10.2.6 Account codes

10.2.6	Account codes

System Status | Call charges | Account codes

Account codes (Acc. code) is used to assign call charges the account codes.

A checking procedure allows the communication system to check project codes entered by the user based on the number of digits entered, or by matching the code against a list that has been created.

The current units per station are displayed for each station or line in Stations (Not in the USA) and Trunks (Not in the USA).

10.2.6.1

Area: Checking procedure

You can use Checking procedure to determine whether or not the communication system requires users to enter valid account codes before their calls can be completed. You make your selection by choosing the appropriate option.

No check

With this selection, the account code is not checked at all. This option is not possible if there are routes with a mandatory entry procedure. (See also Entry procedure).

List check

With this selection, the account code is checked against a list of account codes that you create. Only valid entries are accepted (only possible for OfficeCom, OfficePro and HiPath 3300 to 3750).

Check number of characters

With this selection, only the number of characters entered is checked. You determine how many characters are permitted by using the Characters to be checked list. You can select from one to eleven.

10.2.6.2

Table: Entry procedure

Entry procedure is used to determine, route by route, whether entering an account code is optional or mandatory. For each of these you have the option of making account code entry optional or mandatory. The standard procedure is here Optional.

This item cannot be configured if LCR has been activated. The previous settings are retained.

The account code can then be configured as an Optional or Mandatory entry under Dial plan.

Optional
If you leave the Optional selection in place, users can enter an account code, but are not required to do so. An account code can be entered by all terminals (UP0/E, a/b, Cordless, S0) before the call begins, i.e., even before line seizure. Only a UP0/E can enter an account code during an incoming or outgoing external call.

Mandatory
requires in any case a check. If you change to the Mandatory selection, users cannot make an outgoing call using that route without entering a valid account code.
An account code is optional for incoming calls; this will be checked in accordance with its programmed variants.

Keep in mind, however, that this is a system-wide setting. If you select Mandatory for a route, all stations are required to use account codes to dial out using that route. If you want some users to use account codes and other users not to use account codes, you must program different routes.

10.2.6.3

Table: Account code lists

If you select the List Check option in the Checking procedure area, you must create an Account code list with which the communication system can check the user-entered codes. The column on the left contains numbers 0 through 999, so you can enter up to 1000 account codes. Account codes can contain up to eleven digits; alpha characters are not permitted.

Note, however, this terminology may be a little confusing. You can enter up to 1000 account codes, each of which is called List 1, List 2, etc. This does not mean, that you can create 1000 account code lists.

10.2.6.4

Check button

The account codes entered are checked to ensure that they are unique.

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