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Each of the different Service types (Phone, Data, Auth Code, etc) share a common set of tabs used to track associated data. To access Services, navigate to Main > Services.

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Service Expense GLA tab
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Service Call Details tab

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The Call Details tab provides a listing of all rated calls made by this service. This tab is only available for Phone and Auth Code services. Here, Users can search through all Calls that have been recorded for the Service. This grid displays all Calls recorded with several different variations of the Service ID such as (616) 554-1028 or 554-1028 or 41028 or 1028. It searches for these variations in the origination and destination phone files.

Billing

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The Billing tab provides a listing of every Bill on which this Service has appeared and the MRC, NRC, and Usage Totals that were billed. All Bills that have been run for the specific Service can be viewed and reported on from this tab.

Equipment

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The Equipment tab provides the User the ability to manually associate Equipment with a Service. For example, a specific Phone Service may have a phone set, headset, adapters, etc. associated with that Service. This Equipment can be inventoried separately but can be associated with this Service for tracking purposes. Equipment association does not force the data on the Equipment to match data on the Service however when this association is built with Service Order Equipment on Service Desk the information matches automatically.

The User can manually manage these associations by using either the Add ExistingImage Removed and Delete SelectedImage Removed button functionality available on the Services Equipment tab.

Adding Existing Equipment

After clicking the Add Existing button, a list of existing Equipment is presented. An Equipment inventory item must exist before it can be associated with a Service (see the Inventory section for Creating a New Piece of Equipment ). Additionally, Equipment can only be associated with one Service at a time. Consequently, this list only contains Equipment that is not already associated with another Service.

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Searching through this list and selecting multiple entries allows the User to add all the required Equipment entries. Check each of the Equipment entries that need to be associated with the Service and click save.

Deleting an Association

Selecting the Image Removed button from this Grid does not delete the Equipment entry it merely removes the association. All other Equipment information remains unaffected. When manually editing Equipment, the User should open the Equipment record separately to update any relevant information.

Cabling

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The Cabling tab allows Users to manually add, change, remove, and view Cable Paths. These Paths can also be built from Service Order Cabling on Service Desk.

Adding a Cable Path

To manually add a Cable Path to a Service, the User adds the Path Legs to the Cabling Grid. These legs form the Cable Path for each service. Once added to the Service, the Pairs/Strands and Ports/Pins/Len become Assigned.

Editing/Removing a Cable Path

To change a Cable Path for a Service, the User can edit and assign new Path Legs to the Service into the Cabling Grid.

Viewing the Path

The View PathImage Removed button displays the visual Cable Path report of the Cable Path that is currently on the Service.

Pools

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The Pools tab provides the User the ability to assign each service to a Service Pool. These Pools are a collection of phone numbers that are grouped with specific Service Catalog requirements. The list of Pools is managed by the Administrator from the Pools section of the application. Each Service must belong to one of the Catalogs or an ancestor Catalog specified on the specified Pool.

Soft Numbers

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The is the Soft Numbers (sometimes called Line Appearance) tab is only available for Phone Services. Here, Users can choose to add an existing Phone Service as a Soft Number. Click the Add ExistingImage Removed button located on the Grid Toolbar above the Soft Numbers Grid. Add a new Soft Number by clicking the AddImage Removed button. For example, all of the numbers in a department might appear on an administrative assistant's phone.  

While Users who select Add Existing are prompted to choose from a list of existing Active Phone Services, Users who select Add New are prompted to define a new Phone Service in its entirety. Because a Soft Number is a Phone Service in its own right, the Soft Number data entry form is virtually identical to the original Phone Service data entry form.

Alias

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The Alias tab allows the User to create an alias for this service. The Alias replaces the Service ID (phone number) on any rated calls. This tab was created to give the User a method to process and rate calls from Phone Services that are not in the Main > Services > Phones table. The 360 Call Rating process first looks for the originating phone number from the CDR in the Phone Services table. If it’s not found, PCR-360 looks through the Aliases table. If the number is not in the Alias table, the call’s status is changed to Error and it’s saved until such time as 360 knows the number for billing. If the number does exist in the Alias table, the call is processed but the originating number is changed from the Alias value to the number to which it is assigned. A Phone Service can have multiple Aliases.

