Rate Import can be customized and automated using various settings in /Start/Administration/System settings/SMS rates. Some of the most frequently customized settings are those that allow you to block rates and mark them with a corresponding note in /Start/SMS/Rates/Rate Editor:
The BLOCKED note excludes a direction from routing and if the message is received from a client product and a blocked rate is selected, the message will be rejected. Both scenarios can lead to financial loss, so it's important to carefully analyze the following settings to avoid false blocking of rates:
- Blocked networks markers is a list of keywords used as markers of blocked networks in import of rate sheet files. If the rate sheet file has one of the keywords, the Rate with the keyword will have the BLOCKED note.
- Price values to be considered as blocked this is a list of rate values, after receiving which the System creates a BLOCKED note in the Rate Editor interface for the given rate. Generally, this setting is used to specify rates with an empty value or a value of “0”, etc.
In other cases, the Rate Notes serve for internal use and do not affect the routing or other system processes.
The following settings are used to convert the MCCMNC values, as they sometimes have to be adapted to the format used by the vendor or to adjust the format from files sent by partners.
- Default network markers (client/vendor) is a list of characters to ignore when parsing the MNC and/or e.212 column. If a partner sends files with e.g. space, dash or 9999, these values are not taken into account. The default value is "-1,,-" - space included. If the value contains 0, values such as 000 will be deleted when importing the rate.
- List of net names to ignore MNC serves to ignore data from the MNC field during rate import.
- List of MCCs with 3-digit MNCs is a list of MCCs for countries that always use 3-digit MNCs. MCCs that are not in the list are translated into 5-digit codes if the MNC starts with 0.
- MCCs from the price lists to be imported allows ignoring rates for specific MCC codes from imported rate sheet files. Rates for MCCs that are not specified in the parameter (exact match is used) are not imported.
There is also one general setting to ignore certain values specified in rate values — Symbols ignored in rate field.
You can learn more about the settings for rates in our article, and if you couldn't find a solution to the problem with importing rates, please create a ticket and provide a client or vendor ID, as well as the destination which needs to be analyzed.
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Rates are blocked.
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How to Ignore Empty Rates.
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