User`s guide

8-10 YesWare service billing
Software Release 2.30 YesWare Applications User’s Guide 08-01016-01
Authorization Code Billing
To configure the Billing Manager to use Authorization Code Billing, the
YesWare administrator must complete the following tasks:
• Provision YesWare ports with the meeting, public, or guest Port Use
Context
• generate and print duplicate hard-copy Authorization Codes
The following sections describes the requirements to use Authorization Code
Billing in the YesWare system. Procedure 8-3 on page 8-11 contains the steps
required generate Authorization Codes for use in YesWare systems.
Authorization Code duration and expiration
Authorization Codes are assigned a certain duration when they are generated,
such as "5 days." In addition, Authoration Codes have an unconfigurable
"freshness" period of 30 days in which the visitor can activate the code.
Visitors can activate their Authorization Code at any time during the freshness
period, but once activated, the code is only valid for the assigned duration.
For example, if a visitor purchases an Authorization Code with a duration of 5
days, the code’s freshness period is 30 days plus the code duration of 5 days,
or 35 days. The visitor can use the code at any time during the 35-day freshness
period, but once activated, the visitor would still only receive the code’s
maximum of 5 contiguous days of system access.
Authorization Code Port Use Context assignment
See “VBN billing methods and the Port Use Context” on page 1-15 for
information on assigning Port Use Contexts to use Authorization Codes.
Using Authorization Code Billing
Authorization Code Billing uses Billing Manager’s Generate Authorization
Code function to generate authorization codes for visitors to use in the
YesWare system. In addition, Billing Manager maintains an Authorization
Code table that lists all codes generated in the system and the status of the code
(pending or activated).
The Billing Manager also module generates authorization code logs which can
be used for recordkeeping. See “YesWare billing record management
capabilities” on page 8-13 for more information about viewing authorization
code logs and generating authorization code reports.