This is done to hide potentially sensitive Service ID's on the bill. This tab is only available for Phone Services.

Contacts

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The Contacts tab provides the User the ability to manually associate Contacts with each Service. These associated Contacts represent people who may be associated with the Service in some way. These Contacts are separate entries in the Workers/Contacts section of the application that are associated with the Service for tracking purposes. This association can be built manually or via Service Order Contacts on Service Desk.

The User can manually manage these associations by using the Add, Add Existing, and Delete Selected functionality available on the Services Contacts tab.

Adding New Contacts

After clicking on the AddImage Removed button, the User is presented with a data-entry form used to build a basic Contact: First and Last Name, Email, and Phone Number. Adding a new Contact here creates a new record in the Workers/Contacts section of the application.

Adding Existing Contacts

After clicking the Add ExistingImage Removed button, a list of existing Contacts is presented. Contacts can be associated with multiple services. As such, this list displays all active Contacts in the system. Searching through this list and selecting multiple entries allows the User to add all the required contacts. Check each of the Contacts that need to be associated with the Service and click Save.

Deleting an Association

Selecting Delete SelectedImage Removed button from this Grid does not delete the Contact entry it merely removes the association.

Remarks

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The Remarks tab provides the User the ability to add comments and Remarks to this Service. By default, a Remark cannot be edited or deleted once it is added. To alter this behavior, see the Configuration Option: REMARKS_EDITABLE.

Adding Remarks

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After clicking the AddImage Removed button, the data-entry form opens with two tabs. Users can review the Remark on the Remarks tab, or add/edit them on the Edit Remarks tab.

The text can be formatted with Bold, Italics, or with hyperlinks. Additionally, the User can add ordered lists or unordered lists. Click the Save NewImage Removed button to add the Remark.

Note: Remember that depending on the system configuration Remarks may not be editable once added.

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Viewing Remarks

Selecting the View Remark button opens a read-only data-entry form that displays the text of the Remark.

Adding Via 360 View

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An alternative way to add a 'Remark' is from the 360 Search. If a User selects a matching Service from the 360 search results, the Service 360 View form opens. At the bottom of this form, there are a series of buttons. Users can find the 360 View version of the Add RemarkImage Removed button. Clicking this button brings up the Add New Remarks form as well.

Service Desk

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The Service Desk tab provides a list of Service Desk Orders or Incidents that have been created for this Service. Incidents appear immediately when they are created, but Service Orders may not appear in this list until they are completed. Double-Click or select the Edit Selected option to open one of the associated Service Desk entries.

Attachments

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The Attachments tab allows Users to attach files (including .pdf, .jpg, .doc...) of interest or relevance to the service by upload.

Uploading a File

To attach one or more files, navigate to the Attachments tab and click the Upload File(s) button located on the Grid toolbar above the Attachments Grid. The User is prompted to select the file(s) from their hard drive to upload. Upon selection of a file(s), the upload begins automatically.

Download File

Allows a User to download a file to their local machine. Useful to make modifications to a file which can then be re-uploaded.

Open File

This opens the file, if possible, for viewing by the User. No modifications of the original file can be made when opened in this manner.

Edit Selected

Allows the name of the file to be modified within PCR-360. If a User modifies the name of the file, that is the new name that is used when downloading the file.

Delete Selected

This removes the file from PCR-360.

Locations

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One tab that is unique to Phone Services is the 'Locations' tab. This tab only appears when the Multiple Locations flag is checked. This flag indicates that a Phone Service appears in multiple locations and disables the Location field on the main form. From the Locations tab, the User can manually edit all the locations that associated with this Phone Service. This can also be managed from Service Order - Add Locations in Service Desk.

User Defined Fields

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The User Defined Fields tab provides access to any extra fields that are defined for the Service Catalog specified on each Service. Any fields that are defined on for the Service appears on this tab.

See Adding User Defined Fields for more information.

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Service Billing tab
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Service Equipment tab
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Service Cabling tab
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Service Pools tab
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Service Soft Numbers tab
Service Soft Numbers tab


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Service Alias tab
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Service Contacts tab
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Service Remarks tab
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Service Service Desk tab
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Service Attachments tab
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Service Locations tab
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Service User Defined Fields tab
Service User Defined Fields tab