Run Billing Reports

You can:

Display a list of monthly charge records and invoices
Generate reports on service usage and charging.

Displaying a List of Monthly Charge Records and Invoices

From the STUDIO main screen, select Monitor > Billing > Charge Records

This displays the monthly list of charges:

Note: the number of columns can vary depending on how your system is configured.

Invoice

Click an item to download a PDF document of monthly invoices showing the total charges for the period, plus the following summary information:

Inbound call	Incoming calls to storm services.
Outbound call	Outbound calls and their destinations.
Onward termination	Onward routed calls and their destinations.
Call recording	Call recording usage for onward routed and SIP trunk calls.
Voice resource	Calls using UC resources such as internal calls and voicemail retrieval calls.
PBX call recording	for the UC service.
Non-usage	Details of one-off charges and recurring monthly licensing fees.
Charges	An itemised list of all charges for the period.

Self Bill

Click an item to download a PDF document showing the following:

Inbound call summary	Incoming calls to storm services.
Summary of outpayments	The rebate received for inbound calls to eligible numbers.

Charge Records

Click an item to download a CSV file displaying the following:

Call ID	A unique reference number for each call.
PurchaseOrder	The purchase order associated with this call or transaction.
ServiceType	A code denoting the type of transaction charge. -1 = monthly recurring charge
Organisation	A unique ID for the organisation
OrganisationStructure	The hierarchical structure of the organisation that generated the charge. For instance 1-12-34- shows that the sub-organisation with ID 34 generated the charge.
AccessNumber	The dialled access number.
CLI	The originating address of the caller.
ATariffs	A billing code ID used for looking up the invoice description.
QuantityCharged	A code associated with the charge amount.
PhaseCharge	Total phase charges for the call (these may be incurred for different periods of the call).
PointCharge	Any total fixed charges that may be incurred at certain points during a call.
Charge	The amount charged for the call.
DurationTotal	The total call duration in seconds.
StartDateTime	The start date and time of the call.
BTariffs	The ID of the tariff used to calculate the charges.
DDI	The destination number dialled.
Description	Text description of the type of charge.
MessageParts	For long SMS messages, the number of parts the message was split into
BillingCompletedDateTime	The date and time when the transaction was billed.
SubID	A serial number starting at 0 for each unique call ID.
CLIR	The caller’s CLI presentation (CLIP) status: 0 = CLI presented 1 = CLI withheld by caller 2 = CLI blocked or not available 3 = reserved
BilledSubOrganisation	The organisation ID of the sub-organisation that generated the charge.
ClientName	The billed organisation's name.
AccountNo1	A unique account number for the client.
AccountNo2	A secondary account number for the client, if applicable.
OriginatingCallID	A unique ID for the originating (inbound) leg of the call.
SiteName	The name of the site from which the call was made.
GroupName	The name of the user group associated with the call. You can create user groups by selecting System Admin > User Groups from the STUDIO main screen.

Generating Reports on Service Usage and Charging

From the STUDIO main screen, select Monitor > Billing > Billing Reports.

This displays the Billing Reports screen on which you can generate reports on service usage and charging by choosing the filters provided and clicking .