Business Group Outgoing Call Services

The Business Group Outgoing Call Services object defines whether this Business Group uses the Mandatory Account Codes service, and if so how.

Each Business Group Outgoing Call Services object is a child of a Business Group Call Services object. It is created automatically if the global Outgoing Call Services object supports Mandatory Account Codes; you cannot create, delete, enable or disable it.

To allow the Business Group to use Mandatory Account Codes:

Object-Specific Actions
Delete codes To delete all account codes defined for the Business Group, and all account codes for Business Group Lines that inherit their code length from the Business Group, click on the Delete pushbutton. This action is provided for use when you need to change the code length and so need to remove any account codes that use the defined length value.

Parameter

Access

Description
Mandatory Account Codes - Subscribed Change Specifies whether this Business Group uses Mandatory Account Codes. Choose Use default or specify a value:
  • True
  • False
To allow a small number of lines within the group to use the service, set this field to False, set Mandatory Account Codes - allow override of subscription to True, and use the other fields in this object to configure the defaults for the service. Then configure Mandatory Account Codes for each line within the group that needs to use the service.
Mandatory Account Codes - default variant Change Specifies whether this Business Group uses validated or non-validated account codes. Choose Use default or specify a value:
  • Validated
    To make a call that requires account codes, the user must specify a code that matches one of the entries in the Mandatory Account Codes - valid account codes field.
  • Non-validated
    The user can specify any code of the correct length. The code is recorded in billing data but is not checked.
Mandatory Account Codes - allow override of subscription Change Specifies whether Business Group Lines in this group can be subscribed or unsubscribed to Mandatory Account Codes independently of their parent Business Group. Values:
  • True (default)
    A Business Group Line in this group can be subscribed to Mandatory Account Codes even if the Business Group does not use them, or can be unsubscribed even if the Business Group uses them.
  • False
    All Business Group Lines in the group inherit the Mandatory Account Codes subscription from the Business Group.
Mandatory Account Codes - default call types Change The types of outgoing calls for which account codes are required. Any subscriber in the Business Group who is subscribed to Mandatory Account Codes will need to enter an account code every time he or she makes an outgoing call of a selected type, unless you allow the call types to be overridden for each line by using the following field. Choose Use default or select one or more of the following values:
  • International
    International, InterLATA International, and International toll free calls
  • Local
  • Operator
    Operator and Operator Service calls
  • Premium
  • Directory
    Directory Assist calls
  • Local Business Group
  • Other Business Group
  • National
    InterLATA national, Other N11, and Other Non-geographic calls
  • Regional
    IntraLATA calls
  • Carrier dialed
    FGD Cut through and FGB calls
Mandatory Account Codes - allow override of call types Change Specifies whether Business Group Lines in this group can be configured to use Mandatory Account Codes for a different set of call types from the Business Group. Values:
  • True (default)
  • False
Mandatory Account Codes - default code length Change Specifies the length (number of digits) of valid account codes for this Business Group. You cannot change this value if there are any account codes defined for the group or for any child Business Group Lines that inherit their code length from it. Choose Use default or specify a value in the range 1 - 15.
Mandatory Account Codes - allow override of codes and code length Change Specifies whether a Business Group Line in this group can be configured to use account codes of a different length from the Business Group. Values:
  • True (default)
    A Business Group Line can be configured to use account codes of a different length (but does not need to do so). If the line's code length is different from that of the group, any validated account codes defined for the group do not apply to the line.
  • False
    All Business Group Lines that use Mandatory Account Codes must use account codes of the same length as the group. If you are using validated account codes, this can include codes specific to each line as well as those defined for the group.
Mandatory Account Codes - user can view BG codes Change Specifies whether the user of a Business Group Line in this group is permitted to view the list of valid account codes defined for the Business Group. Values:
  • True (default)
  • False
Mandatory Account Codes - user's access to BG line codes Change Specifies whether the user of a Business Group Line in this group is permitted to view and/or edit the list of valid account codes defined for the Business Group Line. Values:
  • Hidden
  • Visible, read-only
  • Visible, writeable (default)
Mandatory Account Codes - default max incorrect code attempts Change Maximum number of consecutive times that a subscriber may enter an incorrect Mandatory Account Code before the subscriber is blocked from making further calls that require account codes. You can override this value in the Outgoing Call Services object for a particular Business Group Line. If the subscriber enters an incorrect code for a number of consecutive attempts that exceeds this value, the NE automatically blocks the subscriber from making any further outgoing calls that require account codes. You can remove the block, allowing the subscriber to make calls again, from the subscriber's Outgoing Call Services object. Range: 0 - 50. The default is 10. A value of 0 (zero) indicates that the subscriber will never be blocked regardless of the number of incorrect code attempts.
Mandatory Account Codes - valid account codes Change The account codes that can be used by any line in this Business Group that is subscribed to Mandatory Account Codes and not configured to use its own line-specific codes. This field is a text field in which you can copy, cut, and paste text (for example text taken from accounting software). To add or edit codes in this field, specify each account code on its own line, terminated by a carriage return.
  • To paste text from the clipboard into the EMS, use CTRL+V.
  • The code must be at the start of the line, and must be a string of numeric digits 0-9, of the length defined by Mandatory Account Codes - default code length. You cannot include two entries with the same code for the same Business Group.
  • You can include an optional text description of the code on the same line, separated from the code itself by a space character. The description can include characters A-Z, a-z, numbers 0-9, and further spaces if required.
When you apply any changes, the EMS will display the codes sorted into numerical order, with one space between each code and its description. The following is an example of valid codes (using a code length of 4):
0123 ZZZ Company
0150 YYY Corporation

1999 Use this for new customers