MSISDN

Indicates the Name of the enterprise

Plan Name

Indicates the name of the rate plan subscriber by the customer

Pre-Event MA Balance

Indicates the balance in main account before the event

Status

Indicates the status of the event. For example, Success or Failure

Tier

Indicates the Tier of the account. For example Enterprise or Reseller

Bucket1 Delta

Indicates the delta in Bucket1 when compared with actual results calculated

Bucket1 Pre-Balance

Indicates the data balance available in the bucket before the transaction

Event Result

Indicates the result of the event

MVNO Name

Indicates the name of the MVNO

Post-Event MA Balance

Indicates the balance available in the main account after the event

Pre-Event Subscriber State

Indicates the status of the subscriber before the event

Subscriber Type

Indicates the subscriber type. For example, prepaid or postpaid

Time Zone

Indicates the Time zone of the enterprise

USAGE SCENARIOS

General Rules

  1. First, check the ratezone

  2. If we have both pooled and non-pooled MDB, Non-pooled should be used first

  3. The check if there is an active MDB that offers a Benefit on that rate zone

    1. If multiple active MDB user MDB priority

    2. if multiple MDB with the same priority, then the user expiration date of the MDB to decide which on to use firs

    3. If the expiry date is the same, then random use the MDB

    4. MDB without defined priority should be consumed first (no priority equals the highest priority)

      1. If multiple benefits within the same MDB are available for the same Network then user priority of the benefit

      2. if benefits have the same priority then use random

      3. Benefits without defined priority should be consumed first (no priority equals highest priority)

  4. If no active MDB for the ratezone, check MDBs with activation on usage and activate and use again based on the priority/expiration/random rules

    1. activate first the MDB with the highest priority

    2. if multiple with the same priority activate MDB with the smallest expiration

    3. if multiple mdb with the same priority and same expiration then random

    4. MDB without defined priority should be considered as the highest priority

Billing

The Reseller can view the Billing details of enterprise for the current month and last 6 months using the Billing tab. Refer to the following screen.

Figure 15 Billing Details

The following Billing details are displayed on the screen.

Category Headers

Sub-category headers

Column headers

Description

One Time Fees

One-Off Fee

Setup Fee - Branded Portal

Setup Fee - Integration

Setup Fee - APN

Setup Fee - VPN

SIM Card Order

Charging date

Timestamp when the one time fee was charged, in format “DD/MM/YYYY HH24:MI”, without seconds

Name

Name of the charge

Description

Not available today, will be added later with other story

Amount

Amount charged for the one time fee, with correct currency symbol, with 2 decimals and dot as decimal separator

Recurring Fees

Monthly Recurring Charges

Recurrence

Recurrence as configured in “Factor” + “Validity” of the recurring fee

Name 

Name of the charge

Description 

Not available today, will be added later with other story

Amount

Amount charged for the recurring fee, with correct currency symbol, with 2 decimals and dot as decimal separator

Benefits

Fixed Benefits

Charging date

Timestamp of charging = timestamp of activation (for OneTime or Recurring AddOns) or renewal (for Recurring AddOns only) of the AddOn, in format “DD/MM/YYYY HH24:MI”, without seconds

Name

Name of the AddOn plan

Description

Description of the AddOn plan

Ratezone

Ratezone as configured in the AddOn plan

Recurrence

Type of the charge (“OneTime”/”Recurring”) configured in the AddOn plan

Activated by

Type of activation (“Activation on Subscription” → “Subscription”/”Activation on Usage” → ”Usage” ) as configured in “Activated By” of the AddOn plan

Amount

Amount charged for the AddOn plan, with correct currency symbol, with 2 decimals and dot as decimal separator

Dynamic Benefits

Type

Category of Dynamic Benefits (pooled or non-pooled)

AddOn Name

Name of the Dynamic Benefit

No of SIMs

Number of SIMs for which the “SIM & Benefit Fee” in the Dynamic Benefit is charged

SIM & Benefit Fee

Price per SIM as configured in the “SIM & Benefit Fee” in the Dynamic Benefit

Recurrence

Mode (“OneTime”/”Recurring”) configured in the MDB.

Activated by

Type of activation (“Immediate” → “Subscription”/”Later” → “Usage”) as configured in the “SIM Activation Fee Action” in the Dynamic Benefit

Amount

Amount charged for the SIM management fee of the Dynamic Benefit, with correct currency symbol, with 2 decimals and dot as decimal separator

Services

Data Usage

Ratezone

Ratezone as configured in the tariff

Volume (MB) in Benefit

Volume in MB of Data usage which are not charged according to the configured tariff as they are covered in a benefit (any kind: Base plan, AddOn plan or Dynamic Benefit)

Volume (MB)

Volume in MB of Data usage which are charged according to the configured tariff

Price per unit

Price per “Unit” + “Unit type” as configured in the tariff (with all available decimals)

Unit

“Unit” + “Unit type” as configured in the tariff

Amount

Amount charged for Data usage according to the configured tariff, with correct currency symbol, with 2 decimals and dot as decimal separator

SMS Usage

Type

Price per SMS count as configured in the tariff (with all available decimals)

Ratezone

Count of SMS which are charged according to the configured tariff

No of SMS in Benefit

Count of SMS which are not charged according to the configured tariff as they are covered in a benefit (any kind, Base plan, AddOn plan or Dynamic Benefit)

No of SMS

Ratezone as configured in the tariff (if available)

Price per SMS

Sub-service (A2P/P2A/P2P On-net/P2P Off-net) as shown in the transaction details

Amount

Amount charged for SMS usage according to the configured tariff, with correct currency symbol, with 2 decimals and dot as decimal separator

NB-IoT Usage

Ratezone

Ratezone as configured in the tariff

Volume (MB) in Benefit

Volume in MB of NB-IoT usage which are not charged according to the configured tariff as they are covered in a benefit (any kind: Base plan, AddOn plan or Dynamic Benefit)

Volume (MB

Volume in MB of NB-IoT usage which are charged according to the configured tariff

Price per unit

Price per “Unit” + “Unit type” as configured in the tariff (with all available decimals)

Unit

Unit” + “Unit type” as configured in the tariff

Amount

Amount charged for NB-IoT usage according to the configured tariff, with correct currency symbol, with 2 decimals and dot as decimal separator

SIM Based Fees

SIM Activation

Activated by

Type of activation (“Immediate“ → “Subscription“/“Later“ → “Usage“) as configured in the “Action Type” in the SIM activation fee

No of SIMs

Number of SIMs for which the SIM activation fee is charged

Price per SIM

Price per SIM as configured in the SIM activation fee (with all available decimals)

Amount

Amount charged for the SIM activation fee, with correct currency symbol, with 2 decimals and dot as decimal separator

SIM Management

Type

Type of charging as configured in the “Action Type” (and slab details) in the SIM management fee

Recurrence

Recurrence as configured in “Factor” + “Validity” in the SIM management fee

Activated By

Type of activation (“Immediate“ → “Subscription“/“On first usage“ → “Usage“) as configured in the “Action Type” in the SIM management fee

No of SIMs

Number of SIMs for which the SIM management fee is charged

Price per SIM

Price per SIM as configured in the SIM management fee (with all available decimals)

Price per Threshold

Price for the SIMs within the Threshold as configured in the SIM management fee (with all available decimals)

Amount

Amount charged for the SIM management fee, with correct currency symbol, with 2 decimals and dot as decimal separator

Feature Based SIM Management

Type

Feature as configured in “Applicable for” in the feature based SIM management fee and “Base Fee“/”Additional Fee

No of SIMs

Number of SIMs for which the feature based SIM management base fee is charged, also filled for additional fee

Price per SIM

Price per SIM as configured in the feature based SIM management base fee, empty for additional fee (with all available decimals)

No of Networks

Number of networks for which the feature based SIM management additional fee is charged, empty for base fee

Price per Network

Price per network as configured in the feature based SIM management additional fee, empty for base fee

Amount

Amount charged for the feature based SIM management base/additional fee, with correct currency symbol, with 2 decimals and dot as decimal separator

SIM Activation with MDB

Type

Category of Dynamic Benefits (pooled or non-pooled)

AddOn Name

Name of the Dynamic Benefit

No of SIMs

Number of SIMs for which the “SIM Activation Fee” in the Dynamic Benefit is charged (not necessarily the same as under Benefits as the “SIM & Benefit Fee” is always charged on subscription)

Price per SIM

Price per SIM as configured in the “SIM Activation Fee” in the Dynamic Benefit (with all available decimals)

Activated by

Type of activation (“Immediate“ → “Subscription“/“Later“ → “Usage“) as configured in the “SIM Activation Fee Action” in the Dynamic Benefit

Amount

Amount charged for the SIM activation fees of the Dynamic Benefit, with correct currency symbol, with 2 decimals and dot as decimal separator

Minimum Fee

Monthly Minimum Fee

Amount as configured in the Monthly minimum fee, with correct currency symbol, with 2 decimals and dot as decimal separator

Recurring Fees

Monthly Recurring Charges

Negative of the total amount charged for Monthly Recurring Charges

Benefits

Dynamic Benefits

Negative of the total amount charged for SIM management fees of Dynamic Benefits

SIM Based Fees

SIM Management

Negative of the total amount charged for SIM management fees

Feature Based SIM Management

Negative of the total amount charged for feature based SIM management fees

Services

Data Usage

Negative of the total amount charged for Data usage

SMS Usage

Negative of the total amount charged for SMS usage

NB-IoT Usage

Negative of the total amount charged for NB-IoT usage

Delta to Monthly Minimum Fee

Amount charged for the Monthly minimum fee, with correct currency symbol, with 2 decimals and dot as decimal separator

Note: Account drop down is not Editable

Reseller can view the billing details of the previous months from the Months drop-down list. Refer to the following screen.

Figure 16 Month

To view the Invoice details of previous months, select the required month in the drop-down list. Refer to the following screen.

Figure 17 Month

Account is not editable

Figure 18 Account

Click

Generate Billing Details to view the summery of  Billing details for that particular month. Refer to the following screen.

Figure 19 Generate Billing Details

Click

Expand all to view  the Billing details of for that particular month.

Figure 20 Expand all

Click

Expand all, Refer to the following screen.

Figure 21 Expand all

Click

Download Bill  which allows to choose the download format PDF(Combined file, Multiple file), CSV. Select required format to download the Billing Details for that particular month

Figure 22 Download bill

Barring details

To view the functions barred on the account, click the

Barring tab. Refer to the following screen.

Figure 23 Barring

The following Barring details are displayed on the screen.

Field

Description

SMS_MT

Push button to Bar or Unbar the SMS_MT service for the child account

SMS_MO

Push button to Bar or Unbar the SMS_MO service for the child account

Data

Push button to Bar or Unbar the Data service for the child account

 

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